In film , an insert is a shot of part of a scene filming scene as filmed from a different angle and or focal length from the master shot . Inserts cover action already covered in the master shot, but emphasize a different aspect of that action due to the different framing. ref cite web title Tutorial publisher Pure Motion date url http www.mmbforums.com editstudio phpbb viewtopic.php?t 2626 accessdate 30 March 2010 Dead link date November 2010 bot H3llBot ref An insert differs from a Cutaway filmmaking cutaway as cutaways cover action not covered in the master shot. There are more exact terms to use when the new, inserted shot is another view of actors close up , head shot , knee shot , Two Shot two shot . So the term insert is often confined to views of objects and body parts, other than the head. Thus CLOSE UP of the gunfighter, INSERT of his hand quivering above the holster, TWO SHOT of his friends watching anxiously, INSERT of the clock ticking. Often inserts of this sort are done separately from the main action, by a second unit director using stand ins. Inserts and Cutaway filmmaking cutaway s can both be vexatious for directors, as care must be taken to preserve Continuity fiction continuity by keeping the objects in the same relative position as in the main take, and having the lighting the same. Example The 1975 in film 1975 movie Inserts film Inserts directed by John Byrum about a pornographic film production, which starred Richard Dreyfuss and was originally released with an X rated X rating , took its name from the double meaning that insert both refers to this film technique ref cite web title Inserts film publisher Answers.com date url http www.answers.com topic inserts film accessdate 30 March 2010 ref often used in Hardcore insert pornographic filmmaking and to sexual intercourse. See also Continuity editing Cutaway filmmaking References references Continuity Editing DEFAULTSORT Insert Filmmaking Category Cinematography Category Film techniques Categ ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 In film technique film , reframing is a change in camera angle without a cut and can including changing the focus of the scene. The term has been more often used in film criticism than in actual cinema. Critics of the technique include Andr Bazin among others. In production or post production, reframing can be used to change a sequence without having to reshoot. For example, zooming in on an actor to edit out nudity for a movie to be broadcast over the air. Types of reframing can include pan, tilt, zoom, crane or boom shot, dolly or trucking shot, handheld shot, tracking shot, and steadycam shot. ref Josef Steiff, The Complete Idiot s Guide to Independent Filmmaking New York Penguin Group USA Inc, 2005 , p. 107 http books.google.com books?id 1rOugSNutC8C&lpg PA107&dq filmmaking 20reframing&pg PA107 v onepage&q&f false ref Notable films in which reframing is used A Bug s Life Citizen Kane The Player Pretty Baby film Pretty Baby References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Reframing Filmmaking Category Film and video terminology Category Film and video technology Filming stub ... more details
Recce pron en r ki is a military term that has been borrowed by filmmaking media production in the United Kingdom, derived from wikt reconnoiter reconnoiter the verb form of reconnaissance . It is a Filmmaking Pre production pre filming visit to a location to work out its suitability for Shot film shooting , including access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues. The term recce is also used in radio and television production. Other examples of later media borrowing from film includes wildtrack which, in film production, was sound recorded without pictures for use in post production later. See also Location scouting Location shooting Reconnaissance External links http www.bbctraining.com onlineCourse.asp?tID 5063&cat 2781 The BBC training course for recce ing. http www.goforlocations.com Go For Locations Resources for Location Scouts Category Film crew film term stub de Recce fi Recce ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Fade , as it relates to film , is the process of causing a picture to gradually darken and wiktionary disappear disappear , or reverse. Often known as a fade out or a fade in . Compare to Dissolve film dissolve . DEFAULTSORT Fade Filmmaking Category Film and video terminology Category Film techniques Filming stub ar ca Fosa cinema de berblendung Film fr Fondu it Dissolvenza tr A lma kararma ... more details
Refimprove date February 2011 Guerrilla filmmaking refers to a form of independent film making characterized by low budgets, skeleton crew s, and simple props using whatever is available. Often scenes are shot quickly in real locations without any warning, and without obtaining permission from the owners of the locations. Guerrilla filmmaking is usually done by independent filmmakers because they don t have the budget to get permits, rent out locations, or build expensive sets. Also studios tend not to use guerrilla filmmaking tactics because they could be sued, fined, or get their reputation hurt. Guerrilla filmmaking is driven by passion with whatever means at hand , Yukon Film Commission Manager Mark Hill. ref http www.gov.yk.ca news 2000 Jan 00 00 017.html ref Guerrilla films Sweet Sweetback s Baadasssss Song , directed by Melvin Van Peebles , was funded and distributed outside of the Hollywood system and broke conventions with its visual style, as well as its content. Spike Lee Spike Lee s She s Gotta Have It was a guerrilla film on a budget of 175,000 which made 7,137,502 at the box ... film and inspired Spike Lee to write the book Spike Lee s Gotta Have It Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking ... Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger and Make Your Own Damn Movie which outline ... factor to the increase in guerrilla filmmaking. Citation needed date March 2009 . Digital editing is a cheap ... Spike Lee on guerilla & 91 sic& 93 filmmaking http www.cinemacuteo.com content blogsection 9 80 Cinemacuteo free film school with guerrilla filmmaking techniques http www.proletariatpictures.com r 101.html Guerrilla Filmmaking 101 http www.cvisual.com film techniques film general production tips.asp Top ten tips for guerilla & 91 sic& 93 filmmaking http www.nextpix.com v1 1 salon pov guerrilla.html ... Filmmaking, or Angels in the Editing Room http www.cvisual.com Nuts and Bolts Guerilla & 91 sic& 93 filmmakingFilmmaking Use dmy dates date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Guerrilla Filmmaking Category Film ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 Wrap is a phrase used by the film director director in the early days of the film industry to signal the end of filming. Nowadays, the call is more commonly that s a wrap Films have used this since the 1920 s when the filming was done and it just needed to go into post production. After principal photography is concluded, it is traditional to hold a wrap party, a party organized for the cast and crew of a film to celebrate the end of principal photography. This marks the end of the actors collaboration save from possible Dubbing filmmaking dubbing or Pick up filmmaking pick ups on the film. They may be called in to promote the film when it is released. After principal photography has ended, the film goes into post production . The term wrap is sometimes said to be an acronym for Wind, Reel and Print , although this is disputed, and most likely a backronym . Fact date February 2008 External links http www.nytimes.com 2005 02 27 magazine 27ONLANGUAGE.html It s A Wrap , WILLIAM SAFIRE, Published February 27, 2005, www.nytimes.com Category Parties film term stub ... more details
otherusesof Hook The hook is the nucleus of both a film and its screenplay . It is what grabs the viewer s attention, preferably in the first 5 10 minutes, as a reader might expect to find a literary Narrative hook hook in the first chapter of a novel. During the Pitch filmmaking pitch process, a screenwriter will use a hook to help prove the bankable quality of her or his screenplay. ref http www.craftyscreenwriting.com hook.html ref Knowing the importance of a good hook, many screenwriters write their hooks first. Conceivably, the life of a screenplay might evolve from hook to 1 page synopsis, to 4 page treatment, to full Film treatment treatment , to scriptment , to screenplay. One can briefly state a good hook in one or two sentences, introducing the protagonist, the conflict that drives the story, and what the protagonist will achieve with either triumph or defeat. The hook is the viewer s own question of whether the conflict can be resolved, so a screenwriter might want to test his or her hook by turning it into a question. For example, Johnny must catch the murderer so that he can get the girl might become Will Johnny catch the murderer? Or will he lose the girl? ref http www.scriptfly.com sceneanalysis index.shtml ref In this way, the screenwriter can use the hook as a tool as he or she writes the screenplay. Notes reflist filmmaking paper trail Film term stub Category Film techniques Category Film production Category Narratology ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2007 For other uses, see premise The premise of a film or screenplay is the fundamental concept that drives the Plot narrative plot . Most premises can be expressed very simply, and many films can be identified simply from a short sentence describing the premise. For example E.T. the Extra Terrestrial A lonely boy is befriended by an alien Jaws film A small town is terrorized by a shark The Sixth Sense A small boy sees dead people . Filmmaking stub Category Film production Category Narratology no Premiss film fi Premissi elokuvataide ... more details
mergefrom Lap dissolve date February 2010 Image A2o dissolve.ogg thumb 300px A dissolve transition between two still images In film editing , a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. In film , this effect is created by controlled double exposure from frame to frame transitioning from the end of one clip to the beginning of another. In linear video editing video editing or live video production, the same effect is created by interpolating voltages of the video signal. In non linear video editing , a dissolve is done in software, by interpolating gradually between the RGB values of each pixel of the image. The audio track optionally cross fades between the clips. A dissolve effectively overlaps two clips for the duration of the effect. The lengths of the two scenes can be adjusted by trimming, which, if desired, can change the original durations of the scenes before the dissolve was added. The cut and the dissolve are used differently. A camera cut changes the perspective from which a scene is portrayed. It is as if the viewer suddenly and instantly moved to a different place, and could see the scene from another angle. Obvious hard cuts may startle the viewer. For that reason, a dissolve is often used in continuity editing to soften up jump cut s or similar cuts. See also Crossfade audio engineering Crossfading sound transition Georges M li s DEFAULTSORT Dissolve Filmmaking Category Film techniques Category Film editing Category Articles containing video clips filmmaking stub de berblendung Film fr Fondu encha n nl Dissolve ... more details
filmmaking book from script to premiere a complete guide to putting your vision on the screen author ... 2007 cite book title The Complete Idiot s Guide to Independent Filmmaking author Steiff, Josef publisher Penguin Group isbn 1592573908 year 2005 filmmaking paper trail DEFAULTSORT Pitch Filmmaking Category ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In film , a sequence is a series of Scene filming scenes which form a distinct narrative unit, usually connected either by unity of location or unity of time . For example a Robbery heist film might include an extended recruitment sequence in which the leader of the gang collects together the conspirators, a robbery sequence, an escape sequence, and so on. Each of these sequences might further contain sub sequences for example the robbery sequence might consist of an entry sequence, a safe cracking sequence, and so on. The sequence is one of a hierarchy of structural units used to describe the structure of films in varying degrees of granularity. Analysed this way, a film is composed of one or more Act theater acts acts include one or more sequences sequences comprise one or more scenes and scenes may be thought of as being built out of Shot filming shots if one is thinking visually or beats if one is thinking in narrative terms . The sequence paradigm of screenwriting was developed by Frank Daniel . See also Act structure DEFAULTSORT Sequence Filmmaking Category Film scenes Category Film and video terminology ca Seq ncia cinema de Sequenz Film fr S quence cin ma gl Secuencia f lmica ko he nl Sequens filmtechniek pt Sequ ncia cinema sv Sekvens film ... more details
A turnaround or turnaround deal is an arrangement in the film industry , whereby the rights to a project one film studio studio has developed are sold to another studio in exchange for the cost of development plus interest. ref cite news title The Murky Side of Movie Rights author Michael Cieply date 2008 08 23 work The New York Times url http www.nytimes.com 2008 08 24 business media 24steal.html ref Michael Cieply defined the term in The New York Times as arrangements under which producers can move a project from one studio to another under certain conditions . ref cite news title Studio War Involving Watchmen Heats Up author Michael Cieply date 2008 08 29 work The New York Times url http www.nytimes.com 2008 08 30 movies 30watc.html accessdate 2008 09 01 ref The turnaround of The Boondock Saints is documented in Overnight , a 2003 documentary which mainly focuses on the perspective of how director Troy Duffy fell in Hollywood. The 1993 film My Life s in Turnaround , starring Martha Plimpton and Phoebe Cates , tells the story of two friends who attempt to sell the story of their lives to a variety of studios. References and notes Reflist DEFAULTSORT Turnaround Filmmaking Category Film production Category Intellectual property law ... more details
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distinguish Pay to Play In filmmaking , a guarantee is a term of an actor or director s contract that guarantees remuneration if, through no fault of their own, the artist is released from the contract. Such an arrangement is known informally as a play or pay contract . Many stars insist on guarantees in their contract due to the major time commitment agreeing to appear in a film can mean. For example, Kurt Russell s decision to appear in the film Soldier film Soldier , for which he was paid 15 million, was a total commitment of 18 months, during which time he was not able to appear in another film. If the film were cancelled, or if he were replaced but not if he withdrew of his own accord , Russell would be paid 15 million, or a large part of that fee, to compensate him for clearing his schedule. Studios are reluctant to agree to guarantees but accept them as part of the deal for signing major talent. They also have the advantage of enabling a studio to simply remove a player under such a contract with few legal complications. Examples of Play or Pay Unreferenced section date December 2007 When a writer s strike halted all production at Warner Bros. Studios in 1960, James Garner demanded that his Play or Pay contract be honored, and that he be paid for the time off. WB refused, saying that the strike shutdown was outside of their control, and honoring all such contracts for ancillary causes would cost them millions. Garner sued the studio for breach of contract and won, the first such case ever won by an actor against a Hollywood studio. Director Guy Hamilton originally agreed to direct Superman film Superman when it was due to film at Cinecitt Studios in Rome , Italy . When the producers realized that they could save millions by filming in United Kingdom Britain , Hamilton a tax exile who lives in the Caribbean had to withdraw. He insisted he be paid his 1 million fee ... of filmmaking Additionally, elements of guarantee clauses can be found in other industries, under ... more details
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Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A pick up is a term used in filmmaking to refer to small, relatively minor Shot film shot s filmed or recorded after the fact to augment footage already shot. When entire scene film scenes are redone, it is referred to as a re shoot . DEFAULTSORT Pick Up Filmmaking Category Film and video terminology Filming stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 This article is about sound and film editing. For the speedrun ning technique, see re recording video gaming . Re recording is the process by which the audio track of a film soundtrack film or video production is created. As sound elements are audio mixing film and television mix ed and combined together the process necessitates re recording all of the audio elements, such as dialogue , music, sound effects , by the sound re recording mixer s to achieve the desired end result, which is the final soundtrack that the audience hears when the finished film is played. Filmmaking DEFAULTSORT Re Recording Filmmaking Category Film and video technology Filming stub ... more details
unreferenced date January 2010 The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking subtitle An Insider s Guide to Making Movies Outside of Hollywood is a 2005 non fiction book by Mark Polish , Michael Polish , and Jonathan Sheldon. Presented as a how to guide for first time filmmakers, The Declaration details how The Polish brothers made their first three independent films Twin Falls Idaho film Twin Falls Idaho , Jackpot 2001 film Jackpot , Northfork and their subsequent experiences in Hollywood selling their films and going to film festivals to promote them. DEFAULTSORT Declaration Of Independent Filmmaking Category 2005 books Category Show business memoirs Category Books about film Film book stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2010 In feature length narrative filmmaking, an imaginary line delineates those who have influence in the creative direction of a film s narrative from others who perform duties related to the film s physical production. Above the line is a term that refers to the list of individuals who guide, influence and hopefully add to the creative direction, process and voice of a given narrative in a film and their related expenditures. These roles include but are not limited to the screenwriter s , Producer film producer , Director film director , casting director and actors . Often, the term is used for matters related to the film s production budget. Above the line expenditures reflect the expected line item compensation for an official above the line member s role in a given film project. These expenditures are usually set, negotiated, spent and or promised before principal photography begins. They include rights to secure the material on which the screenplay is based, production rights to the screenplay, compensation for the screenwriter , film producer producer , Director film director , principle actor s and other cost related line items such as assistants for the producer s , director or actor s . The distinction originates from the early studio days when the budget top sheet would literally have a line separating the above the line and Below the line filmmaking below the line costs. See also Below the line filmmaking Below the line Category Film and video terminology Category Articles lacking sources from June 2009 Category All articles lacking sources film term stub de Above the line Kosten ... more details
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