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Terms for subject Cinematography (689 entries)

set decorator	A person who has total charge of decorating the set with all furnishings, drapery, interior plants, and anything seen on indoor or outdoor sets. The set decorator has authority over a leadman. See also set dresser.
set designer	The person responsible for translating a production designer's vision of the movie's environment into a set which can be used for filming. The set designer reports to the art director.
set dresser	A person who maintains the set per the Set Decorator's requirements, placing elements such as curtains and paintings, and moves and resets the set decoration to accommodate camera, grip and lighting setups. Contrast with set decorator, property master. Responsible for set continuity with script supervisor and property master.
set medic	The set medic provides for the medical needs and emergency medical logistics of the entire cast and crew and is the safety liaison between production/construction and various agencies. This person may be an emergency medical technician, paramedic, nurse, or physician. Most often the set medic is involved in the production from the beginning of preproduction or construction through filming or production through striking the set or post-production.
Sexually Explicit Material	SEM
shooting ratio	The ratio between how much film was shot versus how much was used in the final version on the film; also the amount of film purchased to shoot the film, versus the amount of film that remains in the completed print.
shooting script	The script from which a movie is made. Usually contains numbered scenes and technical notes. See also lined script.
shop steward	A person elected by the crew; on a set, a shop steward represents the crew in dealings with production management.
short subject	A movie that is shorter than 45 minutes. Contrast with feature.
shot	A continuous block of unedited footage from a single point of view. See also scene, take, frame rate.
shot composition	The arrangement of key elements within the frame. See also shot selection.
shot list	A list given to the film production crew which indicates the sequence of scenes being shot for the day. This list may include the scene number, the location of where the scene is being shot, a description of the scene, the length of a scene (listed by number of pages from the script) a list of actors who will be involved in the scene, and, special notes to all departments of what will be needed or required for a particular scene being shot.
shot selection	The location of the camera, and what can be seen with it. See also shot composition, POV, mise-en-scene.
shot/reverse shot	A sequence of three shots: 1. a person's face; 2. what that person is looking at; and 3. the person again, giving the audience a chance to process the person's reaction to what (or who) s/he is seeing. See also reverse shot.
shutter speed	The length of time that a single frame is exposed for. Slower shutter speeds allow more light to enter the camera, but allow more motion blur. See also aperture, depth of field, go motion.
sign writer	The person in charge of writing and making signs shown in a production; possibly part of the set designer's team.
silent film	A film that has no synchronized soundtrack and no spoken dialogue. It was a form predominate in film until the late 1920's when practical synchronized soundtrack technology was developed and its use became popular. See also intertitles.
silk	A large section of translucent white cloth used to filter and soften a hard-light source.
singer	A featured vocalist; often the person who sings a film's theme song.
singing voice	Someone who performs an actor's vocal parts. Marni Nixon was the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady (1964) during post-production, Nixon's voice was dubbed over Hepburn's for the musical numbers.