Film Jargon
Terms
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copy deck
- a camera position that results in full- to half-figure shots of performers
- medium shot
- the director's instruction to stop a scene
- cut
- the ability to find your predetermined location in the scene wihtout looking at the marks that have been placed on the floor
- hit your mark
- positioning the camera close to an actor's face (or any object that is significant in the scene) so that the person or object fills the frame
- close-up
- a term used to let the production crew know that the camera is rolling or the sound is being recorded
- speed
- the word the director usses when he wants the actors to begin preforming
- action
- a camera angle used to stress the environment or setting; the camera is at a distance form the subject of the shot
- long shot
- when an actor takes on a physical position that would not be natural in real life, such a looking at something other than the person or object on which she is supposedly focused
- cheating
- the camera position or the composition of a shot
- setup
- the assistant director, sound mixer, or camera operator's instruction to stop the scene
- break it
- a scene that is being (or has been) filmed
- take
- your call to the set
- actor's call
- what the director says when the take completed is good enough to use
- print it
- the director uses this terms to indicate that he or she wants to redo a small part of the scene
- pickup
- a phrase that means, "We're done. Shooting is over for today."
- that's a wrap