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Scene

A part of a play, movie or TV show, that is a part of the whole story. Scenes change as to location and time.

Script

An original piece written, in order to be produced as a television series or a movie film.

Sensibility Memory

An acting method where the actor learns to reconstruct the feelings and emotions from his private life, in order to understand and empathies with the character he is portraying.

Shoot

A bit that is photographed in sequence between 'cut' and 'cut' in a movie or TV program.

Show biz (show business)

The world of entertainment in general: television, stage, cinema, music, fashion and advertising, including all that goes on behind the scenes and on camera.

Single

A disk containing one song. Radio stations don't use the albums that are sold by stores, but rather disks that only have one song on them.

Single-Cam

The style of filming,cinema and television, that uses one camera and creates results that seem as if a number of angles have been filmed at once, by filming each angle separately and consequently editing the shots. Single cam is specially common in cinematic photography.

Sitcom/situation comedy

A humorous narrative genre, usually seen on TV (originally from the radio). Usually such a series has a continuous story line and a specific group of characters.

Sketch comedy

Consists of short humorous bits for the stage, screen or radio. ranging from one to ten minutes in length, non-continuous narratives containing different characters.

Soap Opera

Daily television series that follows a plot concerning a certain group of people. Those stories are melodramatic and romantic in general. The genre is originally from radio broadcasts. They can be seen at various times during the day, mostly during the afternoon. The name comes from the original advertising campaigns that would accompany those series – cleaning products, since most of the viewers are housewives.

Sound Card

The computer add-on that is responsible for sound input and output. Microphones, instrumentals and speakers can all be attached through the computer.

Sound editing program

The software that enables sound arrangements.