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Film Terminology Glossary

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Editing
Reconstructing the series of events in a film. See also AVID, editor.

Editor
A person who works modifying (in assessment with the director) on a film. This phrase usually represents someone who does visible modifying. See also Motion Picture Editors Guild.

Epic
A movie with large impressive opportunity or that needed an enormous production.

Establishing shot
The first shot of a new scene, that presents the viewers to the area in which the forth-coming scene will take position.

Executive Producer
A producer who is not engaged in any specialized factors of the filmmaking procedure, but who is still accountable for the overall production. Generally a professional producer manages business and legalities. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer.

Exhibitor
An organization which symbolizes cinemas.

Exposition
Background information necessary to the progression of situation or to enhance wealth or detail.

Extra
A person who seems to be in a film where a non-specific, non-speaking personality is needed, usually as aspect of a audience or in the background of a scene. Accessories are often enrolled from wherever they are available. Contrast with non-speaking role.

Extreme Close-up
A shot in which the topic is much bigger than the frame. Provides more details than a close-up. The acronym is often used in a slug range.

Eyeline Match
A strategy used in visible results to create sure an acting professional is looking at the "face" of the character/creature to be placed later. One strategy, used on Stuart Little (1999), is to synchronize a laser to the photographic camera so that it is on only when the shutter is shut, and creates a dot where the creature's eyes would be. More generally, a hold maintains a focus on a pole.