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Translation glossary: Film terms

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Hyperfocal DistanceThe hyperfocal distance is a distance set on the focusing ring of the lens that will most efficiently use the Depth of Field present. A depth of fiel 
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I.S.O.The equivalent of A.S.A. and I.E., just with another name, it is another way of saying the same thing. This is the least frequently used of the three 
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Incident Light ReadingAn incident light reading measures the amount of light hitting the subject. You take an incident reading with a light meter equipped with a white hal 
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Insert ShotA closeup of some detail in the scene. (Sort of like a cutaway without the “away” aspect.) 
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InterlockedTwo or more devices (most commonly dubbers in a mixing facility) with motors that run in sync are interlocked. It is not quite correct to say that a 
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InternegativeAn intermediate copy of a film, made on a very finegrained stock, and used to make a greater number of prints than it is practical to make from the A 
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InterpositiveAn intermediate copy of a film, made on a very finegrained stock, usually required as an intermediate step to making an internegative. 
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IntervalometerA device that attaches to the camera for filming single exposures, much like an animation motor, exept that an intervalometer is capable of exposing 
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IrisLike the iris of the eye, a valve within a lens to control the amount of light that passes through. Opening the iris permits more light to pass throu 
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Jump CutBasically, two similar shots cut together with a jump in continuity, camera position or time. 
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K“K” has two different meanings, and both apply to movie lights, so one should be careful to differentiate one from the other. 1.: An abbreviation for 
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KelvinThis is the Color Temperature scale that takes its name from the scientist Lord Kelvin. 
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L.F.O.A.This stands for Last Frame of Action, and basically it is just what it sounds like: the last frame of image and sound on a reel. It is important to t 
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Lab RollA large roll (usually up to 1,000 feet) made up of camera rolls joined together by the lab for printing. 
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Latent Edge NumbersPrecisely, the edge numbers, and not inkedon code numbers. see Edge Numbers. 
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LatitudeThe degree to which a certain film stock can tolerate under or overexposure. Reversal film, for all practical purposes, has a very little latitude. C 
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LightleakStray light that penetrates into a camera giving the film little patches of fog. Also the term for the access point itself. Typically light leaks occ 
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Lightssee Timing Lights. 
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Lip SyncAnother way of saying Sync Sound. 
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Loading BoothA small darkroom sometimes found on a sound stage for loading film into magazines as a roomier alternative to a Changing Bag. 
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Location SoundThis is the sync sound, or any other sort of wild track or room tone that was recorded at the shoot. Same as Production Sound. 
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Locked CutThe socalled final cut of a film when there are to be no more changes to picture. 
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Locked Down ShotA shot taken with the pan and tilt releases on the tripod tightened so that the camera will not move. Often done for certain effects where camera mov 
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Long LensA lens with a focal length greater than 25mm in 16mm, or 50mm in 35mm, which, like binoculars, will provide a view that magnifies a small area. 
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Loop1.: Slack film above and below the gate to allow a transition from the constant motion of the supply and take up rollers to the intermittent motion t 
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Loopingsee Dubbing. Called looping because the film is on a loop to give the actor several tries at a line. Also called A.D.R. 
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Low Con PrintA low contrast print specifically for transfer to video, which favors less contrast in the transfer process. 
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M&EM&E stands for Music and Effects. After a mix a big production will have an M&E track made, which is used when the film is dubbed into other language 
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M.O.S.A shot, a sequence, or a film that is shot without sound, which is added later. M.O.S. stands for “Mit Out Sound,” and derives from an old Hollywood 
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Macro LensA lens that can be used for extremely close to the subject. The focusing ring will keep going past the lowest setting (on the Switar lens a red ring 
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Mag1.: Short for Magazine. 2.: Short for Mag Track. 
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Mag Stock, Mag Track or Magnetic FilmMag track is a piece of film that is coated with an emulsion of magnetic oxide instead of silver halides. Basically, it is sound recording tape that 
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MagazineAn attachment to a camera with one or two lightproof chambers that hold 400 or 1,000 feet of film. One camera will typically have two or three magazi 
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Mark1.: The clapping of the clapstick to create a Sync Mark (1.) for the shot. 2.: A piece of tape on the floor that indicates where an actor should stan 
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Master ShotA single shot, usually a wide shot, that incorporates the whole scene from beginning to end. Typically a master shot will be filmed first, and then a 
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Matte BoxA square shade that goes in front of the lens, usually supported by a pair of rods that attach to the camera. A matte box often has filter holders fo 
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Matte ShotA double exposure that does not meld two images on top of each other, but masks off part of the frame for one exposure and the opposite area for anot 
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MixThis is the process of combining all your soundtracks into one, with all the sounds blended together at their correct volumes, together with any equa 
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Mix MasterThis is a copy of your sound mix on mag stock, or on DAT, which you sometimes have to request in addition to the optical track. It is always a good i 
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Mixer1.: A device for blending together sounds from multple sources with a volume control for each. 2.: The person who sits at the mixing console during t 
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Mixing HouseA sound studio specifically for mixing sound for film. 
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MoviolaAn Upright Moviola. Moviola is the company that makes this machine. They also make flatbeds, but when someone says “Moviola” the generally mean an up 
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MoviscopSpelled Moviscop but pronounced “moviescope.” This is a small, 16mm tabletop viewer, often used on an editing bench. 
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NegativeThe original film that is used in the camera, from which a positive print is made for editing. The negative is assembled to match the edited workprin 
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Negative CutterThe person who cuts and assembles the original negative to match the edited workprint, which then goes to the lab for the answer print. 
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Negative Matchersame as Negative Cutter. 
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NonReflex A camera that does not have a “through the lens” viewfinding system, but gives you an image in the viewfinder through a seperate lens. Older B 
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Normal LensIn 16mm this is the 25mm lens. In 35mm it is the 50mm lens. It is the point between the widening of the image by the wide angle lens and the magnifiy 
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