Directing And Directors Calls

Cut: The director uses this command when he wants the vision mixer to cut to another camera the director will say "cut cam 1" for example and the vision mixer will know exactly what to do. These shortened commands are much easier than stating a long sentance.

Crab: Crab means the director wishes a camera to crab he will address the camera op and then tell them how the wish for them to crab or what shot to go for normally in an abreviated form.

Ped: This is simply the same as the crab call except in this circumstance the director wants the cam op to ped up or down maybe to get a more well framed shot or once again a certain shot.

Roll VT: When a director uses the call roll VT he is addressing the DVD operator to play the VT insert the DVD op must be prompt and know exactly when the director is going to cue him.

Cue: Cue can be used in many ways, for example talking to the FM to say cue appluase or cue host, or even the DVD op to roll the VT insert.