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Film Industry Vocabulary

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The transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story.
A
Character arc
(figurative)The total revenue a movie generates from ticket sales.
B
Box office
All the actors and actresses appearing in a film.
C
Cast
Also known as a Director of Photography (DP), they oversee the camera and light crews.
C
Cinematographer
A shot that tightly frames a person or object.
C
Close-up
The technical staff working behind the scenes to create the film.
C
Crew
A person who professionally analyzes and comments on films.
C
Critic
A transition from one shot to another in a film's editing process.
C
Cut
The person responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film.
D
Director
The person who cuts and pieces together the film to create the final product.
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Editor
A full-length movie typically lasting between 70 and 210 minutes.
F
Feature film
A scene that depicts events occurring before the main timeline of the story.
F
Flashback
A sequence of short shots edited into a coherent sequence.
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Montage
A recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
M
Motif
The sequence of events or main story in a film.
P
Plot
The planning stage before shooting begins, including scriptwriting, casting, and location scouting.
P
Pre-production
The person who oversees the production of a film, from financing to post-production.
P
Producer
The filming stage, during which the movie is actually shot.
P
Production
The distribution of a movie to the public.
R
Release
An evaluation or analysis of a film, typically published after its release.
R
Review
The script of a film, including dialogue, character descriptions, and action scenes.
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Screenplay
A film usually fewer than 40 minutes in length.
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Short film
A single, uninterrupted piece of film; the building block of a scene.
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Shot
A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film.
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Storyboard
The underlying or implicit meaning in dialogue or the narrative.
S
Subtext
A single continuous recorded performance of a scene.
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Take
The underlying message or main idea of a film.
T
Theme
A shot during which the camera moves alongside the subject.
T
Tracking shot
A technique using the voice of an unseen speaker to narrate or explain the scene.
V
Voice-over
The end of shooting for the film or for a particular actor.
W
Wrap
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