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Commercial
Also referred to as a spot, it is a pre-recorded message which advertises a product or service. Sometimes abbreviated as COMML.
Compression
Reduces the dynamic range of an actors voice. Engineers apply compression to cut through background music and sound effects.
Conflict
Doing two commercials for the same kind of product. An agent will clarify with the client whether doing a specific spot would put an actor in conflict...
Console
A large desk-like piece of equipment where the audio engineer monitors, records and mixes a voice-over session.
Control Room
Where the engineer and producer (and many times, the client) are located. This is usually a separate room from the recording booth or studio floor.
Copy
Also known as the script. Its the text of a commercial spot.
Copy Points
The specific benefits of a product or service, placed throughout the script by the copywriter.
Creative Director
The person at the ad agency responsible for the work of all the other creatives.
Cross Talk
When copy spoken into one actors microphone is picked up by another mic. The sound is said to spill over or bleed into the other actors mic.
Cue
An electronic or physical signal given to an actor to begin performing.