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Safe Area
A camera's viewfinder actually reveals (and information on movie stock) a higher position of the scene than will appear in the ultimate product. Marks are personalized in the viewfinder to indicate to the photographic camera operator the extents of the "viewable" movie (called the stay area). An position beyond that (called the secure area) is also marked; it is in this position that the development audio mixing machine might immediate the boom operator to position the boom microphone.

Scene
A ongoing prevent of storytelling either set in only one place or following a particular character. The end of a scene is generally noticeable by a modify in place, design, or time.

Scenic Artist
A member of the team accountable for perform such as the planning, artwork and/or colour of all textures, plastering, appliqueing on scenery, places, and properties; the application of all attractive wall or area coverings; all writing and indication perform (including symptoms and murals; small places and/or designs and qualities and the artwork and aging in the (construction) studio or on the set of outfits and outfit components as specified by the outfit developer.

Score
The musical show part of a film's soundtrack. Many ratings are written particularly for films by composers.

Screen Test
A form of try out in which an acting professional works a particular part on photographic camera, not actually with the appropriate cosmetics or on the set.

Screening
An display of a movie, typically at a cinema. See also function demonstration, assisting function, double bill, movie trailer.

Screenplay
A script written to be created as a film.

Screenwriter
A writer who either adjusts an current work for production as a film, or makes a new film script.

Script
A common phrase for an written work detail story, setting, and conversation. A script may take the form of a movie script, capturing program, lined script, a continual script, or a specifications script. A script is often marketed for a particular cost, which is improved to a second cost if the script is created as a film. For example, a selling may be described as "$100,000 against $250,000". In this case, the writer is compensated $100,000 in advance side, and another $150,000 when the film is created. See also advance.

Script Editing
A process whereby a script is analyzed and modified, based on feedback from various resources such as the director or producer. Writers who are dedicated to script modifying are called "script doctors", and are frequently uncredited.

Script Supervisor
A person who paths which areas have been shot, how the shot moments deviated from the script; they also make a continual notices, developing a covered script.

Second Assistant Director
An assistant to the assistant director. Responsibilities include supervising the movements of the throw, and preparing call sheets.

Sequel
A multipart movie that usually tested a section weekly at a cinema. The story structure usually has each section finishing with a cliffhanger to make sure the viewers would like to look at following section at its release. Contrast with series.

Series
A series of movies with ongoing figures or themes, but with little other interdependence, especially with regard to plot or important character growth. Until the introduction of tv series, there were various film series such as The Thin Man and Blondie that were began with the objective of making more than one. In following years, the phrase would implement to features such as Celebrity Trek: The Movement Image or Dr. No that made more than one follow up. Nowadays, the phrase "franchise" has been used (perhaps cynically) to explain to the exercise of developing a film and product-marketing package which is conditional on professional achievements. Batman and its sequels are generally used as an example of a series. Comparison with serial.

Set
An atmosphere used for shooting. When used contrary to location, it represents one synthetically constructed. A set generally is not a complete or precise imitation of the surroundings as described by the program, but is properly constructed to make shooting easier but still appear natural when considered from the camera angle.

Set Decorator
A individual who has complete cost of designing the set with all furniture, drapery, internal plants, and anything seen on outside or inside places. The set decorator has authority over a leadman. See also set dresser.

Set Designer
The person responsible for converting a production designer's perspective of the film's atmosphere into a set which can be used for shooting. The set designe reviews to the art director.

Shooting Script
The program from which a film is made. Usually contains numbered moments and specialized notices. See also lined script.

Shot
A ongoing block of unedited video from a single perspective. See also scene, take, frame rate.

Shot Composition
The agreement of key components within the frame. See also shot choice.

Shot List
A record given to the movie production team which indicates the series of moments being taken for the day. This record may consist of the scene number, the place of where the field is being taken, a information of the scene, the duration of a scene (listed by variety of webpages from the script), a record of stars who will be engaged in the scene, and, unique notices to all divisions of what will be needed or needed for a particular scene being taken.

Shot Selection
The place of camera, and what can be seen with it. See also shot composition, POV, mise-en-scene.

ShotReverse Shot
A series of three shots: 1) a person's face; 2) what that person is looking at; and 3) the person again, providing the viewers a opportunity to procedure the individual's respond to what (or who) s/he is seeing. See also opposite shot.

Shutter Speed
The time period that a single frame is revealed for. More slowly shutter rates of speed allow more light to get into the digital camera, but allow more movement cloud. See also aperture, detail of area, go movement.

Silk
A large area of transparent white-cloth used to narrow and make softer a hard-light resource.

Situation Comedy
A funny in which humor is based on people being placed in unpleasant, unpleasant, or different situations.

Slapstick Comedy
A funny in which the humor is based on physical interactions, often including overstated but eventually safe assault instructed towards individuals. Known as after a system used by circus clowns - two forums which punch together fully when swatted on somebody's rear.

Sleeper
An unpromising or unpublicized film that instantly reaches popularity and achievements.

Slug Line
A header showing in a program before each field or shot detail the place, period of time, and time that the following action is intended to happen in.

Sound Crew
The number of crew members straight involved with creating of a film's soundtrack. Individual job headings include: sound designer, sound editor, sounds, sound mixing machine, sound recordist, growth owner, re-recording mixing machine, music supervisor, and foley specialist. See also MPSE.

Sound Designer
A participant of the sound team who works modifying on the soundtrack. See also discussion manager.

Sound Effects
Added during post-production by the sound team. Also used as a job title.

Sound Mix
The process of documenting the production audio on the set at enough time of capturing.

Soundtrack
Officially, this term represents the audio part of a film. Famously, it represents a selection of music which are observed during the film, often marketed as an album.

Speaking Role
A discussing part is one in which the character talks scripted dialogue. A non-speaking part is a character particularly described in the program but who doesn't have any collections of conversation in the completed movie. Speaking roles generally pay much more than non-speaking troles. While extras may or may not be observed to talk in a movie, they are not involved as either discussing or non-speaking roles.

Special Effects
An synthetic effect used to create an illusion in a film. Refers to effects created on the set, in contrast to those designed in post-production. Most film illusions are designed in post production. These are called visible effects.

Sprockets
A sequence of tiny, square holes (sprocket holes) on both edges of a piece of movie fit onto steps on tires (sprockets) just like equipment within a movie projector, used to pull the movie through the projector from one reel to the other.

Steadicam
A photographic camera attached to a photographic camera operator via a mechanical utilize which reduces or removes the unsteadiness of the operator's motion.

Stop Motion
A way of movement in which objects are shot frame-by-frame and changed a little bit in between each frame. See also go movement.

Story Producer
Nonstandardized reality tv phrase for a writer/producer who may be engaged (at any level of pre to post production) in producing/editing resource footage to make and nuance story. Other responsibilities may consist of composing variety conversation, VO and dialogue/action pickup trucks. During the post-production procedure, most either perform straight with publishers or provide specific document modifications for publishers to perform from. The job involve two parts: the production/shooting of the display and the publish production/editing of the display. While capturing, a story producer paths all of the tale improvements relevant to the throw, discussions the throw, and usually produces/directs the throw. In post production, the story producer is responsible for placing the display together with an editor; developing the episodes; making sure that all story collections and personality arcs are obvious and powerful enough to make a good display.

Storyboard
A series of images created by a production illustrator to connect the preferred general overall look on camera of a scene or movie.

Studio
A organization that creates films. Bigger companies (such as the majors) have comprehensive in-house soundstages (also known as "studio"s) where shooting can be done.

Stunt Co-Ordinator
A person who sets up and programs tricks.

Stunt Double
A stunt entertainer who particularly requires the aspect of another acting professional for a stunt. Stunt enhances hardly ever (if ever) talk, are generally selected to look like the acting professional that they are changing as much as possible. Comparison with body double and stand-in.

Stunt Performer
A professional actor who works stunts.

Subtitles
Terms which are superimposed over a movie which reflection the discussion that is observed at time. Most often subtitles are in a different terminology than that which is being spoken, but this is not always the case: Trainspotting uses subtitles for humourous impact. Comparison with dubbing, intertitles, close-captioned.