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Terms for subject Cinematography (704 entries)

stock music	Music not written specifically for the film in question. Very often it's owned by a company connected with the production and so it's cheap for them to use - sometimes royalty-free.
stop motion	A form of animation in which objects are filmed frame-by-frame and altered slightly in between each frame. See also go motion.
storyboard	A sequence of pictures created by a production illustrator to communicate the desired general visual appearance on camera of a scene or movie.
storyliner	Commonly working on television series, storyliners create the plot twists for a given story line, keeping in mind the past storylines for a given character or pairing, and the work with the writers to bring those new plot elements to life.
Strangely Original Airsoft Tactics	SOAT
studio	A company that makes movies. Larger studios (such as the majors) have extensive in-house soundstages (also called "studio"s) where filming can be done.
stunt	A non-trivial and often dangerous piece of physical action. Often performed by a stunt performer.
stunt Co-ordinator	A person who arranges and plans stunts.
stunt double	A stunt performer who specifically takes the part of another actor for a stunt. Stunt doubles rarely (if ever) speak, are typically chosen to resemble the actor that they are replacing as much as possible. Contrast with body double and stand-in.
stunt performer	A specialist actor who performs stunts.
subtitles	Words which are superimposed over a film which mirror the dialog that is heard at the time. Most often subtitles are in a different language than that which is being spoken, but this is not always the case: Trainspotting uses subtitles for humourous effect. Contrast with dubbing, intertitles, close-captioned.
Suitable for Mature Audiences only	MA
super	superimposition	Nurais­hat
supervising sound editor	A chief sound editor.
supporting feature	A feature film which appears (typically in a double-bill) with a feature presentation.
surround sound	A sound system which creates the illusion of multi-directional sound through speaker placement and signal processing. See also Dolby, SDDS, DTS, THX.
swing gang	Set dressers who dress and strike sets, as well as pick up and return the dressing. They work apart from the shooting crew, as they are always either prepping a set for shooting or striking it after it's been shot.
Sword and sandal epic	A colloquialism for an epic film set in the times of Roman Empire or any other period, real or imagined, in which characters use sword and sandals. Often has biblical or fantasy elements
Sword and sorcery	A colloquialism for a genre of film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
syndication	A package of off network programs sold or bartered to individual television stations in a local market, either strip (daily) or weekly episodic (series) A package of titles may require cash purchase, bartered or sponsored programming. Most packaged syndicated contracts offer exclusivity to a market for limited number of airings. Contracts are generally designed for one to two full season runs.