Film Term of the Week
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Film Term of the Week: Film Festival
Film Festival 1. A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening…
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Film Term of the Week: First Look Deal
First Look Deal 1. A first look deal is any contract containing a clause granting, usually for a fee or…
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Film Term of the Week: Audio Engineer
Audio Engineer 1. An audio engineer is concerned with the recording, manipulation, mixing and reproduction of sound…Audio engineering concerns the…
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Film Term of the Week: Below-the-line
Below-the-line 1. Below-the-line is a term derived from the top sheet of a budget (Motion Picture, Television, Commercial, Industrial, Student…
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Film Term of the Week: Above-the-line
Above-the-line 1. Above-the-line is the list of individuals who guide, influence and hopefully add to the creative direction, process and…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Budgeting
Film Budgeting 1. Film budgeting refers to the process by which a line producer, unit production manager or filmmaker prepares…
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Film Term of the Week: Ellipsis
Ellipsis 1. A term that refers to periods of time that have been left out of the narrative. The ellipsis…
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Film Term of the Week: Dissolve
Dissolve 1. A transition between 2 sequences or scenes. generally associated with earlier cinema but still used on occasion. In…
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Film Term of the Week: Bridging Shot
Bridging Shot 1. A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are the…
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Film Term of the Week: Focus Group
Focus Group 1. A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked…
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Film Term of the Week: Principal Photography
Principal Photography 1. Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on…
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Film Term of the Week: Third Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director 1. (Third or 3rd AD) works on set with the “First” and may liaise with the “Second”…
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Film Term of the Week: Digital Cinematography
Digital Cinematography 1. Digital cinematography is the process of capturing motion pictures as digital images, as opposed to the historical…
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Film Term of the Week: Production Company
Production Company 1. The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through…
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Film Term of the Week: Digital Cinema Initiatives
Digital Cinema Initiatives 1. Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC or DCI is a joint venture of major motion picture studios, formed…
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Film Term of the Week: Digital Cinema
Digital Cinema 1. Digital cinema refers to the use of digital technology to distribute, or project motion pictures as opposed…
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Film Term of the Week: Movie Camera
Movie Camera 1. The movie camera, film camera or cine-camera is a type of photographic camera which takes a rapid…
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Film Term of the Week: Test Screening
Test Screening 1. A test screening is a preview screening of a movie or television show before its general release…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Studio
Film Studio 1. A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company or…
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Film Term of the Week: Backlighting
Backlighting 1. The main source of light is behind the subject, silhouetting it, and directed toward the camera. Source: Wikipedia
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