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Script Editing
Process whereby a script is reviewed and changed, based on input from various sources such as the director or producer. ....
Script Supervisor
Individual who tracks which parts have been filmed, how the filmed scenes deviated from the script; they also make continuity notes, creating a lined script. ....
SECAM (Systeme Electronique Pour Colour Avec Memorie)
The color television system developed/used in France as well as in other parts of eastern Europe & Africa. ....
Second Assistant Camera
An assistant to the assistant cameraman. ....
Second Assistant Director
Assistant to the assistant director whose duties include overseeing the movements of the cast, and preparing call sheets. ....
Second Second Assistant Director
Assistant to the second assistant director; responsible for (among other things) directing the movements of extras. ....
Second Unit
Small, subordinate crew responsible for filming shots of less importance, such as inserts, crowds, scenery, etc. ....
Selects
The "selected" shots that are going to be used in editing which are separated from the remaining footage. ....
Seperation of Rights
Rights given to the creator of an original written material. Includes: publication, audio, live stage, live dramatic tape, live television, radio, and writer sequels and remakes. ....
Sequel
Movie that presents the continuation of characters and/or events of a previously filmed movie. ....
Serial
A multi-part film that usually screened a chapter each week at a cinema. ....
Series
Sequence of films with continuing characters or themes, but with little other interdependence, especially with respect to plot or significant character development. ....
Services Contract
Contract that a writer-client signs with an agency for representation in order to receive writing assignments. ....
Set
An artificial environment which is constructed to make filming easier but still appear natural when viewed from the camera angle....
Set Designer
Individual responsible for translating a production designer's vision of the movie's environment into a set which can be used for filming. ....
Set Up
Term describing both the function of the first act in posing of the problem which the story will try to resolve, and in a more general way, the process of laying the groundwork for a dramatic or comic situation which will later be complicated, and then resolved or paid off. ....
Shooting Ratio
Ratio of the film shot compared to the actual running time. (Example: Ten hours of footage for a 1 hour film would have a 10:1 shooting ratio). ....
Shooting Schedule
Production schedule for shooting a film with the scenes from a script grouped together and ordered with production considerations in mind. ....
Shooting Script
Script from which a movie is made which contains that includes scene numbers, camera angles, inserts, and certain directors/cinematographers input. ....
Short Subject/ Short
Movie that is shorter than 60 minutes. ....
