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Scale
The minimum, established wages set by SAG and AFTRA for working talent. Double scale or triple scale refers to these wages times 2 or 3.
Scale plus 10
Refers to the extra 10% paid to the actors agent on a job.
Scratch track
A rough audio or video track that a production company or ad agency may put together for an actor to read to. See animatic.
Series of Three
Term used to describe a set of wild lines to be recorded, done in a set of three. Each read should be varied slightly.
Session
The event where a talent performs a script for recording purposes.
Session Fee
Payment for the first commercial within the session. If an actor does two spots, they get a session fee plus payment for the other spot. If the same a...
SFX
Shorthand for sound effects. Also seen as EFX.
Shave
To pare down your read, as in, Can you shave three seconds off that read? Speed up the read.
Sibilance
A drawn out or excessive S sound during speech. Some sibilance is joined with a whistle. This is a very annoying sound, which some engineers mitigat...
Sides
Commercial scripts for video, where the action is in the left column, the dialogue on the right, or animation.