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APPENDIX I
GLOSSARY
Action: any behavior, screen business, or dialogue, or a combination of these, which adds meaning to the scene portrayed and which contributes to the solution of the initial dramatic situation.
Angle: the segment of the scene being photographed on which the camera lens is focused.
Backdrop: an artificial background for a scene, usually painted on a curtain.
Back lighting: illumination back of characters being photographed.
“Blope” (sometimes “bloop”) : to eliminate foreign sounds from a film.
Business: any slight action of characters or manipulation of properties which lends significance to the main screen action.
Cast: the principal characters of a moving picture.
Circle vignette: circle-in and circle-out; the practice of dimming the sharp outline and frame of a scene to produce an artistic effect.
Close-up: a near and enlarged view of actors or stage properties.
Continuity: picture and sound sequences, usually placed in the script in parallel columns, describing all the scenes for the picture concerned in their order of appearance on the screen.
Cutting: removing scenes from the film.
Cut-back: flash of a scene or any part of a scene which has been shown before.
Diaphragm: camera lens device to enlarge or make smaller any scene in the continuity, the use of which is sometimes indicated by the directions diaphragm in and diaphragm out.
Diffuser: a device used to diminish lights and to distribute light rays.
Director: the person who supervises all the details of producing a moving picture.
Dissolve: to allow parts of scenes to overlap for the purpose of pictorial or dramatic effect. Dissolving in and dissolving out are directions used in employing this device.
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