"Action" is called during filming to indicate the start of the current take. See also cut, speed, lock it down.
(Aspect, Academy Ratio) A measure of the relative sizes of the horizontal and vertical components of an image. "Academy Ratio" is 1.33:1, or 4:3.
continuity -(Continuity Error) The degree to which a movie is self-consistent. For example, a scene where an actor is wearing a hat when seen from one camera angle and not from another would lack continuity. A person is often employed to check that continuity is maintained since re- shooting embarrassing lapses in continuity can be prohibitively expensive. See also continuity report. In modern times, some continuity errors can be corrected through digital compositing.
depth of field - (DOF) A measure of the range along a camera's line of site in which objects will be in focus. See also aperture, shutter speed.
director - (Dir, Helmer) The principal creative artist on a movie set. A director is usually (but not always) the driving artistic source behind the process, and communicates to actors the way that he/she would like a particular scene played. A director's duties might also include casting, script editing, shot selection, shot composition, and editing. Typically, a director has complete artistic control over all aspects of the movie, but it is not uncommon for the director to be bound by agreements with either a producer studio. In some large productions, a director will delegate less important scenes to a second unit.
director of photography- DP, DoP) A cinematographer who is ultimately responsible for the process of recording a
scene in the manner desired by the director. The Director of Photography has a number of possible duties: selection of film stock, cameras, and lenses; designing and selecting lighting, directing the gaffer's placement of lighting; shot composition (in consultation with the director); film
developing and film printing.
Documentary- (Docu) A non-fiction narrative without actors. Typically a documentary is a
journalistic record of an event, person, or place.
executive producer- Executive in Charge of Production) A producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making process, but who is still responsible for the overall production. Typically an executive producer handles business and legal issues. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer.
Letter Boxing- (Letterboxed, Letterbox) As the aspect ratio of movies are rarely the same as the aspect ratio of a television screen, when showing movies on TV it is necessary to make sacrifices. "Letterboxing" is a video mastering process whereby a film source with an aspect ratio greater than that of the video master (4:3 for NTSC/PAL and 16:9 for HDTV) is transferred to the video master in such a way that no film image is cut off to the left or the right, requiring the addition of (usually) black bars at the top and at the bottom of the image so that it entirely fills the screen.....in other words, the technique of shrinking the image just enough so that its entire width appears on screen, with black areas above and below the image. The advantage of this technique is that the film images are shown as originally intended by the film's creators, not interfering with their shot composition and artistic intentions. The disadvantage is that the entire image must be shrunk, which makes viewing on smaller TVs more difficult. Contrast with pan and scan (for DVD, also anamorphic widescreen).
non linear editing- The computer-assisted editing of a movie without the need to assemble it in linear sequence. The visual equivalent of word processing
NTSC- The standard for TV/video display in the US and Canada, as set by the National Television Standards Committee, delivers 525 lines of resolution at 60 half-frames per second. See also PAL and SECAM.
Pal-(Phase Alternating Line) A standard for tv/video display, dominant in Europe and Australia, which delivers 625 lines of resolution at 50 half-frames per second. See also NTSC and SECAM.
Producer- The chief of a movie production in all matters, except the creative efforts of the director. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. See also associate producer, co-producer, executive producer, line producer.
Production - (Production Date) In the movie industry, this term refers to the phase of movie making during which principal photography occurs. Popularly, however, "production" means the entire movie project. See also pre-production and post-production.
Post Production- Postproduction, Post) Work performed on a movie after the end of principal photography. Usually involves editing and visual effects. See also production, pre-production.
Pre Preduction - (Preproduction, Pre) Arrangements made before the start of filming. This can include script editing, set construction, location scouting, and casting.
Stop Motion - A form of animation in which objects are filmed frame-by-frame and altered slightly in between each frame.
storyboard - A sequence of pictures created by a production illustrator to communicate the desired general visual appearance on camera of a scene or movie.
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