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Optical Soundtrack
Composite print in which the soundtrack is recorded via the varying width of a transparent track which runs beside the sequence of frames on a print. ....
Option
Agreement of renting the rights to a script for a specific period of time. ....
Off Screen (o.s.)
Dialogue or sounds heard while the camera is on another subject. ....
Out-Take
A take of a scene not used in a movie. ....
Overcranking
Process of speeding the frame rate of a camera up, so that when the captured pictures are played at the normal frame rate the action appears to be in slow motion. ....
Overexposure
Filming a scene using more lighting than the film stock can tolerate. ....
Oxide
Magnetic coating on video and audio tapes that stores picture and sound information. ....
PAL (Phase Alternation by Line)
A standard for TV/video display popular in Europe and Australia; superior to NTSC. ....
Packaging
Process of putting together on the same project a writer or screenplay, director, producer, and star talent, all of whom are generally represented by the same agency, and presenting this package to a studio. ....
Pan
The action of rotating a camera about its vertical axis. ....
Pan and Scan
The technique of chopping off strips from one or both sides of a picture so it will be properly displayed on a TV screen. ....
Perf (or) Perforation
Sprocket holes in a piece of film which help thread it through the camera or projector. ....
Pickups
Movies made by one studio that have been acquired by another. ....
Pilot tone
60hz (50hz in Europe) reference signal, used in sync sounding, which is recorded onto the audio portion of the tape. ....
Pipeline
A schedule of movie projects in production. ....
Pitch
Meeting in which one party will attempt to interest another party in a particular work or in a version of a particular work by presenting the story of the work in such an exciting manner that the buying party will find great interest in the work and will either buy the work or pay the "pitching" party to write the work. ....
Pixelation
A variant of stop-motion animation where actors are the objects being filmed. ....
Point of View (or) POV
Camera angle in which the camera views a subjective shot from the actor's point of view. ....
Polish
The writing of changes in dialogue, narration, or action, but not including a rewrite. ....
Pre-Production
Arrangements made before the start of filming; script editing, set construction, location scouting, and casting. ....
