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Terms for subject Cinematography (724 entries)

shooting script	The script from which a movie is made. Usually contains numbered scenes and technical notes. See also lined script.
shop steward	A person elected by the crew; on a set, a shop steward represents the crew in dealings with production management.
short subject	A movie that is shorter than 45 minutes. Contrast with feature.
shot	A continuous block of unedited footage from a single point of view. See also scene, take, frame rate.
shot composition	The arrangement of key elements within the frame. See also shot selection.
shot list	A list given to the film production crew which indicates the sequence of scenes being shot for the day. This list may include the scene number, the location of where the scene is being shot, a description of the scene, the length of a scene (listed by number of pages from the script) a list of actors who will be involved in the scene, and, special notes to all departments of what will be needed or required for a particular scene being shot.
shot selection	The location of the camera, and what can be seen with it. See also shot composition, POV, mise-en-scene.
shot/reverse shot	A sequence of three shots: 1. a person's face; 2. what that person is looking at; and 3. the person again, giving the audience a chance to process the person's reaction to what (or who) s/he is seeing. See also reverse shot.
shutter speed	The length of time that a single frame is exposed for. Slower shutter speeds allow more light to enter the camera, but allow more motion blur. See also aperture, depth of field, go motion.
sign writer	The person in charge of writing and making signs shown in a production; possibly part of the set designer's team.
silent film	A film that has no synchronized soundtrack and no spoken dialogue. It was a form predominate in film until the late 1920's when practical synchronized soundtrack technology was developed and its use became popular. See also intertitles.
silk	A large section of translucent white cloth used to filter and soften a hard-light source.
singer	A featured vocalist; often the person who sings a film's theme song.
singing voice	Someone who performs an actor's vocal parts. Marni Nixon was the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady (1964) during post-production, Nixon's voice was dubbed over Hepburn's for the musical numbers.
situation comedy	A comedy in which humor is derived from people being placed in uncomfortable, embarrassing, or unfamiliar situations.
sketch	An short scene that typically lasts less than 15 minutes that is typically shown as part of a TV series' content. It is typically used in comedies that feature these productions such as "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)
slapstick comedy	slapstick	Taras
slapstick comedy	A comedy in which the humor is derived from physical interactions, often involving exaggerated but ultimately harmless violence directed towards individuals. Named after a device used by circus clowns - two boards which slap together loudly when swatted on someone's backside.
slapstick comedy	slapstick	Taras
slate	The recorded identification of scene and take numbers, usually done with a clapboard. Most takes are identified at the beginning; a "tail slate" marks the end instead. Also used in an audition, to identify an actor's name, representation (if any) and the scene they will be performing in the audition.