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Terms for subject Cinematography (689 entries)

leadman	Member of the art department who is in charge of swing gangs and/or set dressers and reports to the set decorator.
Leatherface	A fictional character in the "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movies.	xlator
legal services	An attorney or a law firm which is responsible for a broad range of legal services related to filmmaking (film, television, music, digital media and entertainment) including, but not limited to the counseling, drafting and negotiation of subscription and investment agreeemnts, development and production agreements, cast (actor) and crew agreements, distribution agreements, and other related agreements, as well as intellectual property concerns.
legs	Of a movie: continuing to return large box-office figures.
lens	an optical device used by a camera to focus an image onto film stock or image sensor.
letterboxing	As the aspect ratio of movies are rarely the same as the aspect ratio of a television screen, when showing movies on TV it is necessary to make sacrifices. "Letterboxing" is a video mastering process whereby a film source with an aspect ratio greater than that of the video master (4:3 for NTSC/PAL and 16:9 for HDTV) is transferred to the video master in such a way that no film image is cut off to the left or the right, requiring the addition of (usually) black bars at the top and at the bottom of the image so that it entirely fills the screen--in other words, the technique of shrinking the image just enough so that its entire width appears on screen, with black areas above and below the image. The advantage of this technique is that the film images are shown as originally intended by the film's creators, not interfering with their shot composition and artistic intentions. The disadvantage is that the entire image must be shrunk, which makes viewing on smaller TVs more difficult. Contrast with pan and scan (for DVD, also anamorphic widescreen)
lighting	Most productions use artificial lighting when filming for various technical and artistic reasons, both on location or on a set. Lighting is designed by the director of photography in consultation with the director, and is the responsibility of the electrical department.
lighting board operator	A member of the electrical department who runs a console that controls the level or intensity of the lights, creating a look for the show. This can be simple or complex, involving intensity matching for shot continuity, on-screen effects, moving light control and synchronized work with other departments, like special effects and visual effects.
lighting crew	A group of technicians who install, operate, and maintain lighting.
lighting department	The section of a production's crew responsible for lighting and other electrical matters during filming. Individual positions within in this department include: Gaffer, Best Boy, Lighting Board Operator, Lamp Operator, Rigging Gaffer, Riggers and genny operator.
lighting technician	A member of the electrical department that is responsible for operating lights and lighting equipment on a set.
line producer	A producer who is responsible for managing every person and issue during the making of a film. Line producers only work on one film at a time. See also: unit production manager, associate producer, co-producer, executive producer.
live area	A camera's viewfinder actually shows (and records on film stock) a greater area of the scene than will appear in the final product. Markings are etched in the viewfinder to indicate to the camera operator the extents of the "viewable" film (called the live area) An area beyond that (called the safe area) is also marked; it is in this area that the camera operator might direct the boom operator to place the boom microphone.
location filming	Filming which occurs at a place not constructed specifically for the production. Typically this is either outdoors, a well-known location, or a real place which suffices.
location manager	A person who manages various aspects of filming a movie on location, such as arranging with authorities for permission to shoot in specific places. The Location Manager is not based on set and therefore has an Assistant Location Manager who represents the department and manages the department's interests on set where the Location Manager's permission is not required or where elements of the Location Managers job has been delegated the Assistant Location Manager to oversee.
location mixer	A sound mixer responsible for mixing sounds recorded on location.
location scout	A person who looks for suitable locations for filming.
lock it down	A direction given by the assistant director for everyone on the set to be quiet, move out of frame, and to secure the set against anything or one interrupting the shot as it is happening. It is called just prior to speed. The phrase can also be used to securing a location for filming.
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