The person responsible for overseeing all aspects of the making of a film. He or she plans the shots and draws performances out of the actor.
What is a director?
100
One who helps actors learn their lines and master accents.
What is a dialogue coach?
100
The slow horizontal movement of the camera from left to right or from left to right.
What is a panning?
100
A scene not used in a movie.
What is an out-take?
100
Anything an actor uses or touches in a scene.
What is a prop?
200
The plan of each camera shot that is created prior to filming and is used during filming.
What is a storyboard
200
A long mobile beam or pole used to hold a microphone or camera.
What is a boom?
200
A camera shot of a person's head from the shoulders up.
What is a close-up?
200
A brief segment excerpted from a film.
What is a clip?
200
When capturing video from a camcorder, the cable used to connect the camcorder to the computer.
What is a firewire cable?
300
The person who arranges, changes, and organizes the shots in sequence as often instructed by the director.
What is an editor?
300
A person who places decoration on skin or hair of an actor.
What is a make-up artist?
300
The camera shot of a person that is usually from waist on up.
What is a medium shot?
300
A scene that breaks the continuity of a film by depicting events that happen in the future.
What is flashforward?
300
The three-legged support that is used to help stabilize the camera while shooting video.
What is a tripod?
400
The place outside the studio where shooting occurs.
What is the location?
400
The person in charge of the special effects in a film.
What is the FX Coordinator?
400
The bad camera technique of constantly and randomly waving the camera around aiming it vaguely at one thing before quickly moving off one subject to something else.
What is firehosing?
400
The recorded identification of a scene and take numbers.
What is a slate or clapper board?
400
Dialogue heard on a movie's soundtrack in which the speaker is not seen.
What is a voice-over?
500
The preferred way to shoot video where the screen is divided up into a tic-tac-toe diagram and the points of interest of the subject are lined up where the lines intersect.
What is the rule of thirds?
500
The chief electrician in charge of lighting on a set.
What is a gaffer?
500
The bad camera technique of walking while shooting video.
What is jogging?
500
The planning of the actors' positions and movements during the filming of a scene.