Glossary of film terms meanings

Glossary of film terms meanings

 

180 degree rule meaning 24 frames per second meaning 3-d meaning Above the line meaning Abstract form meaning Absurd absurdism meaning Academy awards meaning Act meaning Action meaning Actor meaning Actress meaning Ad lib meaning Adaptation meaning Aerial shot meaning Alan smithee film meaning A-level or a-list meaning Allegory meaning Allusion meaning Alternate ending meaning Ambiance meaning Ambient light meaning Ambiguity meaning Anachronism meaning Anamorphic meaning Ancillary rights meaning Angle meaning Animation and animator, animated films meaning Anime meaning Antagonist meaning Anthology film meaning Anthropomorphism meaning Anti-climax meaning Anti-hero meaning Aperture meaning Arc shot meaning Archetype meaning Arret meaning Art director meaning Arthouse meaning Art-house film meaning Aside meaning Aspect ratio meaning Assembly meaning Asynchronous sound meaning Atmosphere meaning Audience meaning Audio meaning Audio bridge meaning Audition meaning Auteuror auteur theory meaning Available light meaning Avant-garde meaning Back lot meaning Back projection meaning Back story meaning Backdrop meaning Background music meaning Backlighting meaning Balance meaning Banned meaning Barn doors meaning Barney meaning Based on a true story meaning Beat meaning Behind the scenes meaning Below the line meaning Best boy meaning Beta meaning B-film or b-movie, b-picture meaning Billing meaning Bio-picor biographic meaning Bit partor bit player meaning Biz meaning Black and white meaning Black or dark comedy meaning Blacklisting and blacklist meaning Blaxploitation meaning Blighty meaning Blimp meaning Blockbuster meaning Blocking a shot or scene meaning Blooper meaning Blow-up meaning Blue-screen orblue-screen shot meaning Blurb meaning Body double or double meaning Bollywood meaning Bookends meaning Boom meaning Boom shot meaning Bootleg meaning Bowdlerized meaning Box-office meaning Bracketing meaning Bridging shot meaning Buddy film meaning Building a scene meaning Bumper meaning Buzz meaning Buzz track meaning Call sheet meaning Cameo meaning Camera meaning Camera angle meaning Camera movement meaning Camera operator meaning Camp or campy meaning Canin the can meaning Candlelight lighting meaning Capsule review meaning Caption meaning Caricature meaning Cartoon meaning Cash cow meaning Cast meaning Cast against type meaning Cast of thousands meaning Casting meaning Casting couch meaning Catchphrase film meaning Catharsis meaning Cautionary tale meaning Celor celluloid, animation cel meaning Censorship meaning Cgi meaning Change-over cue meaning Character meaning Character actor meaning Character color coding meaning Character study meaning Cheater cut meaning Chemistry or screen chemistry meaning Chiaroscuro meaning Chick flicks' meaning Child actor meaning Chopsocky meaning Choreographer andch oreography meaning Cineaste meaning Cinema verité meaning Cinemascope meaning Cinematic meaning Cinematic terms meaning Cinematographer also cinematography meaning Cinerama meaning Clapboard clapper board or slate meaning Claymation meaning Click meaning Cliffhanger meaning Climax meaning Clip meaning Close-up cu meaning Coda meaning Coin meaning Color film meaning Colorization meaning Comedian comedienne meaning Comedy film meaning Comic relief meaning Coming-of-age film meaning Command performance meaning Commentary meaning Compilation film meaning Complication meaning Composer meaning Composition meaning Concert film rock or comedy meaning Continuity editing or cutting meaning Contract player meaning Contrast meaning Conventions meaning Coogan's law meaning Costume or wardrobeand costume design meaning Courtroom drama meaning Coverage meaning Crane shot meaning Credits meaning Crew meaning Crisis meaning Criticor film critic, film reviewer meaning Cross-cutting meaning Cross-over andcross-over appeal meaning Crowd shot meaning Cue meaning Cue cards meaning Cult films meaning Cutor cutting meaning Cutaway shot meaning Cyberpunk meaning Cyclorama meaning Dailies meaning Dark horse meaning Day-for-night shot meaning Deadpan meaning Decoupage meaning Deep-focus shot meaning Deleted scene meaning Denouement meaning Depth of field meaning Depth of focus meaning Deus ex machina meaning Dialogue meaning Diegetic diegesis meaning Diffusion meaning Digital production meaning Direct sound meaning Directing the eye meaning Director and directing meaning Director's cut meaning Discovery shot meaning Disney-fication ordisney-fied meaning Dissolveor lap dissolve meaning Documentary meaning Dogme 95 meaning Dolby stereo meaning Dolly shot meaning Doppelganger meaning Double meaning Double exposure meaning Double take meaning Drive-in meaning Dubor dubbing meaning Dunning meaning Dutch tiltor canted angle meaning Dynamic frame meaning Dystopia meaning Editing editor meaning Ellipsis meaning Emcee meaning End or closing credits meaning Enfant terrible meaning Ensemble film meaning Epic meaning Epilogue meaning Epiphany meaning Episode meaning Episodic meaning Establishing shot meaning Exec or exex meaning Executive producer meaning Exhibitor meaning Experimental film meaning Exploitation film meaning Exposition meaning Expressionism and expressionist meaning Extras meaning Eyeline match meaning F/x meaning Fade meaning Farce meaning Fast motion or acceleratedmotion meaning Feature film meaning Featurette meaning Feel good film or movie meaning Festival meaning Fifteen minutes of fame' meaning Film meaning Film aesthetics meaning Film artifact meaning Film clip meaning Film d'art meaning Film form meaning Film gauge meaning Film grain meaning Film review meaning Film score meaning Film stock meaning Film within a film meaning Film noir meaning Filmic codes or conventions meaning Filmmakers meaning Filmography meaning Filter meaning Final cut meaning Fish-eye lens meaning Fish-out-of-water' tale meaning Flash frame or shot meaning Flash in the pan meaning Flashback meaning Flash-forward or flash-ahead meaning Flat meaning Flick meaning Flicker meaning Flood meaning Flop meaning Focus meaning Foil meaning Foley artist meaning Followor following shot meaning Follow-up meaning Footage meaning For your consideration meaning Foreground abbreviated as f.G. meaning Foreign film meaning Foreshadow-ing meaning Format meaning Fourth wall meaning Frame meaning Frames per second or fps meaning Framingor framed shot meaning Freezeor freeze-frame meaning Front projection meaning F-stop meaning Fyc meaning Gaffer meaning Gag-based comedies meaning Gate meaning Gel meaning Gender twist meaning Gender-bending role meaning General release meaning Generation meaning Genre meaning Gothic meaning Grand guignol meaning Greenlightor greenlighting meaning Grindhouse film meaning Grip meaning Gross meaning Grotesque meaning Guerrilla film meaning Guilty pleasure' films meaning Handheld shot meaning Hays code meaning Head-on shot meaning Helicopter shot meaning Helm meaning Hero/heroine meaning High-angle shot meaning High-concept' meaning High-definition meaning Highlighting meaning Hike meaning Hitting a mark meaning Hold over meaning Homage meaning Hoofer meaning Horror films meaning Horse opera meaning Hybrid film meaning Hype meaning Iconography or icon meaning Image meaning Imax meaning In the can meaning In-camera editing meaning Independents indie and independent films meaning Industry, the meaning Ingenue meaning Ink meaning Insert shot meaning Inside joke meaning Intercut shots meaning Interlude meaning Intermission meaning Irisor irising meaning It list meaning J-cut meaning Jukebox musical meaning Jump cut meaning Juvenile meaning Juxtaposition meaning Key light meaning Kick-off meaning Klieglight meaning Kudocast meaning Landmark film meaning Lavalier microphone meaning L-cut meaning Lead role meaning Legs' meaning Leitmotif meaning Lens meaning Letterboxing or letterboxed meaning Library shot meaning Lighting meaning Lines meaning Lip sync meaning Location sound meaning Locationor on location meaning Locked-down shot meaning Logline meaning Long takeor lengthy take meaning Long-shot ls meaning Looping meaning Low-angle shot meaning Madcap comedy meaning Made-fors meaning Magic hour meaning Mainstream meaning Majors meaning Makeup meaning Making of... meaning Mark meaning Maskor blackout meaning Master shot meaning Match cut meaning Matte shot meaning Mcguffin or macguffin meaning Medium shot meaning Megaplex multiplex meaning Melodrama meaning Metaphor meaning Method acting meaning Midnight movies meaning Mimeor pantomime meaning Miniatures meaning Miscast meaning Mise en scène meaning Mix mixing meaning Mockumentary meaning Modern'or modern-day classic meaning Mogul meaning Money shot meaning Monitor meaning Monologue meaning Montage meaning Moppet meaning Morality tale or play meaning Morph meaning Motif meaning Motion pictures movies, pics, pix, or moving pictures meaning Motivated and unmotivated lighting meaning Mouse house meaning Mpaa meaning Mtv style editing meaning Musical film meaning Mute meaning Narration meaning Narrative film meaning Naturalism naturalistic meaning Negative meaning Neo-realism meaning Network tv meaning New wave meaning Newsreel meaning Nickelodeon meaning Nihilistic nihilism meaning Nitrate film base meaning Noir meaning Non-speaking role meaning Non-syncnon-synchronized meaning Non-traditional casting meaning Nostalgia film meaning Novelization meaning Ntsc meaning Nudieor nudie flick meaning Nut meaning Obligatory scene meaning Off or offstage or off-camera meaning Omniscient point-of-view pov meaning On or onstage or on-camera meaning One man or woman show meaning One-liner meaning One-reeler meaning One-sheet meaning Opening credits or title sequence meaning Opticalsor optical effects meaning Oscar bait meaning Oscars meaning Out-takes meaning Overacting meaning Overcrank meaning Overexposed meaning Overlap meaning Over-the-shoulder ots shot meaning Overture meaning Ozoner meaning P.A. meaning P.O.V. Shotor point-of-view shot meaning Pace meaning Package meaning Pan meaning Pan and scan meaning Panor panning shot, orpanoramic shot meaning Parallel editing, action, sound, etc. meaning Parody meaning Payoff meaning Payola meaning Persona meaning Pics also pix meaning Picture within a picture meaning Pin-up girl meaning Pitches meaning Pivotal character meaning Pixillation meaning Plot and plot point meaning Point of view pov meaning Porn porno meaning Post- synchronization meaning Post-credits sequence meaning Post-modern meaning Post-production meaning Potboiler meaning Pre-code meaning Premiere meaning Premise meaning Pre-production meaning Prequel meaning Pre-screen meaning Preview meaning Principal photography meaning Principals meaning Print meaning Prison film meaning Process projection or shot meaning Producer film meaning Product placement meaning Production meaning Production design meaning Production value meaning Projector meaning Prologue meaning Promo meaning Props or property meaning Protagonist meaning Punchline meaning Q rating meaning Rack focusing meaning Rating systems or ratings meaning Reaction shot meaning Real time meaning Realism meaning Rear screen projection meaning Red carpet meaning Red herring meaning Redlighted meaning Reel meaning Re-enactment meaning Reference meaning Reissue meaning Release meaning Remake meaning Rentals meaning Re-release meaning Reshoot contingency meaning Resolution meaning Retrospective meaning Reverse angle shot meaning Reverse motion meaning Revisionistic meaning Revival house meaning Roadshow meaning Roman a clef meaning Rotation meaning Rough cut meaning Running time meaning Rushes meaning Satire meaning Scenario meaning Scene meaning Scenery meaning Scene-stealing meaning Schlock film meaning Screen direction meaning Screen test meaning Screener meaning Screening meaning Screenplay meaning Screwball comedy meaning Scriptalso shooting script meaning Second banana meaning Second-unit photography meaning Segment or seg meaning Sell-through meaning Sepia tone meaning Sequel meaning Sequence meaning Serial meaning Series meaning Set meaning Set-piece meaning Setting meaning Set-up meaning Set-up screenplay meaning Sex comedy meaning Sexploitation meaning Shoot meaning Short subject shorts or short films meaning Shot meaning Shot, scene, and sequence meaning Sight gag meaning Silent film or silents meaning Silver bullet meaning Size meaning Skip frame meaning Slapstick comedy meaning Slasher film meaning Slate board meaning Sleeper meaning Slow-motion or slo-motion meaning Smash-cut or shock cut meaning Snub meaning Soft-focus meaning Soliloquy meaning Sound meaning Soundstage or stage meaning Soundtrack meaning Spaghetti western meaning Special effects or f/x, sfx, spfx,or efx meaning Spin-off meaning Split edit meaning Split-reel meaning Split-screen meaning Spoiler meaning Spoof meaning Stand-in meaning Star meaning Star system meaning Star vehicle meaning Static shot meaning Steadicam shot meaning Stealing a scene or scene-stealing meaning Stereotyping meaning Still meaning Stinger meaning Stock character meaning Stock footageor stock/library shot meaning Stop-motion animation meaning Story meaning Storyboard meaning Straight man meaning Studio chief meaning Studio system meaning Studios meaning Stunt doubles meaning Stylized meaning Subjective point-of-view pov meaning Subplot meaning Subtext meaning Subtitles meaning Sundance meaning Superimposeor superimposition meaning Supporting roles or players, characters meaning Surreal surrealism meaning Suspenser meaning Swashbuckler meaning Sword and sorcery meaning Sword-and-sandal epic meaning Symbol meaning Symmetry meaning Synchronous sound meaning Tag line meaning Take meaning Talent meaning Talkies meaning Talking heads meaning Tap meaning Tearjerkers meaning Technicolor meaning Tech-noir meaning Telefilm meaning Telephoto lens meaning Tentpole meaning The coast meaning The lion leo meaning Theatre - theater film meaning Theatrical meaning Theme film meaning Theme music meaning Three-shot meaning Tie-in meaning Tilt shotor oblique angle meaning Time lapse meaning Tint meaning Title role meaning Titles meaning Tix meaning Tone meaning Toon meaning Topline meaning Topper meaning Tour de force meaning Tracking shot or truck meaning Trademark meaning Trades meaning Trailer meaning Transition or transitionaltechnique ordevice meaning Trash film meaning Travelogue meaning Treatment meaning Trilogy meaning Triple threat meaning Tubthump meaning Turnaround meaning Twist ending meaning Two-fer meaning Two-hander meaning Two-reeler meaning Two-shot meaning Typecasting meaning U-matic meaning Unbilled role meaning Uncredited role meaning Underacting meaning Undercranking meaning Underexposed meaning Underground film meaning Unions meaning Unreliable narrator meaning Unspool meaning Utopian meaning Vamp meaning Variety meaning Vaudeville meaning Vcr meaning Video meaning Video nasty meaning Vigilante film meaning Vignette meaning Visual effects meaning Voice-over or v.O. meaning Vorkapich meaning Walk-on meaning Walk-through meaning Walla walla meaning Wardrobe meaning Weenie meaning Whistleman meaning White or color balance meaning Whodunit meaning Whoop-whoops meaning Wide-angle shot meaning Widescreen meaning Wig-wag meaning Wipe meaning Word of mouth meaning Wrap meaning Writer meaning Yawner meaning Z-film or z-movie meaning Zoom shot meaning Zoptic special effects meaning

 

Glossary of film terms meanings

 

Glossary of film terms meanings

 

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