Film Crew
Director
The creative leads of the film. They hold the vision throughout the whole process of film making
Foreshadowing
a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
Exposition
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
High Key
reduces the lighting ratio in the scene
Panning
the camera horizontally so that it sweeps around the scene.
Executive producers
act as the liaison between the film's financiers and the producers who ultimately run production and oversee post-production
Irony
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Rising action
the second of six essential plot elements, which comes right after the opening of a story
low key
a style of lighting for film and photography that has an emphasis on shadows.
Tracking
the camera physically moves sideways, forward, or backward through the scene
Line producer
the head of the production office management personnel during daily operations of a feature film
Motif
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
Contrast
the ratio between the white and the black, or in other words, the light and the dark parts of a scene.
Hand-held
the camera is carried by the operator, often creating uneven movement.
Assistant Director
Collaborates with the Executive Director to sustain, promote, and grow departmental programs and services.
a convention used in drama as a substitution for reality that the audience accepts as real although they know them to be false
Falling action
everything that takes place immediately after the climax.
Black Lighting
positioned behind the character and presents only a black figure in the shot.
Crane
a camera technique that creates the illusion of looking up from below.
Script Supervisor
a member of a production crew that supervises continuity
Conflict
The struggle between two opposing forces.
Resolution
a firm decision to do or not to do something.
Limbo Lighting
A lighting technique in which the background of the set is lit to create the illusion of a solid-colored, indistinct background
Low angle
a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis