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Terms for subject Cinematography (724 entries)

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.
smartphone face	or "iPhone face", a term applied to actors who look too contemporary to be credible in a period drama	bojana
iPhone face	or "smartphone face", a term applied to actors who look too contemporary to be credible in a period drama	bojana
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.
pan and scan	As the aspect ratio of movies are rarely the same as the aspect ratio of a television screen, when showing movies on TV it is necessary to make sacrifices. "Pan and Scan" refers to the technique of chopping off strips from one or both sides of the picture when displaying. The areas chopped off are typically changed on a shot-by-shot basis, depending on scene composition. The main advantage of this technique is that it allows detail to be seen, the disadvantage is that shot composition is sometimes destroyed. Contrast with letterboxing.
Parental Advisory	PA
Parental Advisory Committee	PAC
Parental Lock	PL
pen	To write, especially a script.
PG	A certificate issued by the MPAA indicating that a film's content is suitable for viewing by children, but recommends parental guidance. See also PG-13.