Film production

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person supervising the making of a film

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A screenplay, or script, is a written work produced for a film, television show (also known as a teleplay), or video game by screenwriters (cf. stage play). Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A screenplay is a form of narration in which the movements, actions, expressions and dialogue of the characters are described in a certain format. Visual or cinematographic cues may be given, as well as scene descriptions and scene changes.

creative and technical post-production processing of film

thumb|Film crew and cast members working together during principal photography

aspect of history

stereoscopic film

film with a full-length running time

first and last hour of sunlight during the day

top position in the production of media

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thumb|A studio video editing suite from the early 1990s

thumb|A man recording a voice-over Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, film, theatre, and other media in which a descriptive or expository voice provides verbal narration, accompanying the events of a narrative from outside the universe of the narrative or while breaking the fourth wall (i.e. non-diegetically). The voice-over is read from a script and may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the production or by a specialist voice actor. Synchronous dialogue, where the voice-over is narrating the action tha

phase of film production in which the movie is filmed

element of cinematography

Pre-production is the process of planning some of the elements involved in a film, television show, play, video game, or other performance, as distinct from production and post-production. Pre-production ends when the planning ends and the content starts being produced.

academic discipline studying film's relationship to reality, the arts, viewers & society

edited version of a film, TV episode, music video, etc. that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit

matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements to an audio recording

condition of a project that remains in development for an especially long time

kind of wagon on tracks used in filmmaking

oversees the continuity of scenes during filmmaking

temporary name of a product of creative work used during its development

Take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.

shot in which the camera is mounted on a camera dolly

first draft of a screenplay

In the context of the film and television industries, to greenlight is to give permission to proceed with a project. It specifically refers to formally approving its production finance and committing to this financing, thereby allowing the project to proceed from the development phase to pre-production and principal photography. The power to greenlight a project is generally reserved to those in a project or financial management role within an organization. The process of taking a project from pitch to green light formed the basis of a successful reality TV show titled Project Greenlight. The

brief presentation of an idea for film or television series

creating, promoting and exploiting stars in Hollywood films

thumb|right|300px|Example of a page from a screenplay formatted for a feature-length film. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.

video recording where a view in every direction is recorded at the same time

method of adjusting widescreen film images

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joint venture between two or more different production companies

creation of theatrical or film scenery

soundproof, hangar-like structure, building, or room, used for theatrical film-making and television production

version of a screenplay used during the production of a motion picture

annual film survey

government commission to promote film-making

A stand-in, sometimes a lighting double, for film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting and camera setup. Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of film and television production.

thumb|A movie camera In filmmaking and video production, footage is raw, unedited material as originally filmed by a movie camera or recorded by a digital video camera, which typically must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show, or similar completed work.

movie/theatric script written without prior request

alt=|thumb|361x361px|RKO Forty Acres, a former backlot in [[Culver City, California]] A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio containing permanent exterior buildings for outdoor scenes in filmmaking or television productions, or space for temporary set construction.

filmmaking occupation

preview screening of a film or television show used to collect feedback from the public

financial plans in film production

scene-by-scene story treatment written in preparation for a screenplay

ranch that is used for filming purposes

storing sound recordings on film

machine to join together pieces of movie film

right|thumb|400px|A scanned image of Keykode from a piece of unexposed, developed 35 mm movie film|35 mm [[Eastman Kodak motion picture color negative. All of these slices are from the same side of the same piece of negative, cropped and stacked for simplicity. (A) Human-readable Keykode number (the number to the far right advances by one for each 16 frames of 35 mm film or 20 frames of 16 mm film). Next to that is the same information in USS-128 Barcode machine-readable language. (B) Further down the film (within the 16 frames) is the film identifier information and date symbol (C) Other-use

advance right to make a first offer in an upcoming transaction

process used in stage lighting, photography, television, cinematography, and other disciplines, which uses color gels, or filters, to alter the overall color of the light

right of a director to decide how a film is ultimately released for public viewing

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commercial service enterprise and technical facility for the film industry where specialists develop, print, and conform film material for classical film production

1948 United States Supreme Court antitrust case

creation of clothing and accessories to signal aspects of character in film, television, or theatre

A scriptment is a written work by a movie or television screenwriter that combines elements of a script and treatment, especially the dialogue elements, which are formatted the same as in a screenplay. It is a more elaborate document than a standard draft treatment. Some films have been shot using only a scriptment.