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Terms for subject Cinematography (689 entries)

off-stage commentary	voice over narration	Michae­lBurov
on-line	The process of final editing and preparation for distribution of film, with edits often from a list of changes created during off-line.
on-line editor	A person who performs the on-line work, who completes the final editing and preparation for distribution of film, with edits often from a list of changes created by the off-line editor.
opaquer	An artist who colours in the individual cells of an animated film.
open	The time at which a movie is first released in theatres. Movies will often open at different times in different countries/regions.
opening weekend	When a movie is first released in each country, its success is often measured in terms of its gross for the first weekend it opened. A disproportionate number of people usually see a movie on its opening weekend so box-office numbers are a good guide as to whether the movie will be a hit or not.
optical printer	A laboratory machine for combining the images of one or more reels of film through photographic techniques. Contrast with digital compositing.
optical soundtrack	A composite print in which the soundtrack is recorded via the varying width of a transparent track which runs beside the sequence of frames on a print. See also advance.
option	To buy the exclusive rights to a script, within a specified time at a set price, effectively guaranteeing that during the indicated time period, the writer will not share the idea with anyone else.
orchestral arrangements	An adaptation of the score for all instruments in an orchestra.
orchestrator	A person who writes orchestral arrangements.
Oscar	The term "Oscar" was coined by an anonymous person who remarked that the statue looked like their Uncle Oscar.
out-take	A take of a scene not used in a movie. In some movies, out-takes are shown under the closing credits.
over the shoulder shot	A camera shot over the first character's shoulder capturing the second character opposite them; commonly used to show a conversation from the first character's perspective.
overcranking	The process of speeding the frame rate of a camera up, so that when the captured pictures are played at the normal frame rate the action appears to be in slow motion. Historically, cameras were operated by turning a crank at a constant, required speed; hence "overcranking" refers to turning the crank too quickly. See also undercranking, frames per second, judder.
ozoner	Slang for a drive-in theatre. See also hardtop.
P&A	Prints and advertising, the major costs of film distribution.
P&A costs	Print and Advertising costs	NataLe­t
PAL	A standard for tv/video display, dominant in Europe and Australia, which delivers 625 lines of resolution at 50 half-frames per second. See also NTSC and SECAM.
pan	The action of rotating a camera about its vertical axis. See also tilt.