Aspect Ratio - ✔✔ The size of a film frame, usually a ratio of height to width. Academy is 3:4, HD is 9:16, Widescreen is 1:1.85
B Camera -
... [Show More] ✔✔ A second camera crew working simultaneously with the main shooting unit
Blue/Green Screen - ✔✔ A backing or painted cyc against which foreground action is shot,allowing the background to be replaced by any digital image.
CGI - ✔✔ Visual effects created in post production.
Cheat - ✔✔ Any trick or shortcut done on set to manipulate the shot. You often cheat elements into and out of the frame to compose the shot.
Chroma key - ✔✔ The name of the process whereby a colored background is "keyed" out and replaced by a digital image.
Cover set - ✔✔ A standing set, usually an interior or studio set, held aside in case bad weather forces a change in schedule.
Cyclorama - ✔✔ A solid or fabric backing used as a backdrop . Often coved into the floor, so there is no hard line where the floor meets the wall.
Dailies - ✔✔ The results of the previous days shooting, always checked to make sure the scenes were successfully shot. Now commonly shared digitally rather than shared at a nightly screening.
Grip Stand/C-Stand - ✔✔ A 3 legged stand with an arm and clamps used to hold all manner of stage elements.
Drop, Rag, Backing - ✔✔ Any soft backdrop used as a background, can be pictorial, abstract, or black.
Flat - ✔✔ The basic unit of scenery, usually 8'-10' tall, framed with 1x3 on edge and skinned with luan. A typical wall flat is 4'x10', you also have Door Flats, Window Flats, Ceiling Flats and Backing Flats. They can be made in any shape and size needed. They are usually not built larger than 10'x10' for the sake of easy and safe handling.
Flying - ✔✔ Rigging scenery to hang or fly out, either to get it out of the way or to minimize floor support.
Gimbal - ✔✔ A pivot built into a mirror or window to help control reflections towards the camera.
Hero - ✔✔ Any key set or prop, usually related to a lead character, The hero apartment, car or gun.
Hot Set - ✔✔ Any set that is in the process of being shot or held for dailies or negative check.
Key Frame - ✔✔ A single wide establishing shot that shows the set and any digital effects to be added in the final composition.
Oriented Stand Board (OSB) - ✔✔ Composite wood that looks like pressed splinters, used for sub floors and structural elements.
Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) - ✔✔ A grainless pressed board with a smooth finish, good for painted surfaces.
Trim - ✔✔ A piece of preformed moulding used in finish carpentry.
Negative Check - ✔✔ The first check of the film shot the day before, done by the lab, to make sure all the work was successfully developed. Not a concern in digital recording.
Picture Vehicle - ✔✔ Any vehicle to be used on camera.
Raked - ✔✔ Any thing angled to the horizon, in scenery often an inclined floor.
Re-shoot - ✔✔ What happens when the negative check is bad or the dailies stink.
Scout - ✔✔ The act of going out and looking for or at locations.
Second Unit - ✔✔ A second camera and crew shooting additional material for a project, usually not involving the primary actors.
Skin, Vaccuform - ✔✔ A plastic or fiberglass sheet that mimics the texture of another material, stone, tree bark, brick, etc.
Special Effects - ✔✔ Effects done during filming.
Staff Shop - ✔✔ The studio department where skins are made and sold.
Storyboards - ✔✔ A series of drawings or images created in preproduction that indicate the composition of the camera shots to be used when filming.
Translight - ✔✔ A large translucent backing, usually photographic, used on stage to simulate an environment.
Visual Effects - ✔✔ Same as CGI, Effects added in post production.
Wild - ✔✔ Any scenic unit built to be movable to allow room for camera , crew and equipment.
Wrap - ✔✔ The end of the shooting day or the official end of principal photography.
Production Designer - ✔✔ The person in charge of all the visual elements of the film. Must interpret the script and the directors vision into the look of the film. Oversees the Art Director and the Set Decorator in the building and decoration of the sets, and is also involved in the coordination of costumes, makeup and visual effects to assure a coherent style to the film.
Art Director - ✔✔ The head of the Art Department. Takes the designs and research provided by the Production Designer and oversees the creation of the scenery. Supervises the Set Designers in the drawing of the scenery, and the Construction Department in the building of the scenery. Manages the rest of the people in the Art Department and is in charge of script breakdowns,schedule and budget.
Assistant Art Director - ✔✔ Assists the Art Director and the Set Designer and the Construction Department by researching and providing the necessary information about all the various things needed by each department. Hardware, backings, set lighting, and anything else needed on the set . He is also frequently in charge of the crews working on remote locations. [Show Less]