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Terms for subject Cinematography (704 entries)

production schedule	A detailed plan of the timing of activities associated with the making of a movie, of particular interest to production managers. See also production report.
production secretary	Secretary to the production manager.
production sound mixer	The head of the sound department on the set. They are responsible for the process of recording all sync dialog and sync sound effects in a scene. The Production Sound Mixer has a number of duties: selection and operation of the microphones, and recording equipment used on the set, directing the boom operator, combining the sound of multiple microphones used to capture dialog and effects on a set, recording sound ambiance and room tone for all scenes, and wild track that will aid the editor and sound mixer in matching the different sound takes in a scene for smooth sound transitions.
Profanity	P
projectionist	A studio or cinema employee that operates a projector.
projector	A device for displaying a reel of a movie on a screen, either for a screening or a back projection.
Promotes Promiscuity	PP
prompter	A person who supplies actors with the correct lines from the script if they forget.
prop	Anything an actor touches or uses on the set
prop	e.g. phones, guns, cutlery, etc. Movie animals and all food styling (food seen or eaten on set/screen) also fall into this domain. See also property assistant and set dresser.
property assistant	Responsible for the placement and maintenance of props on a set.
property master	The person responsible for buying, acquiring, and/or manufacturing any props needed for a production. The property master is responsible for all aspects of prop use on the set and, in conjunction with the script supervisor, for maintaining set continuity. Contrast with set dresser.
prosthetic appliances	Makeup that requires gluing additions (prosthetic appliances) made of a material such as latex or gelatin to an actors skin. May be applied by someone other than the designer. See also squib.
Public Service Broadcast	PSB
publicity assistant	Assistant to the publicity director.
publicity department	The section of a production's crew responsible for promoting a movie. Individual positions within in this department include: unit publicist, publicity assistant, and stills photographer.
publicity director	Person employed by a studio to conceive and oversee the publicity campaign that opens a movie. In many cases, this person never even appears on the set -- especially if the movie is a pickup and didn't have a releasing studio at the time it was produced. In other cases, this person is frequently on the set and directly supervises the efforts of the unit publicist.
puppeteer	Someone who operates puppets; these may be either physically controlled (e.g., worn) cable operated, or radio controlled. This may also refer to remote-controlled portions of a costume.
pyrotechnician	A member of the crew with expertise in fire or explosions.
quid	Slang for a pound sterling (UK)