Film Term of the Week
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Film Term of the Week: Stage Combat
Stage Combat 1. Stage combat is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without…
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Film Term of the Week: Development Hell
Development Hell 1. In media industry jargon, development hell (or development limbo) is a state during which a film or…
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Film Term of the Week: Script Coverage
Script Coverage 1. Script coverage is a filmmaking term for the analysis and grading of screenplays, often within the “script…
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Film Term of the Week: Visual Effects Creative Director
Visual Effects Creative Director 1. The VFX Creative Director is a position common in films, television programs and computer games…
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Film Term of the Week: Fan Film
Fan Film 1. A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or…
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Film Term of the Week: Open Content Film
Open Content Film 1. An open content film is much like an independent film, but it is produced through open…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Loader
Film Loader 1. The Loader transfers motion picture film from the manufacturer’s light-tight canisters to the camera magazines for attachment…
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Film Term of the Week: Location Production Assistant
Location Production Assistant 1. This position exists generally on larger budget productions. The Locations PA is the assistant who is…
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Film Term of the Week: Location Assistant
Location Assistant 1. Hired by the Location Manager to be on-set before, during, and after the filming process. General responsibilities…
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Film Term of the Week: Mise En Scène
Mise en scène 1. Refers to what is colloquially known as “the Set,” but is applied more generally to refer…
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Film Term of the Week: Continuity Cut
Continuity Cut 1. These are cuts that take us seamlessly and logically from one sequence or scene to another. This…
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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: Eye-line Matching
Eye-line Matching 1. A term used to point to the continuity editing practice ensuring the logic of the look or…
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Film Term of the Week: Hyperlink Cinema
Hyperlink Cinema 1. Hyperlink cinema is a term coined by author Alissa Quart, who used the term in her review…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Format
Film Format 1. A film format is a technical definition of a set of standard characteristics regarding image capture on…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Gauge
Film Gauge 1. Film gauge is a physical property of photographic or motion picture film stock which defines its width.…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Stock
Film Stock 1. Film stock is an analog medium that is used for recording motion pictures or animations. Source: Wikipedia
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Film Term of the Week: Nollywood
Nollywood 1. The cinema of Nigeria, often referred to as Nollywood, is the Nigerian film industry which grew quickly in…
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Film Term of The Week: Bollywood
Bollywood 1. Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly known as…
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Film Term of the Week: Film Theory
Film Theory 1. Film theory, or cinema studies, is an academic discipline that aims to explore the essence of the…
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