Acting on Film Vocabulary

Question 1

Adjustment

Answer 1

when your pay is increased above your base payment rate

Question 2

Bump

Answer 2

a one time payment for additional services or items e.g. extra asked about car

Question 3

Residual

Answer 3

fee paid to the Talent for rebroadcast of a commercial, film or TV programme

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

minimum payment for services under Union contracts

Question 5

Voucher

Answer 5

how you’ll get paid. Its a receipt and time card in one. You hold onto this till you get paid

Question 6

Action

Answer 6

cue for Talent to start performing

Question 7

Crossing

Answer 7

phrase you say to a camera operator when you walk in front of lens (don’t need to say when walking onto set to be blocked, stand in or begin shooting)

Question 8

Cut

Answer 8

Cue for everyone to stop, cast and crew

Question 9

It’s a wrap

Answer 9

done filming for day

Question 10

Last Looks

Answer 10

phrase to call in hair/makeup to give a final touch

Question 11

Picture’s Up

Answer 11

phrase that alerts all on set that cameras are almost set to start rolling

Question 12

Points

Answer 12

yelled out when large items are being moved through set; get out of the way!

Question 13

Rolling

Answer 13

camera is recording and ppl should be ready to go

Question 14

Sound speed

Answer 14

sound is recording and the scene is rolling. Everything you say will be caught on tape

Question 15

Holding

Answer 15

where background talent spend time waiting. Here you check in, get voucher and see hair and makeup

Question 16

Honeywagon

Answer 16

bathroom

Question 17

Set

Answer 17

where film is being recorded, usually in a soundstage

Question 18

Video Village

Answer 18

area where video monitors are placed for Director and other production personnel

Question 19

AD

Answer 19

Assistant Director - Calls out actions for director, gives instruction to camera team and extras, keeps track of time. There is 1st and 2nd AD

Question 20

Background

Answer 20

Extras’ version of “action” - cue to start moving

Question 21

Casting Assistant

Answer 21

Assis. to Casting Director

Question 22

Casting Director

Answer 22

Person in charge of casting

Question 23

Day Player

Answer 23

performer hired on daily basis, rather than a long term contract

Question 24

First team

Answer 24

team consisting of stars/actors of the film

Question 25

Gaffer

Answer 25

Head electrician who works directly with director of photography

Question 26

Grip

Answer 26

Ppl who set up and break down various items, but not limited to dolly tracks, cameras, lights…

Question 27

PA

Answer 27

(production assistant) - Several positions of PA’s. Most in contact with the extras wrangler

Question 28

Producer

Answer 28

Controls funding and personnel. Involved throughout all phases of the process. Key player

Question 29

Script Supervisor

Answer 29

Maintains daily log of shots covered and their relation to script. In charge of checking continuity

Question 30

Second Team

Answer 30

team consist of stand-ins for the actors

Question 31

Second Unit

Answer 31

smaller crew who may film additional shots not involving principal talent or critical action

Question 32

Talent

Answer 32

actor or actress

Question 33

ADR

Answer 33

Automatic Dialogue Replacement

Question 34

Blocking

Answer 34

Positioning of Talent set by Director

Question 35

Facetime

Answer 35

Amount of time a Talent’s face shows up on screen

Question 36

Mark

Answer 36

A mark where talent needs to stand or arrive at a certain time. When Talent stands in one spot, walks across the room, and stops at another place - they’ve moved from one mark to another mark. Usually identified by pieces of tape

Question 37

Martini

Answer 37

last shot of the day

Question 38

M.O.S

Answer 38

(Minus Optical Strip) to shoot without any sound being recorded

Question 39

Off-camera

Answer 39

dialogue delivered without the Talent being on screen

Question 40

Pantomime

Answer 40

typically what background Talent will do on set, all the action of acting, but w/o sound

Question 41

Stand-in

Answer 41

ppl who work out camera angles for Direct of Photography, literally stand in for Main Actors

Question 42

Take

Answer 42

clapboard indication of a shot being “Taken” or printed

Question 43

Apple

Answer 43

small wooden boxes used to make things higher; usually a seat cushion to raise talent a few inches, can be used for standing too

Question 44

Boom

Answer 44

an overhead microphone, usually on an extended pole

Question 45

Dolly

Answer 45

tracks and set-up that a camera may sometimes roll on

Question 46

Jib

Answer 46

Also referred to as a crane

Question 47

Soft Tape

Answer 47

A cloth measure, usually used to measure focus on the Talent’s face

Question 48

Camera Ready

Answer 48

anyone who is ready to appear in front of the camera. Extras are usually instructed to arrive this way

Question 49

Matching

Answer 49

Process of matching your action from a previous take

Question 50

Screen Test

Answer 50

a filmed performance of a short scene to confirm how a Talent performs on camera

Question 51

Sides

Answer 51

A half-sized script that contains only the scenes being shot that day

Question 52

Slate

Answer 52

A small clapboard used to mark and identify shots on film for editing, also the process of verbal indication by a performer in a taped audition (also referred to as Sticks)

Question 53

Spot

Answer 53

a commercial message, usually booked at random

Question 54

Tight Shot

Answer 54

Framing of a shot with little or no space around the central figure or features, really close up

Question 55

Turnaround

Answer 55

of hours between dismissal one day and call time the next day