Terminology Flashcards
Aspiration
For some people film stars act as a role model, like we aspire to be
Identification
Some fans and spectators see themselves in certain stars. Perhaps in the way they look or the roles they play.
Admiration
Stars attract this perhaps due to talent or looks or screen activities e.g charity commitment
Affection
Certain stars engender the sort of affection that elevate them to national treasures or of status.
Adulation/adoration
Star is an ‘object of desire’
Alternative content
Non-feature film programming in cinemas such as love screening of events happening elsewhere
Box office
Total value of tickets for a film screened commercially at cinemas
DCMS
Department for culture, media and sport. Responsible for setting UK film policy
Digital projection
The projection of film onto a cinema screen using a digital master and a digital projector, using electronic signals to direct light onto the screen tater than passing light through a celluloid strip
Distributor
A person or company that acquires the right to exploit the commercial and creative values of a film in theatrical, video and television market
Domestic UK feature
A film made by a UK production company, produced wholly or partly in the Uk
Exhibitor
A cinema operator that rents a film from a distributor to show a cinema audience
Genre
A style or category of film defined on the basis of common story and cinematic conventions
Independent film
A film produced without creative or financial input from major US studio companies.
Mainstream programming
Category of films aimed at the general audience
Multiplex site
Defined by Dodoma research as a purpose-built cinema with fine or more screens
Mixed-use venue
An arts venue which screens film on a part-time basis alongside other activities such as concerts and plays
Specialised films
Generally, non-mainstream films. This category includes foreign language an subtitled films, feature documentaries, ‘art house’ productions and films aimed at niche audiences
UK Film
A film which is certified as such by the uk secretary of start for culture,media and sport under schedule 1 of the films act 1985, via the cultural test.
US studio
Any of the six major US film companies
Niche audience
Audience and tastes that Hollywood has not fully catered for w.g. African Americans, gays, students.
Indiewood
Those companies owned by the Hollywood studies that make and distribute less mainstream and more ‘indie’ type films.
Limited release
Can be as few as 1 or 2 cinemas. Most of these films in UK will play in big cities such as London
Micro-Budget
Very low budget indie films e.g. Clerks made for $25,000