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Production Terminology for All Production Workflows
The following terminology applies to all production workflows:
Timecode
There are four types of timecode, depending on your production:
Keycode
Each frame of film stock is embedded during manufacturing with a unique identifying timecode position known as keycode.
SMPTE Timecode
Also known as LTC or linear timecode. The generating clock of this timecode can be based on the time of day or can be set to ascend beginning from a certain starting time of day.
Minutes:Seconds
Timecode based on minutes and seconds.
Wild
No timecode. Most consumer digital video recorders do not have the ability to generate timecode.
Production Sound Mixer
The production sound mixer uses a field recorder to record multichannel audio during a shoot, and later delivers those source files to one or more parties:
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