Abbreviations
This is what P.O.V. stands for in a script.
What is point of view?
This is the term for a scene description, character movement, or sound in a screenplay.
What is "action"?
This term refers to when Anton Ego thinks back to his childhood in Ratatouille.
What is flashback?
This is what b.g. stands for in a script.
What is background?
This is what term is used to suggest that an actor should pause before continuing.
What is "beat"?
This term refers to when a series of shots are shown to music in Rocky to display him training.
This is what V.O. stands for in a script.
What is voice-over?
This is the term for a shot that focuses closely on a particular subject.
What is "close-on" or "close-up"?
This term refers to the type of shot The Blair Witch Project used to make it seem as if the viewer was holding the camera.
What is point of view?
This is what O.C./O.S. stands for in a script.
What is off-camera or off-screen?
This is the term for switching from scene to scene by slowly blackening the screen.
What is "dissolve to"?
This term refers to when Helen Mirren narrated in Barbie despite not being shown in any scenes?
This is what C.U. stands for in a script.
What is close up or close on?
This is the term for a shot that shows the viewer where we are.
What is "establishing shot"?
This term refers to a shot in the Shining when the audience sees the Overlook Hotel from war away.
What is establishing shot?