The Complete Film Production Handbook, 4th Edition

Glossary of Terms

 

 

 

In case you’re not familiar with some of these wores and term, here’s some production lingo that might be helpful. (You’ll notice that many of these words have been used throughout the book.)

 

24-Frame Playback: because videotape runs at 30 frames per second and film runs at 24 frames per second, when you’re filming a scene of someone watching TV, the TV footage has to be converted to 24 frames per second so it remains in sync with the camera.

Abby Singer (The): the second-to-the-last shot of the day. Named after the legendary AD/production manager/producer Abby Singer, who would often call “last shot of the day” only to have the director ask for more takes.

Above-the-Line: referring to the uppermost categories of a budget ...