Filmmaking
This statement is stated before turning on the lights on set.
What is a "Striking"?
The slow horizontal movement of the camera from left to right or from left to right.
What is a panning?
A scene not used in a movie.
What is an out-take?
Anything an actor uses or touches in a scene.
What is a prop?
A long mobile beam or pole used to hold a microphone or camera.
What is a boom?
A camera shot of a person's head from the shoulders up.
What is a close-up?
A brief segment excerpted from a film.
What is a clip?
When capturing video from a camcorder, the cable used to connect the camcorder to the computer.
What is a firewire cable?
A person who places decoration on skin or hair of an actor.
What is a make-up artist?
The camera shot of a person that is usually from waist on up.
What is a medium shot?
A scene that breaks the continuity of a film by depicting events that happen in the future.
What is flashforward?
The three-legged support that is used to help stabilize the camera while shooting video.
What is a tripod?
The person in charge of the special effects in a film.
What is the FX Coordinator?
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?
The recorded identification of a scene and take numbers.
What is a slate or clapper board?
Dialogue heard on a movie's soundtrack in which the speaker is never seen.
What is a voice-over?
The chief electrician in charge of lighting on a set.
What is a gaffer?
The camera technique of walking around while shooting video, without a stabalizer or dolly.
What is handheld?
The planning of the actors' positions and movements during the filming of a scene.
What is blocking?
A non-fiction narrative without actors.
What is a documentary?