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Music Supervisor
Individual who coordinates the work of the composer, the editor, and sound mixers. ....
Musical
Production whose dramatic story structure includes unrealistic episodes of musical performance and/or dancing. ....
NC-17: No One 17 and Under Admitted
A certificate issued by the MPAA indicating that no person aged 17 or under will be allowed to attend a screening of the movie. This category was formerly called "X", but many people's mistaken association of "X" films with XXX films caused the MPAA to change this on September 27, 1990. ....
N.T.S.C. (National Television Standards Committee)
Created the first international television system for use in the U.S. and other countries which produces pictures by creating 525 alternating lines across the TV screen for each frame of video. ....
Negative
The original film that is used in the camera from which a positive print is made for editing purposes. ....
Negative Cost
Cost of a movie through the production of a finished negative, not including the costs of prints, advertising, or distribution. ....
Negative Cutter
Individual who matches the negative of a movie and conforms (matches) it to the final version of the film as decided by the filmmakers. ....
Net Profits
(1) Participation based on 100 percent of net profits: The sums remaining after a full recoupment and deduction of distribution fees and costs, and after payment of deferments, but with no deduction for other net profit participants. (2) Participation based on a percentage of the producer's net share: The sums remaining after fu....
Non-Drop Frame
Type of SMPTE time code that continuously counts a full 30 frames per second. ....
Non-Linear Editing
The computer-assisted editing of a movie without the need to assemble it in linear sequence. ....
Non-Reflex
Camera with a viewfinder that shows the image through a secondary lens. ....
Non-WGA
Written work for the entertainment industry that is done for a company which has not signed (or become a signatory} to the Writers Guild of America Minimum Basic Agreement....
Normal Lens
25mm lens (for 16mm cameras) and 50mm lens (for 35mm cameras). ....
Nose Room
Space between the subject's face and the edge of the frame (when the subject is in a profile position). Generally, 2/3rds in front and 1/3rd behind. ....
NTSC
The standard for TV/video display in the US and Canada. ....
Offline
Creative editing process which uses copies of the camera tapes on a typically "cuts only" inexpensive editing system. ....
One Hundred Eighty Degree Rule (180ยบ Rule)
An invisible line that separates the subject and the camera. Crossing over this imaginary line creates a jump which gives the appearance that the subject has reversed directions. ....
One Light
A print that has not been corrected showing what the shots will look like with the same print lighting. ....
Online
The final technical editing process which uses the original camera tapes to repeat all decisions made in the off-line editing process. ....
Optical Printer
Laboratory machine for combining the images of one or more reels of film through photographic techniques. ....
