Jobs On Set
This person is in charge of the performance of the actors
The Director
This is the top down view of the set with blocking and camera placement
Schematics
This is the very first part of a film, always within the first few minutes
The hook
This is the most basic form of framing where objects are placed on lines and verticies
Rule of thirds
In space-time, this is the name of a point of infinite mass and density
A black hole
White light is made up of these three colors
Red, green, blue
This is the role whose job it is to make sure everything is consistent between shots/scenes
Script supervisor/continuity
This is a drawing or 3D rendering of each shot for planning framing
Storyboards
Can be a win, loss, revelation, or a combination of those
The midpoint
This is the term for when a camera physically moves forwards and backwards
Dolly
This is the name of what happens when a whale dies
Whale fall/marine snow
This is the opening at the back of the lens that opens and closes
This person is in charge of the frame and the camera
Director of photography/cinematographer
This is approximately how long a 97 page film would be when turned into a film
97 minutes
This is the point where our main character faces their final obstacle
The climax
Director Wes Anderson and Stanley Kubrick are famous for this type of framing
One point perspective
These are the three standard aspect ratios in film (100 per correct aspect ratio)
4:3, 1.85:1, 2.39:1
Most films shoot at this many frames per second
24
This person is in charge of focusing the camera
1st Assistant Camera
The script is considered which step in pre-production
Step zero
This is the point at which the main character's life will never be the same
Plot point 1
This is used to measure the "zoom" of a lens
Focal length
These are the four lobes of the brain (100 for each correct lobe)
Occipital, parietal, frontal, temporal
This is the piece of the camera that turns light into digital data
The sensor
This person is in charge of running the day-to-day of the set
1st Assistant Director
A character named Sal moving from their second position to their third position would be denoted this way
S2xS3
This is the optional moment in a film where the main character's refusal to answer the call to adventure is ignored
The call doesn't care about your feelings and knows where you live
These are the two properties of lenses
Foreground/background compression and field of view
Eating 40,000 bananas can give you radiation poisoning because they contain this element of the periodic table
K/Potassium
These are the three ways inside of the camera to control exposure
Shutter speed/angle, ISO, aperture