Glossary of motion picture terms

This glossary of motion picture terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts related to motion pictures, filmmaking, cinematography, and the film industry in general.

Also called a three-dimensional film, three-dimensional stereoscopic film, or S3D film.A female actor is called an actress.Also called available light.Also called a 3/4 shot.Also called looping or a looping session.A woman who performs the duties of a best boy may be called a best girl.Also cameraman or camerawoman.Also called a C-stand.Also called chroma key compositing, color keying, or color-separation overlay (CSO).Also closeup.Also called matching on action.Also simply called a documentary.Also called Dutch tilt, canted angle, or oblique angle.Also called cutting rhythm.Also called a background actor.Also feature-length film.Sometimes used interchangeably with film production.Also frame frequency or frames per second.Also full gate or silent aperture.Also intermediate positive and master positive.Also title card.Also called the Window Shot.Also called a film or movie.Also one-shot cinema, one-take film, single-take film, continuous-shot film, or oner.Also called an over shoulder, ab tu, or third-person shot.Also called perspective.Also table-read or table work.Also script.Often abbreviated in the plural as SFX.Also speculative screenplay.Also called monster vision.Also time code.Also voice artist, voice-over artist, and voice talent.Also called off-camera commentary or off-stage commentary.