Hi, my name is Audréanne and I have been studying cinema for 2 years. This glossary is about the filmmaking. It's for people who want to learn the terms Producer and Director use during a filmmaking. You can use this glossary if you are a beginner in this field of study or if you want to learn the proper way to say all the technical word on a film set. I used a lot of different glossaries to create this one.
art director
noun
The person responsible for overseeing the artistic aspects of a film, publication, or other media production.
Example: The Grand Budapest hotel art director is Stephan O. Gessler.
fr: Directeur artistique
available Light
noun
The natural or usual light on a subject.
Example: The available light during the shooting of The Grand Budapest hotel was incredible.
fr: Lumière disponible
backlighting
noun
A controlled technique of lighting, used in photography or the theater, in which a light is placed behind or at right angles to an object, person, or scene to produce such effects as depth or separation of subject and background.
Example: For this photo, I prefer use a backlighting to create a special effect.
fr: Éclairage contre-jour
balance
noun
Composition or placement of elements of design, as figures, forms, or colors, in such a manner as producing an aesthetically pleasing or harmoniously integrated whole.
Example: In The Grand Budapest hotel all images are well- balance.
fr: Équilibre
camera angle
noun
The camera angle marks the specific location at which the movie camera or video camera is placed to take a shot.
Example: This director selected many cameras angle for this scene.
fr: Angle de caméra
cinematographer
noun
A person whose profession is motion-picture photography.
Example: The Grand Budapest hotel cinematographer is Robert D. Yeoman.
fr: Directeur de la photographie
close-up
noun
A photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
Example: Her face's close-up, enhanced by a bright light, intensifies the strength of her speech as she looks up and away from her father.
fr: Plan rapproché
cut
verb
To stop (a scene or shot being filmed).
Example: The director said, "Cut! I want to see more emotions on your face!"
fr: Couper
director
noun
The person responsible for the interpretive aspects of a stage, film, or television production; the person who supervises the integration of all the elements, as acting, staging, and lighting, required to realize the writer's conception.
Example: The director of The Grand Budapest hotel is Wes Anderson.
fr: Réalisateur
editing
verb
Choose material for (a movie or a radio or television program) and arrange it to form a coherent whole.
Example: Include in your discussion cinematic features such as mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound, and show how they support the film's vision of antiquity.
fr: Édition/ Montage
establishing shot
noun
An establishing shot in a filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects.
Example: The scene opens with an establishing shot of the ballroom and people dancing to situate the spectator.
fr: Plan d'établissement
focus
noun
A point of concentration.
Example: Carlos put the focus on her fingers and not on her hand.
fr: Mise-au-point
key light
noun
The main source of light in a photograph or film.
Example: The key light of this shot is the sun.
fr: Lumière principale
medium shot
noun
In a movie a medium shot, or waist shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance.
Example: When Miranda steps into the room with the women, a medium shot obliges the spectator to focus on her expression and see how something attracts her attention.
fr: Plan moyen
pan
noun
In cinematography and photography panning means to swivel a still or video camera horizontally from a fixed position.
Example: John uses a pan to show the public the context of the scene.
fr: Panoramique
producer
noun
A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of making of a movie or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc.
Example: The producer of The Grand Budapest Hotel is Wes Anderson.
fr: Producteur
scene
noun
In filmmaking and video production, a scene is generally thought of as the action in a single location and continuous time.
Example: In this movie, there are 26 scenes.
fr: Scène
script
noun
A screenplay, or script, is a written work by screenwriters for a film, television program, or video game. It the body of the story.
Example: Gladiator then presented with a shot-reverse-shot between Crowe and his dog which Jon Solomon believes represents the she-wolf of Rome from the Romulus and Remus myth due to the fact that in the first draft of the script the dog is called "The Wolf of Rome".
fr: Scénario
shot
noun
A shot is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period.
Example: For this scene we only use two different shots.
fr: Plan
storyboard
noun
A sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a movie or television production.
Example: We just finish the storyboard of " Clark & the dog".
fr: Scénarimage
transition
noun
A film transition is a technique used in the post-production process of film editing and video editing by which scenes or shots are combined.
Example: In montage, you have to do good transitions.
fr: Transition
zoom
noun
Change smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa.