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FILM TERMS
Animation art of process of filming a series of static drawings to give the impression of movement, as of cartoon films
Back projection projection of a film onto the reserve side of a screen, as a background for filming in front of it
Best boy assistant to the gaffer
Biopic biographical film
Cameo role brief but dramatic appearance of a well known actor
Clapperboard hinged board bearing the take number clapped in front of the camera to synchronise sound and picture prints
Commissary cafeteria in a film studio
Compilation film film using some real-life documentary
Continuity detailed script for ensuring consistency from sense to scene
Credits list of performers and workers in the making of a film
Cut-in inserted shot, typically a still close-up, interrupting a running sequence of film
Dissolve change of scenes, in which one scene fades out as the next appears
Dolly lower platform on castors for moving a camera about the set
Dub add a new soundtrack, especially a translation of the dialogue
Fade in, fade out gradual appearance or disappearance of an image or sound
Film a clef apparently fictional film based on facts, but with the names of places and characters changed
Footage sequence or portion of film
Freeze frame repeated single frame, producing the impression of a static picture
Gaffer electrician or lighting technician on a production crew
Grip member of a production crew who adjusts the set and shifts the camera equipment
Intercut/crosscut insert a shot or scene into a sequence, as for dramatic contrast
Klieg light carbon arc lamp producing intense light
Location site for filming that is outside the studio
Montage sequence of shots or short scenes depicting the same theme or event in different ways
New wave/Nouvelle vague French cinema movement of 1960's that cut down on standard narrative and filming technique in favour of improvisation, simple settings, and symbolism
Optical trick techniques such as wipes and dissolves
Outtake series of frames discarded from the finished version of a film
Pan swing the camera sideways, across a scene, to follow a moving object or produce a panoramic effect
Rush first, unedited print of a scene
Scenario/screenplay script that includes camera directions and scene descriptions
Shooting script script giving details of camera work and the order of shooting
Split-screen referring to the technique in which two or more images appear simultaneously on different parts of the same screen
Take uninterrupted filming of scene; filmed scene produced in this way, often re-shot several times
Time-lapse referring to the technique of photographing a scene at intervals to give a continuous, accelerated view of a slow process, such as a flower opening
Track move the camera, usually on rails, to follow the action
Treatment full and detailed version of a script
Voice-over commentary of a unseen narrator, or representation on the sound-track of a character's unspoken thoughts
Wipe change of scenes, in which a lime moves across to obliterate the old scene and bring in the new
Zoom quick increase or decrease in the size of the image of an object, by means of a special lens
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