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Talking Pictures
O.S.: Scenario abbreviation for "off stage"; usually refers to action out of sight of the cameras.
Pan 'from panorama) : To move the camera on its own axis over a partial or complete arc, or upward or downward. The general effect of a "pan shot" is to simulate what a man sees when he moves his head. Extreme pan shots where the action moves forward, or upward, or sideways with great rapidity, are accomplished with a special form of camera called the "Akeley."
Pan'chro-mat'ic: Applied to film emulsions that are sensitive to the entire visible spectrum; i.e., which give to each color proportionate shading from white into black or black into white.
Pan shot: See pan.
Parallel: Folding or permanent platform of specific height on which camera or lights are placed during photography. Three and six feet are common sizes.
Pho 'to-e-lec 'trie cell: A form of electric mechanism which, sensitive to light, changes electric current values proportionately to the change of light; the device which makes it possible to change a photographed sound track back into sound again, just as it was originally recorded by a microphone.
Photoplay : A story told in the form of motion pictures.
Positive: Processed photographic material in which the values of light and shade are similar to the original object. The print exhibited by theatres on their screens is a positive print. The positive is printed from a negative which was originally exposed in a camera.
Positive stock: Light-sensitive film designed for use in making motion picture positive prints for public exhibition.
Poster: A printed or lithographed advertisement made up of combinations of a unit called the "one sheet." Posters are commonly found in one, three, six, eight, and twentyfour sheet sizes.
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