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IMA Chapter 6 Terms
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02/15/2007

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ADR
Definition
Automated Dialogue Replacement
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Aperture
Definition
The opening through which the light passes in a camera.
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Art Director
Definition
Second in command in the art department and supervises the actual construction of the set.
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Back Light
Definition
Lighting position used to help set the actors apart from the background.
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Best Boy Electic
Definition
Gaffer's number one assistant
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Best boy grip
Definition
Key grip's number one assistant
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Camera obscura
Definition
First inklings of image capture as far back as 300 BC, Dark Chamber, large dark room with a small hole in one wall in which images where projected through.
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Cinematograph
Definition
Camera/projector created by the lumiere brothers.
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Continuity
Definition
refers to accuracy from scene to scene.
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Daguerreotype
Definition
early apparatus used for photography invented by Louis Daguerre.
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Director
Definition
Accompishes the producers vision.
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Director of Photography
Definition
hired by the producer to capture the actual images the producer and director desire for the film.
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Electric Utility
Definition
Electrical laborer
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Emulsion
Definition
Films top layer which captures images.
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Exhibition miniatures
Definition
miniatures built to simulate areas or objects too large to be produced on a soundstage. (i.e. castle in Lord of the Rings)
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Production Miniatures
Definition
miniatures built of all sets prior to their actual construction.
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Fill Light
Definition
used when necessary to impose a desirable lighting ratio or contrast on the actor's face.
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Film Format
Definition
Refers to the width of the film stock in use.
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Film Gate
Definition
Focal point of the motion picture camera's mechanical operation.
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Film Speed
Definition
Number that describes how sensitive a film stock is to light.
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Film Stock
Definition
Refers to the manufacturer and manufacturer's stock number that is loaded into the camera.
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Focal Length
Definition
Distance from the center of the lens to the exposing film, at the film plane.
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Foley
Definition
Recording footsteps, prop handling, and body movements.
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F-stop
Definition
Measurement of how much light is allowed through the lens of a camera.
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Gaffer
Definition
Chief set electrician
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Grip
Definition
General laborer
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Key Grip
Definition
head of the grip department
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Heliograph
Definition
Photographic invention created by Nicephore Niepce.
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Kinetograph
Definition
Edisons design of a motion picture camera
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Kinetoscope
Definition
Created by Dickson, could be used to independantly view film.
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Lens
Definition
Gathers light and projects images in front of the camera onto a film gate for exposure.
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Louis Leprince
Definition
First person to build a working motion picture camera
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Magazine
Definition
Part of video camera that stores film.
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George Melies
Definition
Composed first special effects film
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Nickelodeon
Definition
first operational commercial cinema theater n the U.S. in Pittsburgh, PA
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Original Score
Definition
music composed for film (i.e. Star wars, indiana jones, etc.)
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Source music
Definition
Needle drop
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Persistence of vision
Definition
the eye retains an image of an object for a short time after the object is removed from view.
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Edwin Porter
Definition
Shot first film narative while working for Edison in 1902
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Producer
Definition
oversees entire film project.
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Production designer
Definition
Head of the art department
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Production sound mixer
Definition
Technician who records the dialogue and other sounds from the set
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Shutter
Definition
Consists of a mirrored, rotating half disk positioned between the lens and the film gate aperture.
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Sound editing
Definition
Process of taking the assembled material from each of the elements and synching them to picture.
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Technicolor process 3
Definition
used to combine red green and blue making color film
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Three point lighting
Definition
process of using Key light, fill light, and back light
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Vitascope
Definition
invented by Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. projection system.
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