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Glossary Index of Entertainment Terms : Spreety TV Online

A

• A story
• A/B loop; A/B repeat
• A/V receiver
• A-3
• AA rating
• AACS
• aberration
• absence
• absolute film
• absolute infringement
• absorption coefficient
• abstract film; abstract form
• absurd
• AC1; AC-1
• AC2; AC-2; Dolby —
• AC3; AC-3; A-3; Dolby —
• academic cutting; academic editing
• Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences; AIAS
• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
• Academy screener; screener
• ACC
• acceptance angle
• access time
• accolade
• Accuracy in Media; AIM
• acetate base
• acetate decay
• acetate film base degradation
• achromatic lens
• acoustic intensity
• acoustic labyrinth
• acoustic lens
• acoustic suspension
• act
• act against
• act II; act two
• act III; act three
• act opposite
• actcom
• acting
• action
• action cutting
• action field
• action film
• action genre
• action hero
• action news
• action point
• action product
• action star
• action story
• action-adventure
• actioner
• active eyewear
• active media
• Active Media research school
• active monitor
• active speaker
• Active User research school
• Activision
• actor’s direction
• actor’s process
• actualité
• actuality
• acutance
• ad hominem
• A-D strip
• additive color
• ‘A’ deal; A-deal
• ADI
• Ad-ID
• adjusted gross
• adjustment
• adult film; adult video; adult entertainment
• Adults Only
• advance screening
• Advanced Optical Disc; AOD
• advanced television; ATV
• adventure
• adventure game
• adventure game puzzle
• advergaming
• adversary
• advert
• advertainment
• advertising appeal
• advertising genre
• advertising on home video
• advertising tie-in
• advertorial
• aerial image photography
• AES
• aesthesia
• aesthetic
• aesthetic arrest
• aesthetic distance
• Aestheticism; Aesthetic Movement
• aesthetics
• AFD
• affectation
• affective fallacy
• affective stylistics
• afilmic
• after dinner mint
• afterword
• agitprop; agit-prop
• agôn
• A-I
• AIAS
• A-II
• A-III
• AIM
• aiorema
• air suspension
• airplane movie
• A-IV
• Aldwych farce
• alea
• aleatory technique; aleatory effect; aleatory film
• A-lens
• ‘A’ level motion picture; A-level motion picture
• aliasing
• alienation effect
• alignment
• A-list
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• alternate history
• alternative scenes
• Altmanesque
• AM suppression; AM rejection
• ambiance
• ambiguity
• ambisonics
• American Cinematheque
• American montage
• American shot
• ‘A’ movie; A-movie
• amplitude error
• amplitude intermodulation distortion; AIM
• anachronism
• anaglyph; anaglyphic process
• anagnorisis
• analog broadcast TV
• analog hole
• analogy
• analytic projector
• anamorphic
• anamorphic lens
• anaphora
• anastigmatic lens
• ancillary
• anecdote
• angle
• angle of acceptance; angle of coverage
• angle of view
• angry young men; AYM
• animated
• animatic; animated storyboard
• animation
• animation camera stand
• animation cel; cel
• animation cycle; cycle
• animation school of violence
• animation stand
• animation table
• animatronics
• anime
• anison
• ankle a show
• answer to the camera; answer back to the camera
• antagonist
• anthology
• anti-aliasing; antialiasing
• anticipated expenses
• anticipation
• anticlimactic
• anticlimax
• anti-hero; antihero
• anti-hero’s journey
• anti-piracy
• Anti-Piracy Compliance Program
• anti-reflection coating
• antistrophe
• antithesis
• anti-war film
• AO
• APCP
• aperture time errors
• APG
• ‘A’ picture; A-picture
• apochromatic lens
• apogee
• apostrophe
• apotheosis
• apparatus
• appeal
• appear opposite
• appetizer
• appointment television
• appropriation
• arc episode
• arcade adventure
• arcade game
• arcade perfect
• archaism
• archetypal criticism
• archetype
• archival film
• area shooter
• art
• art cinema
• art film; art house film
• art house film
• artifice
• artisan
• artist
• artiste
• artistic appeal
• artistic differences
• artistic freedom
• artistic license
• artistic shot
• artsy; artsy-fartsy
• asperity
• asperity noise
• aspherical lens
• association
• assonance
• astigmatism
• asymmetric compression; asymmetrical compression
• asymmetrical codec
• asyndeton
• Atari
• atmosphere; atmos
• atmospheric movie
• AtomFilms
• ATR
• ATSC
• attack ad
• ATV
• A-type
• ‘A’ type vehicle; A-type vehicle
• audience
• audience flow
• audience fragmentation; audience fractionalization
• audience movie
• audience rating
• audience share
• audience stratification
• audio aliasing
• Audio Animatronics
• audio board
• audio compression
• Audio Engineering Society
• audio frequency modulation; AFM
• audio image; sound image
• audio perspective
• audiotape recorder; ATR
• audiovideo; audio/video; AV
• audiovisual; audio/visual; audio-visual; AV
• audition tape; audition reel; reel
• aural perspective
• auteur
• authoring
• authoring date
• automatic color correction
• automatic picture stop
• autoplay; automatic playback
• autostereoscopic
• avail date
• avant-garde
• avatar
• award screener; screener
• A-wind; ‘A’ wind
• axis
• AYM
• azimuth

B

• B&B
• b’cast
• B story
• back plate
• back wall reflection
• backal nudity
• backdoor pilot
• backend deal
• background
• background artist; background cast; background extra
• background plate; plate
• backing film
• back-lit animation
• back-to-back copying
• bad actor
• balance
• ballad
• ballet
• bananas on bananas
• banding
• bankable
• banner
• bar data
• bare bones pilot
• Barkhausen effect
• barrel distortion; barrel effect
• base
• base density
• base plus fog; — density
• basic cable
• basic pay cable
• basic service
• basket
• bass
• bass build-up
• bass reflex enclosure
• bass trap
• bathroom humor
• battery back-up
• bawdy
• BCA
• BD-RW
• beach movie; beach party movie
• beam area
• beam coverage
• beat
• beat ’em up
• beaux arts
• beginning, middle, and end
• belly telly
• BEM
• benchwork
• benevolent blurbster
• BerneConvention; — for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• best light; — dailies; — print; — workprint
• Beta
• Betacam
• Betamax; Beta
• BFCA
• ‘B’ film; B-film
• B-format
• bi-directional microphone
• big caper
• big event
• big-screen
• Bildungsroman
• billboard
• BIN file; .bin; BIN/CUE
• binary conflict
• binary opposition
• binaural sound
• binder degradation
• bio; biog; biography
• biographical film
• biography
• biological decay
• biopic
• birefringence
• bit player
• bit testing; bit-to-bit test; bitwise comparison
• bit-rate reduction
• black
• black box
• black comedy; black humor
• black level
• blacks
• blacksploitation
• blank
• blanking level
• blaxploitation; blacksploitation
• bleed through
• bleeding
• blipvert
• B-list
• block programming
• blockbuster
• blog
• blood and guts
• blooming
• blooper
• blooper reel
• blue
• Blue Book
• blue comedy
• blue movie; blue video
• blunting
• Blu-ray; — disc; BD
• Blu-ray Disc Association
• blurb
• ‘B’ movie; B-movie
• bobbinet; net
• body count
• boffo; boffola; boff
• bomb
• Bond girls
• bonding
• bonus episode
• bonus features; bonus material
• boob tube; boob-tube
• boobs and butts
• book
• boom
• boomy
• bootleg
• bottom end
• bottom-lit animation
• boundary effect
• bow
• box
• box office appeal
• box office poison
• box set
• box, the
• boxed set
• ‘B’ picture; B-picture
• branch-a-loris
• brand integration
• brand name
• branded entertainment
• break character
• break out
• break the fourth wall
• Breakdown Services, Ltd.
• breasts and buttocks
• bridge
• bridging
• bright
• bright-line; — rule; — test
• brightness
• brightness control
• Brighton school of filmmaking
• bring down the house
• broad release
• broadband network bridge
• broadband noise
• broadcast
• Broadcast Film Critics Association; BFCA
• broadcast flag
• broadcast genres
• broadcast network
• broadcast television; BDTV
• Brotman’s Law
• brouter
• B-to-C; B2C
• Buchwald Case; Buchwald v. Paramount
• buddy picture; buddy movie
• buddy-foil system
• build
• building puzzle
• buildup; build-up
• bullet theory
• bumper
• burlesque
• burner lab
• butterfly kit
• button
• button code
• buttons
• butts in the seats; bums in the seats
• buzz
• buzz-to-dud
• B-wind; ‘B’ wind
• Byronic
• Byronic hero

C

• cable free TV
• cable modem; CM
• cable network
• cable pay TV
• cable television; cable; CATV
• cablecast
• cacophony
• Cahiers du Cinéma, Les
• calendering
• caligarisme
• calling card
• Calliope
• camera angle
• camera movement
• Camera Obscura
• camera slate
• cameraless animation
• caméra-stylo
• camp
• camp it up
• Canadian Journal of Film Studies; Revue Canadienne d’Études Cinématographiques
• canned drama; canned theatre
• canon
• cap code
• caper film
• Capra-corn; Capra corn
• caption decoder
• capture rate
• CARA; MPAA Rating Administration
• carded preview
• cardioid microphone
• cartoon violence
• casting against type
• casual gamer; casual player
• casual gaming
• categories of choice
• categories of construction
• cautionary tale
• CD-R lab
• CDS
• CEA; CE
• CEA-679-C
• CEA-861-D
• CEDIA
• cel animation; drawn —
• celebreality
• celebrity roast
• Celebrity Score
• celebrity; celeb
• celebutante
• cello; celo; — cuke; — cukaloris
• Celluloid
• cellulose nitrate
• censor
• censorable material
• censorship
• center cut-out; center cut
• centimeters per second; cps
• Central Casting; — Corporation
• central character
• centralcast
• certain age
• certs
• CES
• CESA; CESA
• C-format
• CFQ/Cinefantastique
• CGI
• channel hop
• channel separation
• channel surf; surf
• channel surfer; channel hopper; channel zapper
• channel zap
• channel; chan; ch
• chantoosie
• chapter
• chapter list
• chapter play
• character
• character actor
• character direction
• character dynamic
• character piece
• character point-of-view
• character study
• character type
• character’s identity
• character’s voice; character’s identity
• character-driven
• characteristic curve
• characterization
• chase film; chaser
• chat show
• cheat
• cheat code
• cheat death
• check disc package
• cheesy
• chef-d’oeuvre
• chemical decay
• Chemtone; Chem-Tone
• chewing the scenery
• chick flick
• children’s television; — programming
• chiller; — diller
• China video disc
• chop-socky; chopsocky
• Christian Filmworks Magazine
• Christmas movie
• chroma
• chroma artifact
• chroma correction
• chroma noise
• chromatic aberration; CA; chromatic distortion; CD
• chrominance
• Chyron
• Cineaste
• cinéaste
• Cinefantastique
• Cinefex
• cinema
• cinema buff
• Cinema Journal
• Cinema Novo
• cinema of attractions
• cinéma pur; cinema-pur
• cinéma vérité
• Cinemascope for home theater
• cinematic
• cinematic apparatus; cinematographic apparatus
• cinematic time
• cinematics
• cinematology
• Cine-Net
• cinephile
• cineplex
• cine-semiotics; cinesemiotics
• cine-structuralism
• clamshell
• clapper
• clapper board; clapboard
• clapper boy
• clapper/loader; clapper-loader; clapper loader
• clapstick board
• class
• classic; — film
• classical
• classical cinema; classical Hollywood cinema
• classics department; classics division
• classification
• clay animation
• Claymation
• clearance
• clever
• cliché
• cliffhanger
• climax
• Clio
• clip show
• C-list
• closed form
• closed-caption decoder; caption decoder; decoder
• close-sound perspective
• CNN effect¹
• CNN effect²
• coaxial cable; coax
• co-branding
• cocktail pitch
• coda
• code
• codec
• COGS
• collage film
• collective archetype
• collective unconscious
• collision; montage —
• color
• color aliasing
• color analyzer
• color balance; balance
• color banding
• color bombardment; color-bombardment; complementary —
• color cinematography
• color correction
• color crosstalk
• color dye fading
• color enhancement
• color grading; grading
• color model
• color photography
• color rendering index; CRI
• color space
• color temperature
• color timing
• comatic aberration; comatic distortion; comatic flare; coma
• combat film
• combo move; combo
• Comboy
• comedy
• comedy roast; roast
• comedy routine
• comedy team
• cometing
• comic
• comic noir
• coming-of-age
• commando cloth
• commentary
• commentary track
• commercial appeal
• commercial exploitation
• commercial video
• commercial zapping
• commissioned work
• communal archetype
• compander
• compilation
• compilation cuts
• compilation film
• compilation work; compilation package
• component video cable
• composite A/V cable
• composite video cable
• composition
• compound table
• compression; data —; digital —
• compression artifact
• computer animation
• Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association
• computer game
• computer game genre
• computer graphics; CG
• computer image processing
• computer interpolation; computer interpolated animation
• computer network
• computerized multiplane system; COMPSY
• conceit
• concert film
• concurrency
• cone
• conflict
• conformer
• confrontainment
• connotation
• console
• console game
• constrained image
• Consumer Electronics Show
• consumer electronics; CE
• content
• content advisory
• content control
• content curve
• Content Scrambling System
• content-audience disequilibrium
• context
• contiguous area
• contingent compensation
• continuity
• continuity acceptance
• continuity announcer
• continuity cutting
• continuity editing
• contrast
• contributory infringement
• control pad
• controller
• convention
• cookaloris; cookalorise; cookoloris; cook
• cookie; cook
• cooking show
• coo-koo
• copyleft
• copyright
• copyright infringement
• copyright notice
• copyright protection
• coquette
• Coral Consortium; — Corporation
• core fantasy
• corn
• corner frequency
• corny
• corporate investment
• corrected print
• cosine microphone
• cosplay
• costume drama
• cottage loaf microphone
• couch potato
• counter-factual
• counterfeiting
• counterpoint
• counter-programming
• country
• courtroom drama
• cover shot
• coverage
• cover-mount
• cowboy; — shot
• creative accounting
• creative differences
• creative executive
• creative flashing
• creative geography
• creative license
• creature feature
• creature of the plot
• credit cookie
• crib
• crick
• crime
• criminal film
• crisis
• critic; film —
• critic’s movie
• critical distance
• critical frequency
• criticism
• critique
• crix
• crooner
• cross color
• cross the proscenium
• crossover frequency
• crossover hit
• crossover; cross-over; X/O
• cross-plug; crossplug
• crosstalk; XTALK
• CRPG
• cryptogram
• CSI effect
• CSS
• C-Type
• cucoloris; cucaloris; cucolorise; cucolorus
• CUE file; .cue
• cukaloris; cukalorise
• cuke
• cult movie
• cultural differences
• cultural diplomacy
• cultural discount
• cultural hegemony
• cultural imperialism
• cultural studies
• culturally biased
• culture
• culture promotion
• current executive
• curtain raiser
• curvature of field
• curvilinear distortion
• custard and jelly
• Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association
• custom pit art; custom face pit art
• custom-published game
• cut pix
• cutaway
• cut-off frequency
• cutout animation; cut-out animation
• cut-scene; cut scene; cut-sequence
• cutter
• cutter print
• cutting copy
• cutting on action; cutting on motion; cutting on movement
• cutting to continuity
• CVD
• CX
• cybercast
• cyberpunk

D

• D log E curve
• DA88
• Dadaism; DaDaism; Dada
• damping
• damping factor
• dance routine; dance number
• Dancing Henry
• dapple sheet
• DAR
• dark comedy; dark humor
• darkness
• DAT
• data compression
• data rate limiting
• data rate spikes
• datacast
• data-cine
• dating sim; dating simulation
• day and date; — release
• day player
• daytime soap
• dbx; — noise reduction
• DC restoration
• DDP
• DDP 2.0 DLT master
• dead spot
• decay rate
• decode
• Decode Content Scrambling System
• découpage classique
• DeCSS; Decode Content Scrambling System
• deejay; DJ
• de-embedding
• deferred compensation; deferred payment
• definition
• delamination
• deleted scenes
• deliverer
• demand view
• demo reel; demo tape; reel
• deMUX
• denotation
• dénouement
• density curve
• depth of light
• derivative
• desaturated; — color
• description
• descriptive film theory; descriptive film criticism
• desensitization theory
• detective
• deus ex machina
• development
• development executive
• device; plot —; storytelling —
• DFAST
• diachronic
• diagonal scrolling shooter
• dialectic
• dialectical criticism
• dialogue; dialog
• diaphragm
• Dickensian
• diegesis
• diegetic
• diffusion
• digerati
• DigiSlate
• digisub
• digital broadcast TV
• digital compression
• digital intermediate; DI
• digital light processing
• digital linear tape
• digital micromirror device
• digital object identifier
• digital receiver interface; DRI
• digital rights management; DRM; — system
• digital signage
• digital signature
• digital slate; digital camera slate
• digital storage media command and control; DSM-CC
• digital tag; tag
• digital television; DTV
• digital versatile disc
• digital video disc
• digital video interface; DVI
• digital video recorder
• digital VTR; digital videotape recorder; DVTR; DTR
• D-ILA
• dilettante
• dingle
• dingo
• direct access
• direct animation
• direct cinema
• direct field
• direct film
• direct infringement
• direct sales
• direct sound
• direction; stage —
• directional microphone; uni—
• directivity
• director’s cut; DC
• direct-response television advertising
• direct-to-video; — release
• disaster movie
• disc
• disc description protocol
• disc menu; menu
• discord
• discovery
• discrete wavelet transform; DWT
• discretionary income
• discretionary spending
• disease of the month
• disk drive; drive
• disk-at-once
• dislocation
• dispersion
• disposable income
• dissonance
• distant-sound perspective
• distribution
• distribution channel; channel
• distribution territory; territory
• distributor rentals
• distributor revenue
• distributor’s gross; — receipts
• distributor’s net; — receipts
• dithering
• diva
• DivX
• DJ
• DLP
• DLT
• DMA
• D-max
• DMD
• D-min
• DMP
• doc; docu
• docudrama; docu-drama
• documentary
• documentary style
• documercial
• doesn’t miss a note; doesn’t miss a beat
• Dogme Manifesto
• Dogme95; Dogma 95; Dogme
• dogmefilm; dogme-film
• Dogmesecretariat
• DOI
• Dolby AC-3
• Dolby Digital
• Dolby Digital EX
• Dolby E
• Dolby Motion Picture 4:2:4
• Dolby noise reduction
• Dolby ProLogic II; DPLII; — Surround Sound
• Dolby ProLogic; DPL; DPLI; — Surround Sound
• Dolby sound
• Dolby SR; Dolby Spectral Recording
• Dolby SRD
• Dolby Stereo
• domestic comedy
• dominant strategy
• dominated strategy
• double shooting
• double take; double-take
• double-entendre
• double-jump
• downlink
• downrating
• downstream; down-stream; DS
• downward expander
• drama
• drama in disguise
• dramatic
• dramatic illusion
• dramatic irony
• dramatic license
• dramaturgy
• dramedy
• draw in
• drawer
• drawing power
• dreck
• dress extra
• DRI
• driver
• drop out; drop-out; dropout
• dry-swallow
• DSRIP; DS rip
• DTS Digital Sound
• DTS-ES
• DTV
• dual movie DVD
• dubbed
• dubbed version
• dubbing panel
• dubtitles
• duplication facility
• durviz
• Duvetyne; duvetyn
• DVB; — Project
• DVB-MHP
• DVD
• DVD CCA
• DVD Forum
• DVD line
• DVD region
• DVD rip
• DVD Twin
• DVD zone
• DVD-R lab
• DVD-RAM
• DVD-Rewritable; DVD+Rewritable; DVD-RW; DVD+RW; DVD±RW
• DVD-RW; DVD+RW; DVD±RW
• DVR
• DWT
• dynamic cutting
• dynamic editing
• dynamic frame
• dynamic range

E

• E
• E for All
• E10+
• E3; — Media & Business Summit
• EA
• Ealing comedy
• earth station
• Easter egg
• eastern western
• EC
• ecchi
• eclectic
• edge business
• edge crop
• EDID
• edited for television
• EDTV
• educational; — film
• edutainment; edu-tainment
• E-EDID
• effects film
• eigentone
• eight-channel mix
• Electronic Arts; EA
• electronic babysitter
• electronic content guide; ECG
• Electronic Entertainment Expo
• electronic service guide; ESG
• electrostatic loudspeaker
• elegy
• elevator pitch
• elliptic; elliptical
• Elvis year
• EMA
• embedding
• emblematic
• emergent story
• Emergo
• emotional story
• empathy
• emphasis
• empty frame
• emulator
• enclosure
• encode
• end board
• end markers
• end out
• end slate; end sticks
• end-sequence
• ends-out
• end-user license agreement
• enfant terrible
• Engel’s law; Engel curve
• enhanced content material
• Enhanced EDID
• enhanced TV; eTV
• Enhanced Versatile Disc
• entertainment
• entertainment and leisure software
• Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
• entertainment budget
• entertainment dollar
• Entertainment Merchants Association; EMA
• Entertainment Partners; EP
• entertainment product
• Entertainment Software Association
• Entertainment Software Rating Board
• envelope
• EP
• EPG; EPG
• ephemeral film
• epic
• epilogue
• episodic
• equal-loudness contour; equal-loudness curve
• Erato
• erotic
• erotica
• ESA
• escape film
• escapist film
• E-Score
• espionage
• ESPN
• -esque
• ESRB
• establish
• established
• Estar; Kodak —; — film base
• esthetic
• esthetics
• e-tailer
• eternal child archetype
• ethnic film
• ethnic media
• ethnographic film
• EULA
• euphemism
• Euterpe
• evaluative journalism
• evangelical program
• EVD
• event television
• Everyone
• Everyone 10 and Older
• evidentiary editing
• excluded middle puzzle
• execution
• executive producer; EP
• exemplar
• Exempt
• exhibitor’s net
• expanded cinema
• experimental film
• exploit
• exploitation
• exploitation picture
• exploitative approach
• exploiter
• exporting culture
• expressionism; German —
• extended display identification data
• extended play; EP
• extended VCD
• extinction frequency; erase frequency
• extra
• extradiegetic
• extras
• extravaganza
• eyeballs
• eye-level
• eyewitness news

F

• fable
• face
• face time
• factory
• factual film
• fad
• fair dealing
• fair use; — doctrine; fair dealing
• fall-off; light —
• fame
• Famicom
• family friendly
• Family Guide to TV
• family melodrama
• famous
• fan
• fan edit
• fan fiction; fanfic
• fan service
• fan site
• fan test
• fanac
• fandom
• fandub
• fannies
• fansub
• fantasy
• fantasy role playing; FRP
• fantasy violence
• fanzine
• farce
• far-field
• fatality
• FBI warning
• fear appeal
• feature
• featured player
• featured work
• featurette
• fecund
• Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique; FIPRESCI
• fee spot; fee plug
• feed reel
• feedback
• feet per second; fps
• feevee
• feminism; feminist criticism; feminist film theory
• femme fatale
• fen
• festival; fest
• fiber optics; fiber; fibre
• fiction
• fiction film
• field
• field area
• field frequency
• field mixer
• field of view; FOV; field of action; FOA
• field rate
• fields per second
• fifty/fifty; fifty-fifty
• fifty-yard line surround
• fighters
• fighting game; fighters
• figurative language
• figure of speech
• figure-eight microphone
• file sharing; file swapping
• file swapping
• file-sharing network; file-swapping network
• filk; — music
• fill leader; filler; fill
• fill light; filler light; fill-in light; fill
• film
• film aesthetics
• Film as Art
• film booking
• film buff
• film chain
• Film Comment
• film critic
• Film Criticism
• Film Culture
• film cycle; cycle
• film epic
• film festival; fest; festival
• film finish
• film genre
• film grammar
• film history
• film market
• film movement
• film noir
• film out
• film punctuation
• Film Quarterly
• film rating system
• film recorder
• film rental
• film rental terms
• film review
• film scanner
• film scholar
• film short
• film society
• film theory
• Film Threat
• filmic
• filmic space
• filmic time
• filmmaker; film-maker
• filmography
• filmology
• fine arts
• fingerprint
• FIPRESCI
• fire-hazard sex
• First Amendment; 1^st Amendment
• first dollar; first-dollar; — gross
• first monies
• first plot point
• first sale; — doctrine
• first-dollar deal
• first-dollar gross deal
• first-dollar split
• first-person
• first-person play; first-person game
• first-person shooter; FPS; shooter
• first-position gross
• fish out of water; fish-out-of-water
• Fisheye
• five-act play; five-act structure
• five-channel mix
• fixate
• fixed channel
• fixed media
• fixed shooter
• flag
• flare
• flashing
• flat character
• flat-figure animation
• flavor of the day
• flavor of the month
• flick
• flicker
• flight simulator; flight sim
• flip box
• flocking
• flop
• floppola
• FLP; — Snapper; Warner/Ivy —
• flub
• fluid camera
• flutter echo
• fly off the page
• fly-on-the-wall
• flyover people
• flyovers; flyover states
• FMV
• FMV game; FMV-based game
• FOA
• fog
• foil
• folding frequency
• folk lore
• forbidden fruit effect
• force feedback
• forced development
• forced processing
• foreign film; foreign production
• forensic mark
• foreshadowing
• form
• form cut
• formalism
• format
• formatter
• formula
• formula film
• formulaic
• forward
• forward-scrolling
• forward-scrolling shooter
• fotog
• four-act play; four-act structure
• fourth wall
• four-wall release
• four-wall set; four-walled set
• FOV
• FPS
• fractal compression
• frag
• fragmentation
• frame
• frame frequency
• frame marker
• frame of reference
• frame rate
• frames per second; fps
• free speech
• free TV; free-TV
• freedom of the press
• free-field
• freevee
• French flag
• French New Wave
• frequency response curve
• frequency response error
• freshman
• Freudian slip
• frightener
• fringe audience
• fringing; fringe
• front man
• front; fronted
• frontal nudity
• frost
• FRP
• frying pan
• f-stop; f/stop
• FSU
• full animation
• full screen; full-screen
• full-backal nudity; full-backal
• full-frontal nudity; full-frontal
• full-motion video; FMV
• fusion
• FV

G

• G
• G4
• gabmeister
• gag reel
• gainax bounce
• galge
• gallery shooter
• game
• game console
• game controller
• Game Genie
• game genre; computer —; video —
• game nazi
• game puzzle
• Game Shark
• game show
• gamepad
• gameplay
• gameplay tension; game-play tension
• gamer
• gamez
• gaming
• gamma
• gamma curve
• gamut; color —
• gangster
• gatekeepers
• Gaul
• gauze
• gawk show
• gay and lesbian cinema
• general release; general theatrical release; general showing
• generic pit art; generic face pit art
• genre
• genre picture
• genre studies
• German Expressionism
• ghetto
• ghosting
• giant-screen
• gigaplex
• gimmick
• gimmick movie
• ginger
• ginger scene
• girl gang
• girlie show
• give me a level
• glamour industry
• glare
• glass master
• glass master lathe
• glitterati
• glory seeking
• goal-driven
• gobo
• God game
• God mode
• God slot
• goggle box; goggle-box
• gold disc
• Golden Age of Television
• goldwynism; Goldwynism
• go-motion animation; go-motion; go-animation
• gong¹
• gong²
• Goo
• goofs
• gorn; gorno
• Gothic
• grade-Z picture
• grading; color —
• granulation
• G-rated
• gratuitous
• gray market
• grazing
• Green Book
• GRid
• Griffolyn
• grind
• grind house; grindhouse
• grip net; net
• gross earnings
• gross film rental
• gross income
• gross participant
• gross player
• gross points
• gross proceeds
• gross profit participant
• gross profits
• gross receipts
• gross rentals; gross revenue
• gross revenue
• ground communications equipment
• ground-noise reduction
• gun mic

H

• H and D curve
• hack
• hack ‘n’ slash
• hackneyed
• half-inch video
• half-space loading
• ham it up
• ham; —bone
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• hand-held media player
• handmade film
• hangover
• happening
• happy talk news; happy news
• hard disk drive; hard drive; HDD
• hard news
• hard porn
• hard R
• hardcore pornography
• hardcore; hard-core
• hardmark
• hardness
• hardware; HW
• harmonic distortion
• hash; — value
• HAVi
• Hawthorneeffect
• haze
• haze machine
• Hazeltine
• HDCP
• HD-DVD
• HDMI
• HDR
• HDTV
• head clog
• head out; heads-out
• head slate
• head up; heads-up
• headroom; head room
• heads-up
• heads-up display
• heart; — of the story
• heavy
• Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle; Heisenberg indeterminacy principle
• heist film
• helm
• henshin; — hero; — heroine
• hentai; hentei
• hero
• hero archetype
• hero’s journey; hero’s adventure
• Hi8; Hi-8; high-band Video8
• high angle
• high concept; high-concept
• high energy show
• high frequency
• high jinks
• High Sierra format
• highbrow; high-brow
• high-definition multimedia interface
• high-frequency driver
• highlight reel
• highs
• hijinks
• hinge
• hiss; audio —
• histrionic
• hit
• hit every note
• hit on all cylinders
• Hitchcockian
• Hitch-rip
• hixploitation
• HMS
• hokum
• hold cel; hold
• holdover audience
• Hollywood accounting
• Hollywood ending
• hologram
• homage
• Home Audio/Video Interoperability; HAVI; — architecture
• home cinema
• home console
• home entertainment
• home entertainment rental
• home entertainment royalty
• home entertainment sell-thru
• home media server; HMS
• home shopping
• home theater; HT
• home theater-in-a-box; HTiB
• home video
• home video rental
• home video royalty
• home video sell-thru; sell-through
• honcho
• hook
• hookup
• hori
• horror
• horrormeister
• horse opera
• horse pic
• horzie
• hot
• hot spot
• hot-dogger
• hotspot
• house hook
• HR-HDTV
• HSV
• HT
• HTiB
• HUD
• hue
• hum
• humanatronics
• Hurter & Driffield curve
• hype
• hyperbole
• hyper-cardioid microphone
• hype-worthy
• hypo

I

• icon
• iconography
• ID band number
• identification
• identity cinema
• identity; ID
• ideology
• idiot box
• idiot’s lantern
• IDTV
• IEMA
• IF
• if it bleeds, it leads
• IFO file; .ifo
• IFPI
• IFPI code
• IGDA
• IIPA
• ILA
• ilinx
• illegal duplication facility; illegal factory
• Illusion-O
• image
• image angle
• image constraint
• image shift
• imagery
• images per second
• IMDb
• impressionism
• impressionist
• impulse pay-per-view; IPPV
• impulse response
• impulse video-on-demand; IMVoD
• in continuity
• in the aisles
• in-between space
• in-ceiling speaker
• inches per second; ips
• indecent speech
• index
• indicating
• industrial
• infamous
• infamy
• infinite baffle
• influence effect
• Infobahn
• infomercial; info-mercial
• information
• information puzzle
• information superhighway
• information theory
• informational; — film
• informative entertainment
• informed by
• infotainment; info-tainment
• infringe
• infringement
• in-game advertising
• ingénue
• inherited audience
• initial air date
• in-joke; inside joke
• inlay
• inner life
• innocent infringement
• innuendo
• input scanner
• insert
• inside story
• instant analysis
• instantaneous audience rating
• instantaneous audience share
• instructional; — film
• insurance shot; insurance take
• integrated commercial; integrated advertising
• intelligent
• intelligent slate
• intensity
• intentional fallacy
• interactive
• Interactive Digital Software Association; IDSA
• interactive digital television; iDTV
• interactive electronic entertainment
• interactive fiction; interactive movie; interactive narrative
• interactive media
• interactive TV; iTV
• interactive video
• interactive video data service; IVDS
• interactive video disc
• interaxial distance; IA
• interference
• interference microphone
• interior state
• interleaving; cross—
• internal rhythm
• International Federation of Film Critics
• International Intellectual Property Alliance
• Internet
• interocular distance; IO
• interstitial
• intervalometer
• interview extra
• intransitive relationship
• inverse square law
• inverse telecine process
• invisible cutting
• invisible editing
• in-wall speaker
• IPG; IPG
• IRC channel; channel
• iris
• irony; situational —
• irritainment
• ISAN
• ISBN
• ISO 9660
• ISO file; .iso
• isometric view
• ISOs
• ISRC
• It
• “It” Girl
• ixnay evernay

J

• jacket
• jaggies
• Japanimation
• jazz up
• Jerry Lewis effect
• jewel case; jewel box
• jidai-geki
• jigglies
• jitter
• journo
• joypad
• joystick
• Jump Cut
• jump the shark
• Jungian archetype
• junket whore
• justified camera movement
• juvenile
• juxtaposition

K

• K Video Compression Dynamics
• KDVD
• Kell factor
• Kelvin temperature
• keystone
• Keystone Cops; Keystone Kops
• kiddie show
• kidvid; kid-vid
• kill
• kill screen
• kinestasis
• kinesthesia
• kinetic
• kitchen-sink
• kitsch
• kitschmeister
• Kiwi
• knock ’em dead
• knock ’em in the aisles
• knocks
• kojak
• kookalouris; kookaloris; kook
• KSVCD
• kudo
• kudocast
• kudos
• kukaloris
• Kuleshov effect
• Kuleshov workshop
• Künstlerroman
• KVCD
• kvetchfest

L

• L
• lab
• lab operator
• laboratory; lab
• LAFCA
• langue
• languor
• Lanham Act
• large-screen
• laser beam recorder; LBR
• laser videodisc
• laserdisc; laser disc; laser videodisc
• Laserfile
• latency
• latensification
• lateral chromatic aberration; lateral chromatic distortion
• lateral color
• latitude
• laugh-fest; laugh-riot
• law of squares
• layer
• layer separation
• LBR
• LCRS; L-C-R-S
• lead
• lead line
• lead-in; lead in
• lead-out; lead out
• lean-forward entertainment
• legal gamut
• legend
• legit
• legitimate source
• legitimate theater; legit
• legs
• leitmotif; leitmotiv
• lens angle
• lens coating
• lens flare
• lens hood
• lens shade
• lens stop
• lensmen
• Leq_m
• lesbian cinema
• letterbox; — format
• level
• level grind
• L-F-C
• LFE-L
• LFE-R
• L-F-L
• L-F-R
• life meter
• lift
• lifter
• light balance
• light entertainment
• light flare
• lightness
• limited engagement
• limited release
• Lincoln Motion Picture Company
• linear
• linear distortion
• literary device
• litotes
• live-action
• lives
• load time
• local news
• log line
• logic puzzle
• long-form; longform
• longitudinal chromatic aberration; longitudinal chromatic distortion
• longitudinal documentary
• long-run engagement
• loose
• lore
• Lo-Ro
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association; LAFCA
• Los Angeles Film Critics Award
• loudspeaker
• low angle
• low frequency
• lowbrow; low-brow
• lower third
• low-frequency driver
• lows
• LP
• Lt-Rt
• lubricious; lubricous
• luminance; Y

M

• M
• MA 15+
• MacGuffin; Maguffin; McGuffin
• machinery puzzle
• machinima
• madcap
• made for home entertainment; made for home video
• made for TV movie
• made-for
• made-for-video
• Madrid Protocol
• mag hag
• magazine format program
• magic pill
• magical girl
• magical realism; magic realism
• magnetic distortion
• magnetic shedding
• magnetism
• magnum opus
• Maguffin
• mahou shoujo
• main character
• main plot
• mainstream
• major channel
• making-of
• malapropism
• manga
• manipulated reality
• manufactured reality
• marginal picture
• mark
• mark it
• marker
• market
• market identity; market role
• market target
• marketable
• marketing tie-in
• marquee value
• Marxism; Marxist theory
• Marxist criticism
• mashup
• mass audience
• massively multiplayer online role-playing game
• mastering code
• masterpiece
• match cut
• match-action cut
• match-image cut
• matching action
• matrix
• matrix number
• matrix sound
• matrix switch
• matte bleed
• maximum density
• maze
• M-B-C
• M-B-L
• M-B-R
• McGuffin
• meaty
• mecha
• mechanical decay
• mechanical rights
• media circus; media feeding frenzy
• media darling
• media literacy
• media whore
• mediate
• meditation on
• medium long shot
• Mega Drive
• megabuck
• megadoc
• megahit
• megaplex
• meiosis
• Meisner technique
• melodrama
• Melpomene
• meme
• memetics
• memory card
• mentor film
• menu
• merchandising tie-in
• message
• message digest
• message movie; messagery
• metaphor
• metashow
• metatext
• meteoric
• Method; — acting; Stanislavski —; the —
• method of piracy
• metonymy
• me-tooism
• metteur-en-scène
• M-F-C
• M-F-C/R
• M-F-L
• M-F-L/C
• M-F-R
• MHP connected resource
• MHP solution
• MHP terminal
• micro transaction
• microcinema
• microphone presence
• middlebrow; middle-brow
• midrange
• mids
• MII
• milieu
• military strategy
• milk
• Miller test
• mimesis
• mimicry
• minimal cinema; minimalist film
• minimum density
• miniplex
• minor channel
• minstrel humor
• mired; micro reciprocal degree; — value
• mirror ring
• mise-en-cadre
• mise-en-scène
• mise-en-shot
• mission briefing
• mixed media
• mixer
• mixing board; mixing console; sound —
• mixing console; console
• mixing desk; desk
• mixing panel
• MMORPG; MMORG; MMO; MMP
• MMP
• mobile channel
• mobile gaming
• mobile media
• mobisode; mobilesode
• mocumentary; mockumentary; mock-documentary
• mod
• mod community
• mod ware
• modder
• model
• model animation
• modern film noir
• modernism
• modified gross
• Mole VCD
• monaural; — sound
• monkey points
• mono
• monochromatic; mono; — film
• monochromatic aberration; monochromatic distortion
• monophonic; mono
• monster movie
• montage
• mood
• moppet
• moral
• morning show
• mosquito noise
• mother; — record
• motif
• motion aliasing; temporal aliasing
• motion control
• motion picture
• motion picture laboratory
• motion picture rating system
• mould code; mold code
• mouse potato
• movement
• movie
• movie brats
• movie for television
• movie house
• Movie Magic
• movie rating system
• movie star
• movie with a message
• movie-of-the-week; MOW
• movies-on-demand; MoD
• moviez
• moving hold
• moving picture
• MOW
• MPG
• MSA
• M-S-L
• M-S-R
• MUD
• muddy
• mugging for the camera
• multiangle
• multicast
• multichannel stereo; multichannel sound
• multidirectional shooter
• multi-language
• multimedia
• multimedia home platform; MHP
• multi-party
• multi-path movie
• multiplane camera; multi-plane camera; multiplane; 3-D —
• multiplayer
• multiple-language shooting
• multiplex
• multiplexing
• multi-tap
• multi-user dimension
• multi-user dungeon
• Munsell color system
• muse
• music clearance
• music clip
• music video; music clip
• music/rhythm
• musical
• musical comedy
• musical number
• mute
• mux; multiplex
• muxing
• MVCD
• MWLI; Musical Work License Identifier Standard
• mystery
• mystery thriller
• myth
• mythic criticism
• mythological archetype
• mythopoetic film

N

• nadir
• Nagra
• name actor
• namechecked
• name-dropping
• narrative
• narrative film
• narrative structure
• narrative thread
• narrative time
• narrowcast
• National Film Registry
• National Information Infrastructure; NII
• National Renewable Security Standard; NRSS
• national reviewer
• nattering nabobs of negativism
• natural frequency
• naturalism
• nature film
• navigation
• NC-17
• NC-17-rated
• near-dominant strategy
• near-dominated strategy
• near-field
• near-video-on-demand; near-demand video; NVoD
• needs a polish; needs some fine tuning; needs some streamlining; needs some tightening
• negative appeal
• negative assembler
• negative cutter
• negative geometric distortion
• negative matcher
• neo-noir
• neorealism
• net
• net deal
• net income; net
• net participant
• net player
• net points
• net profit; net
• net profit deal
• net profit participant
• net rating point; NRP
• net receipts; net revenue
• net split
• net TV
• Net, the
• netcast
• netlet
• network; net
• network news
• Neue Sachlichkeit
• New American Cinema
• New German Cinema
• New Wave
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards; New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• New York Film Critics Circle; NYFCC
• news
• news crashing
• newsfotainment
• newsmagazine; news magazine
• newsreel
• newzak
• niche market
• niche programming
• Nielsen TV Ratings
• Nintendo
• nitery
• nitpick
• nit-picker
• nitrate base
• nitrate decay; nitrate degradation
• nitrate film
• nitro
• noir
• noise floor
• noise reduction; NR
• noisy
• non-actor; nonactor
• non-anamorphic lens
• non-camera film; noncamera film
• non-commercial film; noncommercial film
• non-contiguous area
• non-diegetic
• non-directional microphone
• non-fiction
• non-flammable film
• non-linear
• non-linear narrative
• non-narrative
• non-pro; nonpro
• non-real time
• non-representational film; nonrepresentational film
• non-residential pay-per-view
• non-theatrical
• non-transitive relationship
• notices
• Nouvelle Vague, La
• NPC
• NRSS
• nudie; nuddie; nuddy
• number board
• NYFCC
• Nyquist frequency

O

• O
• oat opera
• oater
• OAV
• object animation
• objective
• obligatory scene
• obscene
• obscene material
• obscene speech
• obscenity
• observational cinema
• observer effect; observer bias; observer paradox
• OCAP
• OCUR
• oeuvre
• off the air
• off-axis
• off-camera
• off-color
• official Web site
• off-line editing; off-line; offline
• off-screen
• of-its-time
• omni-directional microphone; omnidirectional microphone
• omniscient point-of-view
• on the nose
• on-axis
• on-demand; — service
• one-bit delta sigma audio encoding
• one-eyed monster
• one-inch video; —tape
• one-light; one-lite; — print
• one-line description
• one-man production
• one-off
• one-shot
• one-up
• onion at the end
• onion ballad
• onomatopoeia
• on-screen
• OOB-FDC
• OOB-RDC
• OOC
• open content
• Open EPG
• open form
• open source
• OpenCable
• OpenCable Application Platform; OCAP
• OpenCable device
• OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver; OCUR
• opening day
• opera¹
• opera²
• opposite track path; OTP
• optical disc
• opus
• opuscule
• opuses
• Orange Book
• org
• organic
• orthochromatic; ortho
• Orwellian
• Oscar Micheaux Corporation
• OTT; o.t.t.
• out of character
• out of continuity
• out of frame
• outline aliasing
• out-of-band-forward-data-channel; OOB-FDC
• out-of-band-reverse-data-channel; OOB-RDC
• out-of-camera-film
• outside story
• outtake; out-take; out
• OVA
• over the top; OTT; o.t.t.
• overact
• overdevelop
• overhead
• overhead kit; overhead set; overhead
• overlapping action; overlap action
• overlay
• overplay
• overseas receptivity
• oxymoron
• Oz

P

• pace
• packaging
• packed
• pan
• pan and scan
• panchromatic; pan
• panegyric
• panel show
• Pan-European Game Information
• Pan-Scan
• pantheon
• parable
• paradigmatic
• paradigmatic categories
• paradigmatic connotation
• paradox
• parallel montage
• parallel track path; PTP
• parallelism
• paraprosdokian
• parental advisory system
• parental control
• parenthetical
• Parents Television Council; PTC
• parody
• parole
• paronomasia
• part
• participant
• party
• passive eyewear
• passive media
• pastiche
• pat pend
• patent
• pay cable; pay channel; premium channel
• pay television
• pay TV; pay-TV
• paybox
• payoff
• pay-per-view; pay per view; PayPerView; PPV; — television
• PDR
• PDTV
• pedestal
• peer-to-peer; p2p; P2P; p-to-p; — network; — system
• PEGI
• people puzzle
• Percepto
• perceptual film
• performance arts
• performance cloning
• performance rights
• performance text
• performing arts
• perigee
• period piece
• peripheral
• personal direction
• personal media player
• personal video recorder; PVR
• personality; TV —
• personality actor
• personification
• perspective, audio
• PG
• PG-13-rated
• PG-rated
• phantom image
• phenom
• phenomenology
• philosophical aesthetics
• phon
• phon line
• phoner
• photogénie
• photoplay
• physical comedy
• pic
• picture
• picture frequency
• picture people
• picture wrap
• pill opera
• pillar-box; pillarbox; pillarbar
• pilot; — film
• pimp up; pimp
• pinch
• pincushion distortion; pincushion effect
• pink noise
• pink permit
• Pinnacle Studio
• PIP
• piracy
• piracy slate
• pirate
• pirate lab
• pirate media
• pirate source
• pit art
• pitch
• pitch perfect
• pivotal character
• pix
• pixelation
• pixilation; pixillation
• placement
• plagiarize
• plan Américain
• plan window
• planar loudspeaker
• planes
• plan-séquence
• platform
• platform game
• platform release; platforming
• platformer
• plaudit
• play
• play rubric
• play to the camera; play the camera
• playdate
• player
• player-character; PC
• plex
• ploce
• plot
• plot creature
• plot device; device
• plot hole; plothole
• plot point
• Plot Point I; plot point one
• Plot Point II; plot point two
• plot-driven
• “Plug & Play” Agreement
• plugola
• PMP
• pocket
• podcast; video —
• poetic
• poetic faith
• poetic justice
• poetic license
• point-of-view
• polar diagram; polar pattern; polar plot
• polarized images
• polarized stereograms
• politique des auteurs
• polyester base
• Polyhymnia
• polyptoton
• polysyndeton
• Pong
• popular movie
• pop-up banner
• porn; porno
• porno film; porno video
• pornographic; porno
• pornography; porno; porn
• portable media player
• ported enclosure
• pose test
• positive appeal
• positive geometric distortion
• possessory credit; possessive credit
• postage stamp effect
• posterization
• post-flashing; post-exposing; post-fogging; flashing
• postmodernism
• postviz
• potboiler; pot boiler
• power level
• PowerDVD
• power-up
• PQ code
• practical creature
• prediction effect
• preem
• pre-exposing
• pre-flashing; pre-fogging
• premiere
• premise
• premium cable
• premium channel
• pre-opening
• pre-record to picture
• pre-release piracy
• pre-release; prerelease
• pre-screening
• prescriptive film theory; prescriptive film criticism
• presentation credit
• presentational actor
• pressure gradient; — microphone
• pressure operation; pressure microphone
• pressure zone effect
• preview
• previz; pre-visualization
• prima donna
• primary audience
• primary opposition character
• prime time series
• primitive cinema
• print mark
• printing wind
• print-through
• procedural
• producer’s gross
• producer’s net; — profit
• producer’s share
• product integration
• product placement
• product type
• production
• production board
• production executive
• production genre
• production type
• production value
• profane
• profanity
• Professional Disc
• profilmic
• profit
• program block
• program film
• Program Integrated Advertising; PIA
• program picture
• programmer; film —
• projector movement
• ProLogic
• promo screener; promotional screener
• promotional film
• promotional quote
• promotional tie-in
• propaganda
• propeller head
• prose
• prosopopia
• protag/antag
• protagonist
• protection shot
• protégé
• proxy
• prurient
• prurient interest
• pseudo-event
• psittacism
• psychic distance
• psychoacoustic surround-sound
• psychological aesthetics
• psychopolitics
• Psychorama
• PTC
• PTP
• public domain; PD
• public video
• puerile comedy
• puffery
• pull processing
• pulp pictures
• pulpy
• punch line punch
• pundit
• puppet animation
• pure cinema
• push processing; pushing; pushing the film
• puzzle; — game; puzzler
• PVR
• PVS
• pwn
• Pythonesque

Q

• Q-number; Q-rating; Q-score
• quad-plex
• quadraphonic
• quantization noise; quantization distortion; quantization error
• Quarterly Review of Film and Video
• queer cinema
• queer theory
• quiz show

R

• R
• R 18+
• R18
• R5
• race film
• racing
• radiation impedance
• radiation pattern
• rail shooter
• rainbow effect
• random access
• Rank; Rank-Cintel; — Flying Spot Scanner
• rapid-fire
• rapports de production
• raster aliasing
• rated-
• rated-X
• Rating Pending
• rating²
• rating¹; — system
• rating system
• ratings and shares
• ratings Siberia
• raunchy
• rave
• raw
• reach
• react
• read
• read a film
• reader
• real time; real-time; RT
• réalisateur
• realism; realist cinema
• reality
• reality television; reality programming
• real-time combat simulator
• real-time strategy; RTS; — game
• real-time tactics; RTT; — game
• rear window
• recap
• receiver
• reception
• record
• recordable media
• recorder
• recording arts
• Recording Industry Association of America
• re-cut
• Red Book
• reenactment
• re-exposure
• reference master
• reference player
• Region # DVD
• regional coding; DVD —
• registered trademark
• re-imagine
• relative aperture
• release date
• release to manufacturing
• release window
• religious film
• religious programming
• ren-ai
• renown
• rent, rip, and return
• rental; film —
• rentals
• replicate
• reportage
• representation
• representational actor
• representational arts
• representational film
• reserve for returns; reserve against returns
• residential pay-per-view
• resolution
• resolving power
• resonance
• response pattern
• retinal rivalry
• retro
• retrospective
• return channel; RC
• return path
• revenge movie
• reverberant field
• reversal
• reverse pan and scan
• reverse path
• reverse print
• reversion right; reversionary right
• review
• reviewer
• revision slug
• Revue Canadienne d’Études Cinématographiques
• Revue du Cinéma, La
• rez
• RF coaxial A/V cable; RF cable
• rhythm
• RIAA
• ribald
• riddle
• rifle mic; rifle
• rig removal
• right of reversion
• rights clearance
• ringing
• rip off
• risqué
• road movie; road picture
• roadrunner physics
• roast
• rock opera
• rock-paper-scissors; RPS
• rockumentary; rock-u-mentary
• role
• role-playing game; RPG
• rolling in the aisles
• rolloff frequency
• romance
• romantic comedy; rom-com
• romantic simulation game
• romantic team
• rom-com
• ROMs
• room mode
• rope trick
• rosette
• rotoscope; roto
• round character
• round-trip time; RTT
• router
• routing switcher
• Royal Television Society; RTS
• RP
• RPG
• R-rated
• RSDL
• RTM
• RTS
• RTT
• rubric
• rumble pack
• rumble track
• run ‘n’ jump game
• runaway hit
• Rx

S

• SACD
• SAD
• safety base; safe base
• saga
• salacious
• sales screener
• sample reel; sample tape; reel
• sampling error
• sampling offset uncertainty
• sandwich print
• satellite downlink
• satellite free TV
• satellite pay TV
• satellite television; SATV
• satellite uplink
• satire
• satirize
• saturation release; saturation booking
• saturation; color —
• save the lights
• savoir-faire
• SC
• scan velocity modulation; SVM
• scanning
• scan-only film
• Scarlet Book
• scene heading; scene header
• scene selection
• scene; SC
• schlock
• schlockmeister
• schmaltz
• schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik
• science fiction; sci-fi; SF
• sci-fi
• scoring; film —
• scrap book film
• scrape-flutter filter
• screen¹
• Screen²
• Screen Goo
• screen hack
• screen of death
• screen presence
• screen time
• screener ban
• screener; SCR
• screwball comedy
• scrim
• scrim set
• script clearance
• scrolling shooter; scroller; horizontal —; vertical —
• scrumtrulescent; scrumtrilescent
• SDTV
• sealed enclosure
• seat dip phenomena
• second assistant camera; —man; — operator; second AC; 2^nd AC; second camera assistant
• second camera assistant
• second clap
• second plot point
• second sticks
• secondary audience
• secondary infringement
• second-person play; second-person game
• secret character
• Sega
• segmentation
• selective release
• self archetype
• self-aware
• self-aware narrator
• self-censorship
• self-conscious
• self-indulgent
• self-referential
• sell out
• selling subject to review
• sellout
• sell-through; sell-thru
• semiology
• semiotic
• semiotic criticism
• semiotics; cine—
• send-up
• Sensaura
• sentai
• sequence
• sequence puzzle
• sequential access
• serial installment
• series of shots
• service comedy
• service mark;
• set piece
• settlement transaction; settlement
• seven-channel mix
• seventh art
• sex film; sex video
• sex kitten
• sex up
• sexploitation
• SF
• SFC
• shading artifact
• share of wallet
• share; audience —; — of audience
• shared revenue
• sharpness
• ship date
• ship stopper
• shmup
• shock-talk
• shoot ’em up; shoot-em-up
• shooter
• shooting stage
• shop-at-home
• short audio descriptor; SAD
• short; film —; — film; — subject
• short video descriptor; SVD
• shot analysis
• shot heading
• shotgun microphone; shotgun
• shoulder
• shoulder button
• shounen-ai; shônen-ai
• shout show
• shutter
• SID; — code
• sidebar
• side-on
• side-scrolling
• sign
• signage
• signaling properties
• signal-to-noise ratio; S/N ratio; SNR
• signification
• signified
• signifier
• silent film
• silent movie
• silhouette animation
• silk
• silver screen
• sim
• simile
• simulated documentary
• simulator; sim
• single
• single data rate encoding
• single shot film
• single-frame animation
• Siskel’s Test
• sitcom
• site
• sit-prov
• situation comedy
• situational irony
• Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
• six-channel mix; six-mix
• skein
• sketch comedy
• skin flick; skin-flick; skin film
• skop, skiet, en donder
• SKVCD
• slammo
• slap echo
• slapstick
• slasher film
• slate; — board
• slate boy
• slate it; slate
• slate operator
• slateman
• sleaze
• sleaze factor
• sleaze TV
• sleazefest
• sleepfest
• sleeve
• slice-and-dice; slice-‘n’-dice
• slice-of-life
• slop print
• slow-down
• slug
• slug line; slugline; slug
• SM; sm
• smart
• Smart Slate
• smash hit
• smellies
• SMG
• SMSA
• smut
• snapper box
• sneak preview; sneak
• SNES
• snoozefest
• snuff film
• social puzzle
• Société du Film d’Art
• sociopolitics
• sociosemiotics
• socko; sock
• sofa spud
• soft news
• soft porn
• softcore pornography
• softcore; soft-core
• software; SW; S/W
• solid
• solon
• something meets something else
• SOP 00-2
• sophomore slump
• sophomore; soph
• sophomoric
• soubrette
• soul of the cinema
• sound balance
• sound card
• sound console
• sound fill; sound filler; fill
• sound film
• sound perspective
• sound pressure level; SPL
• sound slug
• SoundField microphone
• soundstage; sound stage
• source identification code
• source of piracy; source of pirate product
• space opera
• spacing
• spaghetti western
• span
• spatial resolution
• speaker; loud—
• spear-carrier
• special attack; special
• special features
• special; television —
• specifics
• spectacular; spectacle
• spectral recording; SR
• speculative fiction
• spesh
• spex
• spherical
• spherical aberration; spherical distortion
• spherical lens
• spice up
• spin doctor
• spin master
• spindle
• spine; — of the story
• spinmeister
• splatstick
• splatter film
• split frame
• split screen; split-screen effect; split-screen shot
• split surrounds
• -sploitation; -xploitation
• spoiler
• spoiler alert
• sponsor identification
• sponsored film
• spoof
• spoonerism
• sports
• sports entertainment
• sports event
• spot effects
• sprite
• sprocket opera
• spun
• spy
• spyware
• square-eyed
• squash and stretch; stretch and squash
• squeeze lens
• Squiggle-vision
• stag film
• stage direction
• stage helper
• stage semiotization
• stage, the
• staggercast
• staging
• stair step effect
• stamina
• stamper
• standards and practices; network —
• standing wave
• stanza
• star
• star power
• star property
• star quality
• star system
• star vehicle
• starlet
• staying power
• steal the show; steal the scene
• stealth advertising
• step out of character
• stereo
• stereo spread
• stereo surrounds
• stereophonic; stereo; — sound
• stereoscopic
• stereotype
• stereovision; stereo vision
• stick it
• sticks in
• stimmung
• stock character
• stock part; stock role
• stone-paper-scissors; SPS
• stop motion; stop-motion animation; stop-motion photography
• stop-action animation; stop-action photography
• stop-frame animation
• story
• story analysis
• story analyst
• story line; storyline
• story spine
• story-driven
• storytelling device; device
• straight-line portion
• strategic choice
• strategy; — game
• streaming; — media
• street
• street date
• stretch
• stretch and squash
• stretch out; stretch-out; stretch
• strict continuity
• strobe effect
• structural film
• structuralism; cine—
• studio accounting
• studio mixing console
• style
• sub
• subcode
• sub-distribution
• subject
• subjective point-of-view
• subjective reality
• subliminal advertising; subliminal technique
• subplot; sub-plot
• subscriber media gateway; SMG
• subscription television; STV
• subscription video-on-demand; SVOD
• substrate
• subtext
• subtitled version
• subtractive color
• subwoofer; sub-woofer
• sunshade
• super
• super combo move
• Super Comboy
• Super DLT
• Super Famicom; SFC
• super sentai
• super-cardioid microphone
• supernumerary
• super-panchromatic
• superstar
• Super-VHS
• supply reel
• support
• supporting actor
• supporting actress
• supporting player; supporting cast
• surface-noise reduction
• surrealism; sur-realism
• surrogate action
• surround
• surround sound
• surround tracks
• survival horror
• suspense
• SVCD
• SVD
• Svensk Filmindustri; SF
• S-VHS
• S-video
• SVM
• swashbuckler
• swing
• switch
• sword and sandals
• sword and sorcery
• SXRD
• syllepsis
• symbol
• symbolism
• symmetric compression; symmetrical compression
• symmetrical codec
• symphony
• sync slate
• synchronic
• synchronization rights
• synecdoche
• synergy
• syntagma
• syntagmatic
• syntagmatic categories
• syntagmatic connotation
• syntax
• system loss
• system menu
• system noise

T

• T
• T&A
• T ‘n’ A
• T’s and P’s
• TA rating
• tabloid television
• tabmag; tab mag
• taboo
• Tachistoscope
• tactical choice
• tactics; — game
• tag
• tag line; tagline; tag
• tail out; tails-out
• tail slate
• tail sticks
• tail up; tails-up
• tails-up
• take board
• take-off
• take-up reel
• talent
• talk show
• talkie
• talking head
• tangency
• tank
• tape
• tape clog
• tape supply reel
• tape to film transfer
• target audience
• target market
• taste
• tasty print
• tautology
• TCA
• T-commerce
• tearjerker; tear-jerker
• teaser; tease
• technoliterati
• technology tools
• Teen
• teens in peril; teens in jeopardy
• telecast
• telecine chain
• telecine; – chain; TC; TK
• telecine process
• telefilm
• telefoni bianchi
• telegenic
• telegraph
• Telemedium, The Journal of Media Literacy
• telenovela
• telepic; telepix
• telesync; TS
• television cover shot; cover shot
• Television Critics Association; TCA
• television genre
• television market
• television movie
• television network
• television rating
• television receive only; television receiver-only; TVRO
• Television’s Golden Age
• telly
• tempo
• temporal resolution
• tempting fate
• terp
• Terpsichore
• terrestrial free TV
• terrestrial pay TV
• terrible-mother archetype
• territory
• terror
• test screening
• text
• text-based adventure game
• texture
• Thalia
• thatawayer
• theater of the absurd
• theater; theatre
• theatrical
• theatrical film
• theatrical release
• theatrical semiosis
• theme
• theory
• thesis film
• thickly-plotted
• thickwire
• thinkies
• think-piece
• thinwire
• third screen
• Third World cinema
• third-person
• third-person play; third-person game
• thought-piece
• three-act play; three-act structure
• three-dimensional character
• three-quarter inch video; —tape
• three-quarter shot
• three-sheet
• three-shot
• three-wall set; three-walled set
• thriller
• throat
• through-line
• throw
• thrush
• thumbs down
• thumbs up
• THX
• tie-ups
• tight
• tilt and scan
• timbre
• time
• time alignment
• time code address; TCA
• time code slate; time code production slate
• time delay
• timed print
• time-fog curve
• time-lapse photography; time-lapse shot
• timing puzzle
• timing; color —
• tint
• tinting
• title kind
• title selection menu
• tits and ass
• TM; tm
• T-number
• TOC
• toe
• Tokyo Game Show; TGS
• tone
• tone color
• toning; chemical
• tool marks
• top end
• top-down
• torn porn
• torture porn
• tout-ensemble
• track-at-once
• tracking
• tracking error
• Trac-Pac
• trade dress
• trade screening
• trade sneak
• Trademark Act
• trademark; trade-mark;
• tragedy
• tragic flaw
• tragic hero; tragic figure
• tragi-comedy; tragicomedy
• trailer crossplug
• training film
• transaural audio
• transceiver; TRX
• transient response
• transit delay
• transition
• transitive relationship
• transmit delay
• transmitter; Tx; XMTR
• transparent DRM
• transport control
• transverse chromatic aberration; transverse chromatic distortion
• trash TV
• travel film
• travel well
• travelogue; travelog
• treble
• tree branch holder
• Trekkers
• Trekkies
• trial-and-error puzzle
• triamp
• trick film
• trick flick
• trick play
• tricklecast; trickle cast
• trickster archetype
• trigger
• triplex
• tripole
• trojan
• trope
• T-stop number
• T-stop; T/stop
• tsundere
• tubaruba
• tubby
• tube
• tube shooter
• tuner¹
• tuner²
• tuning
• tunnel shooter
• turbo
• turnaround; turn around
• turn-based
• turning point
• TV personality
• TV series episode
• TV special
• TVQ; TV-Q; TvQ; Q
• tvrip
• TV-Y7-FV; TV Y7 FV
• tweeny
• tweeter
• twenty-four-channel mix
• twenty-two point two
• twin-plex; twin theater
• twist
• twitch game
• two fold; — flat
• two thumbs up
• two-dimensional character
• two-shot; 2-shot; 2-S; 2/S
• two-wall set; two-walled set
• type
• Type B; one-inch —; — video
• Type C; one-inch —; — video
• typecast
• tyro

U

• U
• U-B-C
• U-B-L
• U-B-R
• Uc
• UDF
• U-F-C
• U-F-L
• U-F-R
• UHDTV
• ulcer
• ultraviolent
• U-matic
• UMD
• uncertainty principle
• underdevelop
• underground film
• under-lit animation
• underscoring
• under-the-counter piracy
• unicast
• uniform data rate video
• unit
• universal disc format
• unlock
• unpacked
• unscripted situational drama
• unstudied
• untimed print
• up shot
• uplink
• uprating
• upside-down slate
• upstream path
• upstream; up-stream; US
• Urania
• urban comedy
• US Conference of Catholic Bishops; USCCB
• U-S-C
• U-S-L
• U-S-R
• UV bonding

V

• V
• valid gamut
• value
• value added material
• vamp
• vanity credit
• vanity picture
• vaporware
• variable bit-rate encoding
• variable data rate video; VDRV
• variety program
• vblog
• VCD Silver
• VCD; VideoCD
• V-Chip
• VCPS
• VCR
• VDI
• vector quantization; VQ
• veejay; VJ
• vehicle
• veiling glare
• Velvet Light Trap, The; VLT
• vented enclosure
• verbal irony
• verisimilitude
• verism
• VeRO Program
• vertical-scrolling
• VESA
• VHM
• VHS
• vicarious infringement
• vid
• vid kid
• video
• video analyzer
• video blog
• video color analyzer
• video commercial
• video compact disc
• video compression
• Video Content Protection System; VCPS
• Video Electronics Standards Association
• video finish
• video game console
• video game enhancer
• video game genre
• video game; videogame
• Video Home System
• video lab; video laboratory
• video nasty
• video recorder
• video snack
• video snacking
• video title set
• videocassette recorder
• videocassette; video cassette
• VideoCD
• videodisc; video disc
• videogram
• videomaker
• videomatic
• video-on-demand; video on demand; VOD
• Vidifont
• vidiot
• vidoc; vidox
• viewer drop-off
• viewing angle
• villain
• vinegar syndrome
• virtual photography
• virus
• vis
• visa général
• V-ISAN
• visual anthropology
• visual balance
• visual image photography
• visual literacy
• visual novel
• visualization
• vlog
• VLT
• voice
• voice coil
• volumizer
• voodoo accounting
• vote with one’s feet
• Vow of Chastity
• VQ
• VSDA
• VTR
• VTS
• vulgar

W

• Wagnerian
• wagon-wheel effect
• walk cycle
• walk-and-talk
• walking
• wall-to-wall
• war film
• warbler
• Warner/Ivy FLP
• water cooler moment; watercooler moment
• watermark; WM
• wavelength-dependent aberration; wavelength-dependent distortion
• wavelength-independent aberration; wavelength-independent distortion
• weblet
• weenie
• weeper
• weepie; woman’s —
• weepy
• weight
• Weimar Cinema
• WEP; —40; —104
• western
• wetlook print
• whammo
• white
• White Book
• white level
• white noise
• whodunit
• whoofer
• Whovians
• wide release
• widescreen; wide-screen; wide screen
• Wi-Fi protected access
• wiggle opera
• willing suspension of disbelief
• window
• window-box
• winner
• WIPO
• WIPO Treaties
• wire removal
• wired equivalent privacy; wireless encryption protocol
• wireless shutter eyewear
• wise-old-man archetype
• woman of a certain age
• woman’s picture; woman’s film; woman’s melodrama; woman’s weepy
• woman’s weepie; weepie
• woofer
• word-of-mouth screening; word-of-mouth sneak
• work made for hire
• work picture
• work type
• work-for-hire; work for hire
• workplace comedy
• workprint; work print; WP
• world builder
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• worm
• wow
• WP
• WPA; WPA2
• wrap
• wraparound
• wrinkle
• writable media
• writer for hire
• writer’s voice; writer’s identity
• wryly, a; wrylies

X

• X
• X 18+
• X/O
• XDCAM
• X-factor
• X-rated film; X-rated video
• X-rated; x-rating
• XVCD
• XviD
• XXX

Y

• Y/C-video
• yakker
• yandere
• yaoi
• yaw, pitch, and roll
• yawner
• yellow
• Yellow Book
• Young German Film
• young leading man
• young leading woman
• young Turk
• yuri

Z

• zapper
• zapping; commercial —
• zeitgeist
• zenith
• zero interaxial
• zine
• zipping
• zitcom
• zitgeist
• ‘Z’ movie; Z-movie
• zone
• Zone # DVD
• ‘Z’ picture; Z-picture

0-9

• ©; copyright
• ®; registered trademark
• ½″ video
• ¾ shot
• ¾″ tape; ¾″ video
• 1″ tape; 1″ video
• 12
• 14A
• 15
• 16:9 anamorphic
• 16:9 full frame
• 16:9 letterbox; — hard-matte
• 18
• 18A
• 1MM
• 1-shot
• 1^st Amendment
• 22.2
• 2-D animation; 2-D graphics
• 2-D fighter
• 2-D; 2D
• 3-D animation; 3-D graphics
• 3-D eyewear; 3-D glasses
• 3-D fighter
• 3-D multiplane camera
• 3-D; 3D
• 4.1; — channel
• 4:2:4
• 4:3 extract
• 480p
• 4-D
• 5.1; — channel
• 525p
• 6.1; — channel
• 7.1; — channel


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