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This is the rule which states that if two people are filmed in a sequence there is an invisible line between them and the camera should only be posit

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3,200K is the color temperature of Tungsten.

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is the color temperature of Daylight.

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Wind and BWind This is the emulsion position of the film. There are two possibilities, just as there are two sides to a piece of film. Camera origina

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A Wrap or “It’s a Wrap!”

What to say when you are done shooting, either for the day, at that particular set, or on the entire film. Usually if it’s not the final shoot you wo

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The negative of an edited film, cut to correspond to picture, built into 2 rolls, A and B, to allow for invisible splices, instant changes of the tim

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Automated Dialogue Recording. This is just Dubbing, done in addition to or as a substitution for Location Sound. The term A.D.R., being something of

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This is the sensitivity to light of a particular type of film. It is the specific number used to measure Film Speed. It is the same as I.E. and I.S.O

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Academy Aperture

In 35mm this is the full frame exposed by the camera, with an aspect ratio of 1.33. When the film is projected there is a mask in the projector’s gat

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This is standard countdown leader, counting down 8 to 3 and then with one frame of 2, at which point there is a single frame beep on the sound track.

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A method of creating a wide screen image with standard film, using a special lens on the camera and projector that compresses the width of the image

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This is the first corrected print made from the A&B Rolls, printed with the optical track. It is sometimes called a married print because it is the f

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This is the same as the Iris.

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This is a wooden box, often helpful on the set to raise up equipment, for the cameraperson to stand on if the tripod is up very high etc. Often you w

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A metal rod that is attached to a CStand which can extend off to the side.

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The proportions of the frame. In 16mm and 35mm the camera photographs a slightly square image, with an aspect ratio of 1.33 to 1. Aspect Ratios are u

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Wind see AWind.

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Rewinding film in the camera to shoot a Double Exposure.

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A second stripe found on 35mm stripe mag stock and super8 sound film to prevent warping.

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Handy blinders on the sides of lights that can be used to keep light from going everywhere. They can also be used to clip on a lighting gel. They get

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A quilted cozy that fits around a camera to reduce camera noise. Generally it is only effective on a camera that is pretty quiet to begin with. The t

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Film has two basic elements: The base is the clear, perforated strip, and the emulsion is the thin, lightsensitive layer that is glued onto it.

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A type of lens mount commonly used with heavier lenses, such as zoom lenses. In contrast to screwmount lenses, bayonet lenses are attached to the cam

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Similar to a One Light, but by implication, the timer has gone through the film more thoroughly in selecting a timing light that will agree with the

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Black Leader or Black Emulsion Leader

Black leader is black, opaque film, often specifially called black emulsion leader. It is what the negative cutter uses when preparing A&B rolls. It

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A fiberglass housing used to encase a noisy camera to make it suitable for sync sound filming.

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Blimped Camera or Self

Blimped Camera The term is used not to mean a camera in a blimp, but a camera that is designed with internal soundproofing without the need for an ex

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The actual term for the opposite of a blow up is a Reduction Print, but this term has been coined by Colorlab in Rockville, Maryland, for a reduction

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An optical enlargement of a film from one gauge to another, such as 16mm up to 35mm. The opposite of a blow up is a Reduction Print.

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One of the more widely used 16mm nonsync cameras, it is made in Switzerland by the Paillard Company. There are many varieties, nonreflex, reflex, spr

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A white or silver card used for soft indirect lighting of the subject by bouncing light off the card. Can also be used to provide a gentle brightenin

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The filming of several takes of the same shot at different fstops to achieve the desired result. Usually this technique is applied to shooting titles

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Mount A screw mount type of lens, commonly used on smaller 16mm cameras, like the Bolex.

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Stand A type of light stand with fixed legs that swing out, or together when not in use, usually equipped with an arm, and typically used to hold a f

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Abbreviation for Camera Roll.

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C.T.B. stands for Color Temperature Blue. This is an abbreviation for the color correction gels used in lighting to convert the color temperature fro

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C.T.O. stands for Color Temperature Orange. This is an abbreviation for the color correction gels used in lighting to convert the color temperature f

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A somewhat archaic method of sync sound shooting, where a cable runs from a Pilottone generator in the camera to the tape recorder.

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The sound of the camera running. Even supposedly quiet cameras will make some noise.

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Camera Original

A slightly more adamant way of saying Original.

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A form of paperwork used to log shots and takes and put down any notes either to the lab or for future organization in the editing stage. There is ge

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Each roll that you shoot becomes a camera roll. It is often helpful to label them with a number in the order that they were shot. The usual way is wi

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This is film. It is also called camera stock to distinguish it from Print Stock.

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Cloth tape specifically for use on film shoots, much like gaffer’s tape. Camera tape is typically 1 inch wide and white so that it can be used togeth

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see Dutch Tilt.

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A type of splice used primarily by negative cutters. In a cement splice the two pieces of film overlap each other and are fused together with film ce

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A double chambered black bag with a zipper on one end and two elasticized arm holes on the other side, used for loading film into magazines.

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This is a print made from an internegative or an optical to verify the quality and success of an effect.

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