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Sound technician

The person responsible for the professional, technical side of recording, including all the equipment in the studio such as microphones, mix, speakers, etc.

Sound track

The musical accompaniment of movies, TV shows and video games.

Speaker Monitor

This speaker is meant to amplify sound to an exact level where any flaw can be identified. This in contrast to speakers that are meant for listening to music and 'fixing' it up a bit.

Stage

The area that the actors perform a standard theater production upon.

Stage fright

Anxiety when performing before an audience. This is manifested by a feeling of fear and pressure usually includes physical symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, increased heart beat, dryness of the mouth, shaking and perspiration.

Stand-up

A comical genre of the stage or television, where the comic approaches the audience directly focusing on humorous stories and jokes.

Stereotype

Generalities associated with character traits and a style or look belonging to a particular faction of the population. Casting according to type-cast is based on stereotypes.

Street theater

Theater productions and bits of acting that are shown on the street, either in the middle of a regular day on a regular street, or in the framework of festivals and different occasions.

Stylist

A person whose specialty is combining clothing with accessories to achieve the desired effect. The work is done on the shooting set, for private individuals, etc.

Sub-text

The actual meaning between the lines. Part of the actor's work is to discover what is really going on with the character he is portraying, apart from what is actually said.