Camera and Lighting
How long the camera’s shutter is open and the sensors inside are exposed to light.
What is shutter speed?
The end of one shot overlaps the start of the next one to create this gradual scene transition
What is dissolve?
A backdrop placed in the background of a shot to allow for digital effects later.
What is a green/blue screen?
Will from Good Will Hunting is recognized for his prowess in this subject.
What is mathematics?
Late Night Scoop’s Maggie and Dylan dress up as these beings.
What are an angel and a devil?
The brightest light in a 3-point light setup.
What is a key light?
A short audio clip of speech or music, usually a highlight taken from an interview or news report.
What is a sound bite?
A business arrangement where an item or logo is placed in the script or background of a film as promotion for the brand.
What is product placement?
This breed of dog is associated to Elle Woods’ dog, Bruiser, and Tito from Disney’s Oliver & Company.
What is chihuahua?
In Afterhours, the place where Max confesses his feelings for Eloise.
What is Seattle Pier (Ferris wheel)?
This technique involves lighting scenes to imitate set pieces that would be light sources.
What is motivated lighting?
When this transition is used, the visuals of the next scene appear before the previous scene’s audio finishes.
What is an L-cut?
A term called out to bring actors back to their original positions for another take. Also called “back to ones”, “going again”, “first positions”.
What is reset?
A former Wall Street trader guilty of crimes related to stock manipulation, documented in a memoir and 2013 film.
Who is Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street)?
In Study Breakage, Phillip recommends this movie to Nate, describing it as “wistful melancholy”.
What is Spirited Away?
This camera “movement” involves shifting focus to a different subject in the same shot.
What is racking/rack focus?
This process involves rerecording an actor’s dialogue.
What is ADR/audio dialogue replacement?
A miniature replica of a set, often showcased in museums.
Rear Window’s L. B. Jefferies is recovering from this injury throughout the film.
What is a broken leg?
In the Those Days are Gone BTS, Jada attributes the scariest moment on set to these.
What are geese?
When a scene or photo contains repetitive details that exceed the sensor resolution, producing a strange wavy pattern.
What is moiré?
When an edit is in this stage, no changes to in/out points can be made, preparing the film for color grading and sound mixing.
What is picture lock?
This French term refers to the composition and arrangement of visual elements in narrative storytelling.
What is mise en scène?
The name of the experimental hydrogen-based fuel patented by Miles Bron in the mystery film, Glass Onion.
What is Klear?
The LUX series where cast and crew members watch and review their film.
What is Crew Commentaries?