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| Head Hancho. Packages the project & supervises it from conception to distribution. Interfaces with the production house & production personnel as needed. |
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| In charge of basically everything-the actors, the shots, placement, props, & script. |
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| Director of Photography (DP) |
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| Sometimes called "DP." In charge of ensuring premium photographic quality. Works with the Director to determine what cameras & lighting are appropriate for the shoot. |
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| Right hand man/woman for the Director. |
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| Head of art dept. & is responsible for the visual apearance of the set or sets for the film. |
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| Locates, creates, & decorates the set from top to bottom, while maintaining cosistancy & functionality. |
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| Answers to the Director of Photography, & handles all lighting set ups. Have their own special tape. May carry gigantic electrical cords on shoulder. |
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| The Gaffer's number one assistant on a film set or location. |
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| The key grip's number one assistant on a film set or location. |
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| Sound effects recorded in real-time sync with actions on film. |
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| General laborer on film set or location. |
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| Device that controls the amount of light passing through the lens of a camera. |
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| Distance between the center of the lens & the film plane. |
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| Referring to the film's sensitivity to light, the higher the number the less light is required to expose the film. |
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| Refers to the width of the film stock, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, & 70mm. |
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| Part of a camera that prevents side-to-side movement & flutter of the film stock. |
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| Light that creates a desirable lighting ratio on a subject or on the actor's face. |
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| Measurement of how much light is allowed through the lens. The f-stop number is a ratio of focal length divided by lens diameter (iris). |
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| Miniatures that are built & used in the actual filming. |
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| Photosensitive top layer of film. |
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| Electrical labor on a film set or location. |
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| Designed Sounds - Creature Sounds |
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Sounds created for something that does not exist (robots, spaceships, etc.)
Sounds created for a living creature that does not exist (e.g., dinosaurs, aliens, etc.) |
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| Light that separates the actor from their background; usually placed behind & above the actor's head. |
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| Ambiance/Backgrounds (BGs) |
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| Sounds that define a film's environment |
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| ADR (automated dialogue replacement) |
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| Automated Dialogue Replacement; the process of replacing dialogue recorded on the set with cleaned-up dialogue recorded in a studio. |
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| Head of the grip department on a film set or location. |
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| Main or motivating light in a scene. |
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| Part of the camera that is used to focus the image onto the film stock. |
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| Person in charge of making sure that the lighting is correct on a film set or location. Coordinates all lighting needs. |
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| Device on a motion picture camera that holds the film before & after it is exposed. |
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| Music composed & preformed just for the movie. |
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| Small-scale models that are built to check sightlines, etc., for a movie set. |
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| Person in charge of recording the dialogue & other sounds on a movie set or location. |
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| Dimensions (length, width & depth) of a film set or location. |
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| Device on a camera that stops light from exposing the film while the film is moving through the camera. |
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| Abbreviation for the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers. |
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| Process of converting film to video for the editing process. |
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| A frame-specific address of a film, used for editing. |
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| Standard frame rate for motion picture photography in frames per second. |
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| To make sure elements remain constant & consistent from shot to shot. |
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| Process of taking the assembled material from each of the sound elements & synching them to picture. |
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| Fresnel (fren-el, silent "s") |
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| Lensed lighting instrument has concentric "rings" that help direct light. |
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| Indirect reflector, very soft light, difficult to control. |
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| Double lens (extremely controllable) |
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| Direct soft source (difficult to control) |
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| Natural bending of waves through different mediums that occurs because of changes in propagation speed. Light for example travels slower in water than in air, & slower in glass than in water. |
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| Allows for image consistency between different film speeds. |
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