Category: Pop – This Explainer

Practical effects create physical action or illusion on set for the camera to record.

Motion capture records performance movement as data for animation and visual effects.

A television pilot is a trial episode used to demonstrate how a proposed series could work.

Television syndication licenses programs to outlets outside a single original network schedule.

A laugh track is recorded audience laughter added to or shaped within a comedy soundtrack.

An anthology series presents distinct stories under one recurring title or concept.

A music playlist is an ordered or adaptable collection of tracks assembled for listening.

Record labels organize investment and services around the creation and release of recorded music.

A master recording is the specific recorded performance and production from which releases are made.

Concert touring moves a live production through a planned sequence of venues and markets.

A music festival is a multi-artist event organized around a shared place, period, and program.

Music genres are shared categories used to describe related sounds, practices, histories, and audiences.