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Agent
Manager responsible for the professional business dealings of an actor, director, screenwriter, or other artist. An agent typically negotiates the contracts and often has some part in selecting or recommending roles for their client. ....
American Cinematic Editors
Union guild for film/video editors; also known as ACE ....
American Society of Cinematographers
Organization dedicated to advancing the art of cinematography. ....
Anamorphic
Optical system which creates a widescreen image from a standard image. ....
Ancillary Rights
Enable the screenwriter to receive a percentage of the profits generated by the film in areas such as posters, action figures, books, records, T-shirts, etc. ....
Angle
Relationship between the camera and the subject(s) of the shot. ....
Angle On
Direction in a shooting script which indicates that another camera angle is to be made of a previous shot, usually to emphasize a specific object in the shot. ....
Animation/Animator
Process of creating (or person responsible for) the illusion of motion by creating individual frames, as opposed to filming naturally-occurring action at a regular frame rate. ....
Anime
Animated movies produced in Japan. ....
Annotation
Comment specifying the source of each script element that is not wholly fictional, including all characters, events, settings, and segments of dialogue. ....
Answer Print
First completed edited-dubbed-scored, color-and-sound print of a film ready for initial scrutiny by the production team. ....
Antagonist
Villain of the film or script who is in conflict with the protagonist. ....
Anticlimax
Anything that happens in the final few moments of a film that dulls down the story crescendo and leaves the audience feeling let down and unsatisfied. ....
Antihero
Protagonist who has pronounced personality or character defects or eccentricities which are not usually associated with the hero archetype.....
Aperture
Measure of the width of the opening allowing light to enter a camera. The apparent diameter of a lens viewed from the position of the object against a diffusely illuminated background is called the "effect aperture". The ratio of focal length of a lens to its "effective aperture" for an object located at infinity ....
Arm
Metal rod (arm) which attaches to a C-Stand. ....
Arri
Abbreviation for the Arriflex Camera, a lightweight reflex motion-picture camera which comes in both 16mm and 35mm speeds ....
Art Department
Crew concerned with visual artistry of a production. Members of art dept. include: Art director, assistant art director, draftsman, leadman, production designer, production buyer, property master, set dresser, special effects supervisor, among others. ....
Art Director
Individual who oversees the artists and crafts people who build sets. ....
A.S.A.
Sensitivity to light which measures the film's speed. (Example: ASA 400.) "ASA" stands for American Standards Association. ....
