Movie Terms

Sébastien B.
This is to be done with the unit on movies.
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  1. script
    something written by hand
  2. soundtrack
    sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film
  3. actor
    a performer in theater, television, or film
  4. film
    a series of moving pictures that tells a story
  5. producer
    someone who finances and supervises the making of a show
  6. director
    one who supervises the actors and making of a film
  7. special effect
    an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film)
  8. score
    a written form of a musical composition
  9. cameraman
    a photographer who operates a movie camera
  10. editor
    the person who determines the final content of a text
  11. blooper
    an embarrassing mistake
  12. box office
    the office where tickets of admission are sold
  13. cast
    assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
  14. choreographer
    someone who creates new dances
  15. cinema
    a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  16. movie theater
    a theater where films are shown
  17. costumer
    someone who designs or supplies costumes
  18. critic
    a person engaged in the analysis and interpretation of art
  19. dubbing
    a new soundtrack that is added to a film
  20. extra
    a minor actor in crowd scenes
  21. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
  22. flash-forward
    a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
  23. grip
    worker who moves the camera while a show is being made
  24. hairstylist
    someone who cuts or beautifies hair
  25. lighting
    apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
  26. negative
    photographic film showing an image with colors reversed
  27. outtake
    a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
  28. premiere
    the first public performance of a play or movie
  29. sequel
    a part added to a book or film that continues and extends it
  30. puppeteer
    one who operates dolls or marionettes
  31. reel
    a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames
  32. scene
    series of pictures constituting a unit of action in a film
  33. set
    scenery used to identify a location of a dramatic production
  34. stunt man
    a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
  35. subtitle
    translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program
  36. synopsis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  37. studio
    workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded
  38. squib
    firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
  39. sound effect
    an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play
  40. voice over
    narration by an unseen speaker in a film or television show
  41. writer
    a person who is able to write and has written something
  42. zoom in
    examine closely; focus one's attention on
Created on Sat Jun 29 08:48:27 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Nov 18 19:09:48 EST 2013)

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