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Reverse crank: direction to turn camera crank in the opposite direction from usual to give effect of action being reversed.
Rush: the exhibition of all the raw shots of a picture before they have been selected and put in sequence.
Scenario: the complete synopsis of a moving picture plot.
Scene plot: lists of scenes in pictures, so grouped as to indicate the number to be photographed in each set.
Scratch titles: temporary titles photographed directly on the film for working purposes.
Script: abbreviation of manuscript; see Continuity.
Sequence: a series of scenes showing unbroken action.
Skeleton set: a substitute set, made up of odds and ends of properties, to use for rehearsal of scenes before their filming on the complete and final set.
Set: artificial background, painted or constructed especially for a single picture.
Shoot: to photograph.
Shot: a scene.
Still: a non-animated picture, usually used for advertising purposes.
Soft focus: process of placing gauze over the camera lens to soften the effect of the photographed object.
Sound-on-disc: see Chapter X.
Sound-on-film: see Chapter X.
Sound track: see Chapter X.
Sound truck: see Dolly.
Splicing: cementing together pieces of film.
Stock shot (“Store show”): purchasable films of such stock scenes as the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Arc de Triomphe, etc., for insert to lend atmosphere to a picture.
Split stage: a device used to photograph double exposures or a single character taking two parts.
Studio: plant where pictures are produced.
Spot: a large light, much like a stage spot-light.
Sunlight arc: a light whose rays give intense illumination; used to light a set from above.
Telephone lens: camera lens having a long enough focus to be able to photograph a close-up at the usual distance from the object being shot.
Telescopic lens: a lens ha\dng a short-focus to produce pictures giving the effect of depth.
Theme song: the theme of a picture presented in l>Tic form during its showing.