Glossary Index of Entertainment Terms : Spreety TV Online
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- 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, and 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- animation 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
- 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
- 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
- axis
- AYM
- azimuth
- B and 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
- 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
- Berne Convention
- best light
- Beta
- Betacam
- Betamax; Beta
- BFCA
- 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
- Blu-ray Disc Association
- blurb
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Byronic
- Byronic hero
- 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
- canned drama; canned theatre
- canon
- cap code
- caper film
- 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
- celebreality
- celebrity roast
- Celebrity Score
- celebrity; celeb
- celebutante
- cello; celo
- Celluloid
- cellulose nitrate
- censor
- censorable material
- censorship
- center cut-out; center cut
- centimeters per second; cps
- Central Casting
- central character
- centralcast
- certain age
- certs
- CES
- 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
- chiller
- 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
- 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
- close-sound perspective
- CNN effect 1
- CNN effect 2
- coaxial cable; coax
- co-branding
- cocktail pitch
- coda
- code
- codec
- COGS
- collage film
- collective archetype
- collective unconscious
- collision
- color
- color aliasing
- color analyzer
- color balance; balance
- color banding
- color bombardment
- color cinematography
- color correction
- color crosstalk
- color dye fading
- color enhancement
- color grading
- color model
- color photography
- color rendering index; CRI
- color space
- color temperature
- color timing
- comatic aberration distortion flare coma
- combat film
- combo move
- Comboy
- comedy
- comedy 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
- compression artifact
- computer animation
- Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association
- computer game
- computer game genre
- computer graphics; CG
- computer image processing
- computer interpolation; 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
- cookie; cook
- cooking show
- coo-koo
- copyleft
- copyright
- copyright infringement
- copyright notice
- copyright protection
- coquette
- Coral Consortium
- 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
- 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
- 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 and 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, motion, movement
- cutting to continuity
- CVD
- CX
- cybercast
- cyberpunk
- 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
- day player
- daytime soap
- dbx
- 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
- description
- descriptive film theory; descriptive film criticism
- desensitization theory
- detective
- deus ex machina
- development
- development executive
- device; plot
- 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
- digital signage
- digital signature
- digital slate; digital camera slate
- digital storage media command and control; DSM-CC
- digital 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
- directional microphone
- directivity
- director’s cut; DC
- direct-response television advertising
- direct-to-video
- disaster movie
- disc
- disc description protocol
- disc menu
- discord
- discovery
- discrete wavelet transform; DWT
- discretionary income
- discretionary spending
- disease of the month
- disk drive
- disk-at-once
- dislocation
- dispersion
- disposable income
- dissonance
- distant-sound perspective
- distribution
- distribution channel
- distribution territory
- distributor rentals
- distributor revenue
- distributor’s gross
- distributor’s net
- 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
- Dolby ProLogic; DPL; DPLI
- Dolby sound
- Dolby SR; Dolby Spectral Recording
- Dolby SRD
- Dolby Stereo
- domestic comedy
- dominant strategy
- dominated strategy
- double shooting
- 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, 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
- DVB
- 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
- DVR
- DWT
- dynamic cutting
- dynamic editing
- dynamic frame
- dynamic range
- E
- E for All
- E10+
- E3 Media and 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
- 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
- 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
- fill leader; filler
- fill light; filler light; fill-in light
- film
- film aesthetics
- Film as Art
- film booking
- film buff
- film chain
- Film Comment
- film critic
- Film Criticism
- Film Culture
- film cycle
- film epic
- film 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
- first dollar
- first monies
- first plot point
- first sale
- first-dollar deal
- first-dollar gross deal
- first-dollar split
- first-person
- first-person play; first-person game
- first-person shooter (FPS)
- first-position gross
- 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
- 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
- FSU
- full animation
- full screen
- full-backal nudity
- full-frontal nudity
- full-motion video (FMV)
- fusion
- FV
- G
- G4
- gabmeister
- gag reel
- gainax bounce
- galge
- gallery shooter
- game
- game console
- game controller
- Game Genie
- game genre
- 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 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-animation
- gong 1
- gong 2
- 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 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
- Hawthorne Effect
- 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; 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
- 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 and Driffield curve
- hype
- hyperbole
- hyper-cardioid microphone
- hype-worthy
- hypo
- 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, movie, 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
- 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
- IRC channel
- iris
- irony; situational
- irritainment
- ISAN
- ISBN
- ISO 9660
- ISO file; .iso
- isometric view
- ISOs
- ISRC
- It
- It Girl
- ixnay evernay
- 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 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
- 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, 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
- 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, 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
- MA 15+
- MacGuffin; Maguffin; McGuffin
- machinery puzzle
- machinima
- madcap
- made for home entertainment, 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
- 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
- mirror ring
- mise-en-cadre
- mise-en-scène
- mise-en-shot
- mission briefing
- mixed media
- mixer
- mixing board; mixing console
- mixing console
- mixing 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
- monkey points
- mono
- monochromatic
- monochromatic aberration, 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
- 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
- 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, fine tuning, streamlining, tightening
- negative appeal
- negative assembler
- negative cutter
- negative geometric distortion
- negative matcher
- neo-noir
- neorealism
- net
- net deal
- net income
- net participant
- net player
- net points
- net profit
- net profit deal
- net profit participant
- net rating point; NRP
- net receipts; net revenue
- net split
- net TV
- Net, the
- netcast
- netlet
- network
- 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
- 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
- oat opera
- oater
- OAV
- object animation
- objective
- obligatory scene
- obscene
- obscene material
- obscene speech
- obscenity
- observational cinema
- observer effect, bias, paradox
- OCAP
- OCUR
- oeuvre
- off the air
- off-axis
- off-camera
- off-color
- official Web site
- off-line editing
- off-screen
- of-its-time
- omni-directional microphone
- omniscient point-of-view
- on the nose
- on-axis
- on-demand
- one-bit delta sigma audio encoding
- one-eyed monster
- one-inch video tape
- one-light; one-lite
- 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
- opera 1
- opera 2
- 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
- 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; PPV
- PDR
- PDTV
- pedestal
- peer-to-peer; p2p; P2P; p-to-p
- 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
- 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 and Play Agreement
- plugola
- PMP
- podcast
- 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
- 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, criticism
- presentation credit
- presentational actor
- pressure gradient
- 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
- 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-number; Q-rating; Q-score
- quad-plex
- quadraphonic
- quantization noise, distortion, error
- Quarterly Review of Film and Video
- queer cinema
- queer theory
- quiz show
- R
- R 18+
- R18
- R5
- race film
- racing
- radiation impedance
- radiation pattern
- rail shooter
- rainbow effect
- random access
- Rank-Cintel
- rapid-fire
- rapports de production
- raster aliasing
- rated-
- rated-X
- Rating Pending
- rating popularity
- rating 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
- real-time tactics; RTT
- 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
- 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
- screen 1
- Screen 2
- 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
- scrumtrulescent; scrumtrilescent
- SDTV
- sealed enclosure
- seat dip phenomena
- second assistant camera
- 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; share 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 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 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
- SM
- smart
- Smart Slate
- smash hit
- smellies
- SMG
- SMSA
- smut
- snapper box
- sneak preview
- 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
- 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
- spear-carrier
- special attack
- 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 effect, 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
- 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
- stereoscopic
- stereotype
- stereovision; stereo vision
- stick it
- sticks in
- stimmung
- stock character
- stock part; stock role
- stone-paper-scissors; SPS
- stop motion, animation, photography
- stop-action animation, 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
- 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 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 and 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, 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
- 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, 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
- tuner 1
- tuner 2
- 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-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
- 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
- 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, distortion
- wavelength-independent aberration, distortion
- weblet
- weenie
- weeper
- weepie
- weepy
- weight
- Weimar Cinema
- WEP 40, WEP 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, film, melodrama, weepy
- woman’s 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
- 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
- zapper
- zapping; commercial
- zeitgeist
- zenith
- zero interaxial
- zine
- zipping
- zitcom
- zitgeist
- Z-movie
- zone
- Zone # DVD
- Z-picture
- ©; 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
- 18
- 18A
- 1MM
- 1-shot
- 1st 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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