Acronyms & Glossary of Terms
Abbey
The second-last shot of the day.
Accident Report
If you have an accident or sustained personal injury, you must fill out a report for insurance purposes, and submit it to production.
ACTRA
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists. The Union that represents motion picture actors in Canada.
ACTRA Report
Filled in by Assistant Directors with start and finish times of the actors.
ADR
Additional Dialogue Recording - Production may need extra dialogue to be re-recorded. This will be done in studio by the Actor during post-production.
AFCOOP
Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative
AFF
Atlantic Film Festival, now known as FIN
Ambience
Another term for wild sound. Could also be used for smoke and fog effects.
AMPTP
Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers
Apple Box
Wooden box belonging to the Grip team but used by all crew as an all-purpose object. The usual size (full size) is 9 x 12 x 18 inches, but they also come in half sizes (half apple), quarter sizes (quarter apple), and smaller (a pancake).
As-Built
Used by the set design team to refer to existing buildings on a location that will be included in the set on that location.





