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Entertainment Industry Glossary



MoviePartners welcomes you to look through our movie terms glossary. Instructions: To see an entire listing of a specific letter, please click the letter of choice below. To search enter the text in the box. If you are unsure of the spelling, enter in as many letters as possible.

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Tail-out:
When a roll of film is wound so that it's tail is on the outside.

Take:
A single continuous recorded performance of a scene.

Talent:
A general, informal term for actors.

Technical Advisor:
A person with expertise in a particular field who provides advice for the production.

Teleplay:
A script written to be produced for television.

Television Movie:
A feature-length movie funded by a TV network, intended to be premiered on television.

Television Special:
A television production of a singular event (such as an awards show or concert) as opposed to a regularly scheduled series.

Telewriter:
A writer who either adapts an existing work for production on television, or creates a new teleplay.

THX:
A subdivision of Lucasfilm, Ltd dedicated to improving picture and sound for the cinema and the home.

Tilt:
The action of rotating the camera either up or down.

Time Lapse Photography:
A form of animation in which numerous single frames are filmed spaced at a given interval to show a process that would take a very long time to occur. i.e. a flower blooming, or the motion of the stars.

Title Design:
The manner in which title of a movie is displayed on screen is widely considered an art form.

Track:
A single component or channel of a soundtrack.

Tracking Shot:
The action of moving a camera along a path parallel to the path of the object being filmed.

Trailer:
An advertisement for a movie which contains scenes from the film.

Transportation Co-Ordinator:
The person responsible for managing drivers and co-ordinating the transporation of a production's cast, crew, and equipment from the various locations and sets used for filming.

Travelling Matte Shot:
A shot in which foreground action is superimposed on a seperately filmed background by optical printing or digital compositing.

NOTE: These definitions are compiled from multiple sources, and can not be thoroughly checked for accuracy. This glossary is only intended to assist all who use it and is not posted here for the profit of MoviePartners, Inc.
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