Film Ch 1

Front 1

Form

Back 1

Overall organization of the film

Front 2

Style

Back 2

Purposeful patterns in the film

Front 3

Frames

Back 3

Series of still pictures

Front 4

Producer

Back 4

Financial and organizational leader of a project

Front 5

Executive Producer

Back 5

Person who arranges the financing for the project or obtained the literary property

Front 6

Line Producer

Back 6

Oversees the day-to-day activities of director, cast, and crew on set

Front 7

Associate Producer

Back 7

Assigns the line producer; acts as a liaison with laboratories or technical personnel

Front 8

Screenwriter

Back 8

Writer of the script

Front 9

Above-the-line costs

Back 9

Costs of literary property, scriptwriter, director, and major cast

Front 10

Below-the-line costs

Back 10

Expenses allotted to the crew, secondary cast, shooting and assembly phases, insurance, publicity

Front 11

Compilation Documentary

Back 11

Documentary from existing footage

Front 12

Director

Back 12

Coordinates the staff to create the film

Front 13

Storyboard

Back 13

Series of comic-strip-like sketches of the shots in each scene

Front 14

Set Unit or Production Design Unit

Back 14

Unit in charge of visualizing the film's settings

Front 15

Set Decorator

Back 15

Modifies the set for specific filming purposes

Front 16

Costume Designer

Back 16

In charge of wardrobe

Front 17

Animatics

Back 17

How the storyboard images can be filmed, cut together, and played with sound

Front 18

Principal Photography

Back 18

The stage of shooting

Front 19

Script Supervisor

Back 19

In charge of all details of continuity; checks performance perks to make sure everything is in sync from shot to shot

Front 20

First Assistant Director (AD)

Back 20

Plans each day's shooting schedule; sets up each shot for director's approval; keeps actors energetic

Front 21

Second Assistant Director

Back 21

Liaison among the first AD, the camera crew, adn the electricians' crew

Front 22

Third Assistant Director

Back 22

Messenger for director and staff

Front 23

Dialogue Coach

Back 23

Feeds performers their lines and speaks the lines of offscreen characters during shots of other performers

Front 24

Second Unit Director

Back 24

Films stunts, location footage, action scenes, all at a distance from where principal footage is taking place

Front 25

Cast

Back 25

Stars, supporting players, minor players, and extras

Front 26

Stunt artists

Back 26

One who performs stunts

Front 27

Stunt Coordinator

Back 27

One who supervises the stunt artist

Front 28

Wrangler

Back 28

One who handles animals if they're a part of the movie

Front 29

Cinematographer or Director of Photography (DP)

Back 29

Expert on photographic process, lighting, and camera technique; consults with director on how each scene will be lit and filmed; leader of photography unit

Front 30

Camera Operator

Back 30

Runs the camera

Front 31

Key Grip

Back 31

Person who supervises the grips

Front 32

Grips

Back 32

Workers who carry and arrange equipment, props, and elements of the setting and lighting

Front 33

Gaffer

Back 33

Head electrician who supervises teh placement and rigging of the lights

Front 34

Production Recordist or Sound Mixer

Back 34

Records dialogue during shooting;

Front 35

Boom Operator

Back 35

Manipulates the boom microphone; conceals radio microphones on the actors

Front 36

Third Man

Back 36

Places microphones, lays sound cables, in charge of controlling ambient sound

Front 37

Sound Designer

Back 37

Hired during the prep stage; plans the sonic style for the entire film

Front 38

Visual Effects Supervisor

Back 38

Oversees the visual-effects unit; prepares and executes process shots, miniatures, matte work, computer generated graphics, and other technical shots

Front 39

Slate

Back 39

Synchronizes the sound track with the footage in the assembly phase

Front 40

Master Shot

Back 40

Shot that records the entire action of the scene

Front 41

Editor or Supervising Editor

Back 41

Catalogues and assembles the takes produced during shooting

Front 42

Studio

Back 42

Company in the business of making films

Front 43

Exploitation Productions

Back 43

Low budget products tailored to a particular market