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Terms for subject Cinematography (726 entries)

Film Language Critique League	FLCL
film magazines	A reel of film stock ready for use in a camera. The clapper-loader is responsible for inserting these into a camera.
film noir	Literally: "Black Film"; describes a genre of film which typically features dark, brooding characters, corruption, detectives, and the seedy side of the big city.
film printing	The process of transfering images from a negative print to a print.
film stock	The physical medium on which photographic images are recorded. See also film grain.
filmmakers	A collective term used to refer to people who have a significant degree of control over the creation of a movie: directors, producers, screenwriters, and editors.
1st AC	first assistant camera	Ershik
1st assistant camera	first assistant camera
First to Throw Up	FTU
flashback	A scene that breaks the chronological continuity of the main narrative by depicting events which happened in the past. Contrast with flashforward.
Flashforward	A scene that breaks the chronological continuity of the main narrative by depicting events which happen in the future. Contrast with flashback.
foam technician	A person responsible for creating foam latex prosthetic appliances from a sculpture created by a makeup artist.
focus	The sharpness of an image, or the adjustments made on a camera necessary to achieve this. See also focus puller.
focus group	A group of approximately ten to twelve members of the public unrelated to a movie's production who attend a sneak preview. A single focus group is usually composed of a selection of people within the boundaries of a movie's intended audience. The group is extensively questioned by the filmmakers following the screening, and their opinions are incorporated into any further editing that may occur before the premiere.
focus puller	A member of the camera crew who adjusts the focus of the camera during filming. See also assistant cameraman.
foley	The art of recreating incidental sound effects (such as footsteps) in synchronization with the visual component of a movie. Named after early practitioner Jack Foley, foley artists sometimes use bizarre objects and methods to achieve sound effects, e.g. snapping celery to mimic bones being broken. The sounds are often exaggerated for extra effect - fight sequences are almost always accompanied by loud foley added thuds and slaps.
foley artist	A person who creates foley sound effects; named after early practitioner Jack Foley.
foley editor	Edits the sounds created by a foley artist.
foley mixer	A sound mixer who works with a foley artist to record sound effects.
forced perspective	A technique used to create a sense of great distance or to make a space seem much bigger than it is, forced perspective is created by using objects that are vary in size, and placing them specific distances from one another, to create the effect of objects fading into the distance.