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Terms for subject Cinematography (689 entries)

critic	A person who publishes a review of a movie from either an artistic or entertainment point of view.
crosscut	The technique of interweaving pieces of two or more scenes, usually in order to show simultaneous actions or illuminate themes.
cut	A change in either camera angle or placement, location, or time. "Cut" is called during filming to indicate that the current take is over. See also shot, action. A "cut" of a movie is also a complete edited version.
cyberpunk	A subgenre of science fiction that typically has elements which include a futuristic tone, massive urban areas in decay and poverty, partial environmental collapse, extremely powerful business corporations, random street gang violence with the overall presence of extremely powerful computer, robotic and information technology. Blade Runner is considered the definitive cyberpunk movie.
dailies	The first positive prints made from the negatives photographed on the previous day. During filming, the director and some actors may view these dailies as an indication of how the filming and the actors' performances are progressing.
day-for-night	A shoot done during that day, that simulates night time, using filters, underexposure, and other techniques to create a feeling of darkness.
deepfocus shot	A shot in which both the foreground and the background are in focus. In other words, a shot with exceptional depth of field.
denouement	The concluding scenes of a movie where the story elements are finished and the characters' status after the climax is shown.
depth of field	A measure of the range along a camera's line of site in which objects will be in focus. See also aperture, shutter speed.
designer	Someone who creates plans for visual aspects of a production (e.g. costume designer)
development	The process of working on a fleshing out a script, in hopes that it will be greenlighted for production.
dialect coach	A person who helps train an actor in diction and/or the use of accents to suit the character an actor is playing.
dialog editor	Please see Dialogue Editor
dialogue coach	A person who helps train an actor in diction and/or the use of inflections, so that his or her speech fits the character and situation.
dialogue editor	A sound editor who specializes in editing dialogue.
Diegetic sound	A sound that is created by something or someone visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film.
Digital Cinema Providers Group	DCPG
digital compositing	A technique whereby separately filmed components are combined through digital editing. Contrast with optical printing.
digital compositor	A person who does compositing by digital means (at a computer) as opposed to using (pre-digital) optical or physical techniques.
digital editing	Editing a portion of a movie by digitizing one or more frames and altering them electronically or combining them with other digitized images, and then printing the modified frame.