Film & Industry Flashcards
distribution
The marketing of a film to exhibitors and the arrangement of the transportation of the film to theaters. For commercial theaters, distribution is by rental, though films at later stages can be rented, leased, or purchased by institutions or purchased on cassettes [and discs] for home viewing.
exhibition
The showing of a motion picture, generally to a paying audience in a commercial theater [non-commercial forms of exhibition include classroom and non-profit archival screenings].
preproduction
The early stage in making a film, preceding the actual shooting, that includes casting, contracting performers and production personnel, writing the script, designing and building sets, scheduling the shooting and budgeting the entire enterprise.
post-production
That part of filmmaking that comes immediately after the shooting is completed and includes editing, the addition of special effects and optical transitions [fades, dissolves, superimposition etc.] and the mixing of all sound tracks.
production
The various stages of putting the story on film after pre-production planning and before final editing. These stages include all the physical preparations for shooting (e.g. construction of sets, lighting and rehearsal) and the actual shooting itself. When the film is “in production” it is actually being shot. The term is sometimes used to include the various stages of editing, sound mixing and special effects photography [stages also often referred to as “post-production”].
