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Talking Pictures
in short subjects endeavoring to explain various athletic techniques. When projected at sixteen frames to the second, a "slow motion" effect is attained.
Smash hit: Theatre term for a photoplay which is received with exceptional enthusiasm by the theatregoing public.
Sneak: Term given to the first preview of a picture, which occurs at a remote theatre where the reaction will be that of an average audience. The film is usually overlength, and the "sneak" preview indicates the points at which it may be cut or edited.
Soup: Slang for the film developing mixture.
Static: Lacking movement. A scene may be described as "static" if it fails to show dramatic vitality.
Stock company: Group of players under contract to a single motion picture studio, or "legitimate theatre."
Strike order: Order to remove a set from a stage after the work on it has been completed and okeyed by the associate producer.
Stunt man; stunt woman: Actor or actress able to do dangerous athletic, acrobatic, or technical feats to provide a "thrill" in a photoplay.
Stunts: Difficult or dangerous action in a photoplay.
Sun arc: See sixty.
"Sync": Studio diminutive of the word synchronization. When sound and picture are not running together (e.g., when a character's mouth apparently moves out of time with the words being spoken), the scene is said to be "out of sync."
Take: One photographic and sound recording of a talking picture scene.
Takem: Comedy term for a strong facial reaction; e.g., the expression on a comedian's face after a fall. Such a reaction, extremely exaggerated, would be called a "double takem."
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