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Terms for subject Cinematography (724 entries)

Ultra Violence	UV
Under Eight	UE
unit production manager	An executive who is responsible to a senior producer for the administration of a particular movie. Unit Production Managers only work on one film at a time. Only DGA members can be called Unit Production Managers. See also line producer.
unit publicist	Member of the publicity department who works on location during the production of a movie. Duties includes working with the residents of the location where the film is being made, as well as setting up press visits and electronic press kit interviews. In addition, the unit publicist assembles the biographical materials and notes about the making of the movie that are later turned into the movie press kit. Unit publicists are itinerant -- they move from production to production and are on the production payroll. They report to the filmmakers and, if the film has a releasing studio, they also report to the publicity directors. Once principal photography is over, the unit publicist moves on to another job.
Universal	Universal Pictures
utility person	The person responsible for various manual tasks, running errands, or performing whatever jobs other members of their crew assign them.
V	An IMDb notation to indicate that a particular title was originally released on video without a screening or being broadcast.
V.O.	voiceover	q3mi4
vertigo effect	A camera technique created by Alfred Hitchcock during his film Vertigo that involves tracking backwards while simultaneously zooming in, making the person or object in the center of the image seem stationary while their surroundings change.
Very Bad Stuff	VBS
VG	An IMDb notation to indicate that a particular title is a video game.
video assist	Motion picture cameras often include a video camera that allows instant review of a scene to monitor framing, focus, and performance. Both this system and the person operating it are referred to as video assist.
video cassette recorder	A common household appliance for recording and/or playing prerecorded video tapes. See VHS, NTSC and PAL.
Video Game Violence	VGV
video home system	Video Home System is a popular format for VCR systems worldwide. See also DVD.
Videogame Rating Council	VRC
videographer	A person who works in the video medium — recording moving images and sound onto linear analog or digital tape, non-linear digital disc, or any other digital recording media, such as memory cards. On a set, he or she may be responsible for the lighting as well as the audio and images captured by the video camera/camcorder. Videographers differ from cinematographers because they record using video cameras/camcorders while cinematographers use film cameras to shoot film footage onto motion picture film stock. The development of high definition digital cinematography, however, is quickly blurring this distinction.
View Control	VC
Viewer Discretion Advised	VDA
visual effects	Alterations to a film's images during post-production. Contrast with special effects (except in UK television, where visual effects and special effects are sometimes the same)