Motion picture terminology
The motion picture industry is driven by a large number of technologies and techniques, many of which are of keen interest to film buffs, but a little intimidating to newcomers to the field. We have gathered a collection of some important terms.
- aspect ratio
- crane shot
- color temperature
- CGI
- daily rushes
- depth of field
- fast cutting
- fast motion
- film stock
- film editing
- hip hop montage
- letterbox
- montage
- mise-en-scene
- pan and scan
- persistence of vision
- point of view
- replay
- slow cutting
- slow motion
- stand-in
- storyboard
- timecode
- tracking shot
- voice-over
- widescreen
