Film Phrases Flashcards
What are Above the Line Costs (ATL)
Pre-production costs. Helps people know if a movie is worth it… These costs are above the gross profit. Basically money spent on raw materials and labour or producers, actors, and directors— all the pricey things.
What are Below the Line Costs (BTL)
These are the costs of the behind-the-scenes work and post-production. This would include taxes, operating expenses, fees or like the workers (BTS) like sound and makeup people.
What is day-for-night scene
Day-for-Night is a set of cinematic techniques used to create “nighttime” shots even when scenes were filmed in the daytime.
What is ADR?
Automated Dialogue Replacement. Basically dialogue lines rerecorded over the lines said on set. Creates the best-sounding dialogue possible.
what is Blocking
Used to describe and plan how actors and objects are to be moved in a scene in the camera. This is used to know how you’ll draw the audience’s attention to things, and impact the mood and tone or interpretation of the film.
what is breaking down the script?
Where people look at the script and identify elements of it at the scene level to prepare scenes, schedule, and budget. This would be identifying things like how many animals or cars, pillows and people you need to have to film the scene(s).
what is a c-stand/century stand
A durable and versatile light stand.
What are colour gels?
Sheets of coloured, transparent material. They are placed over light sources on sets. Create dynamic lighting or color correction.
what is cross-cutting?
Also known as “parallel editing”, is used to give the dramatic effect that two different shots are occurring at the same time by switching scenes back and forth.
What is a cucoloris?
This is a light modifier (filter tool) that produces patterned illumination/shadows/silhouettes.
What is double system recording?
Where sound and video are recorded on 2 separate systems. They need to be merged and synced together by an editor.
What is the dutch angle?
Angled shot that creates uneasiness, disorientation, or tension. Camera is rotated and the horizon/vertical lines are not parallel with the bottom of frame.
