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Terms for subject Cinematography (689 entries)

mise-en-scene	Literally translated as "what's put into the scene", this is the sum total of all factors affecting the artistic "look" or "feel" of a shot or scene. These can include shot selection, shot composition, production design and set decoration, as well as technical camera properties such as shutter speed, aperture, frame rate, and depth of field. Mise-en-scene is often contrasted with montage, where the artistic "look" of a scene is constructed through visual editing.
modeler	A person who develops any three-dimensional object (either inanimate or animate) via specialized software in 3D computer graphics.
montage	An artistic device for creating the artistic "look" or "feel" of a scene, through the use of visual editing. Often contrasted with mise-en-scene.
MOS	A take that is filmed without recording sound at the same time. MOS stands for "mit out sound"--it is purported that director Erich Von Stroheim couldn't pronounce "without sound" correctly due to his accent.
motion artifact	The visual interference patterns between a shot's frame rate and a filmed object's periodic motion or change. If a shot is filmed with a frame rate R, any images of periodic events of a frequency greater than R/2 (the "Nyquist Limit") will be misrepresented on film. A commonly-occuring example of this artifact is the illusion of spoked wheels appearing to turn in the wrong direction or at the wrong rate. Incorrect frame rates and synchronization can also cause strobing during shots of projected movies or of television screens. See also artifact, judder.
motion blur	Shots of objects that quickly move in the camera's frame, and/or shots with a slow shutter speed are likely to produce a "smearing" effect, since the object is in a range of positions during a single exposure.
motion capture	An animation technique in which the actions of an animated object are derived automatically from the motion of a real-world actor or object. See also rotoscoping.
motion control	A camera setup which records the motion of a camera during a shot so that visual effects can be easily synchronized with the photographed scene.
Motion Picture Association	The Motion Picture Association of America and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Before 1994, the MPA was known as the Motion Picture Export Association of America.
Motion Picture Association of America	The Motion Picture Association of America and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Through the Classifications and Ratings Administration (CARA) the MPAA issues certificates.
motion picture editors guild	A professional union for picture and sound editors, which now also includes re-recording mixers, projectionists, recordists, mic boom operators, engineers, and story analysts.
movematch	The use of computer programs to combine and synthesize real footage with CGI effects. The person that makes the integration possible between CG with live action footage is called "Matchmove artist", "Matchmover", "Integration artist" or "Camera tracking artist".
Movie Gallery Post	MGP
multi voice-over narration	MVO	Michae­lBurov
music arranger	Someone who adapts a musical composition for voices, instruments, and/or performance styles other than those for which the music was originally written.
music editor	A person who, in collaboration with the music supervisor and composer, performs editing on the score, live vocals, songs and source music of a movie.
music preparation	Person who prepares printed parts from the composer's score for the musicians to play from at the score recording sessions.
music supervisor	A person who coordinates the work of the composer, the editor, and sound mixers. Alternately, a person who researches, obtains rights to, and supplies songs for a production.
musical	A movie whose dramatic story structure includes unrealistic episodes of musical perfomance and/or dancing.
National Film Board	NFB