🎨Animation

The technique of creating movement by displaying a sequence of images.

📐Aspect Ratio

The proportional relationship between an image's width and height.

🌅Backlight

A light placed behind a subject to create separation or silhouette.

💥Blockbuster

A highly successful and commercially popular film.

🎟️Box Office

The commercial revenue generated by a film's ticket sales.

📸Camera

A device that records images by capturing light onto a sensor or film.

🟩Chroma Key

A technique that replaces a colored background with another image.

📷Cinematographer

The person responsible for the visual look and camera work of a film.

🎥Cinematography

The art and technique of photographing motion pictures.

🔎Close-Up

A shot framing a subject tightly, often showing facial detail.

🎨Color Grading

The process of altering and enhancing the color of a film.

🌡️Color Temperature

A measure of the warmth or coolness of light in kelvins.

🖥️Computer-Generated Imagery

Images created entirely with computer software for film.

🔗Continuity

The consistency of details across shots to maintain believability.

👗Costume Design

The creation and selection of clothing worn by characters.

🏗️Crane Shot

A shot captured by a camera mounted on a large mechanical arm.

🔀Cross-Cutting

Alternating between two or more scenes happening simultaneously.

✂️Cut

An abrupt transition from one shot to another.

💬Dialogue

Spoken words exchanged between characters in a film.

🎬Director

The person who creatively leads the making of a film.

🌫️Dissolve

A gradual transition where one image fades into another.

📹Documentary

A non-fiction film presenting real events, people, or issues.

🛒Dolly

A wheeled platform used to move a camera smoothly during a shot.

✂️Editing

The process of selecting and arranging shots to form a coherent film.

🏙️Establishing Shot

A shot that sets the location and context of a scene.

🏦Executive Producer

A senior producer who secures financing and supervises the project.

🌑Fade

A transition where the image gradually appears from or disappears to black.

🎬Feature Film

A full-length film typically over 70 minutes long.

🔅Fill Light

A secondary light that softens shadows created by the key light.

🎞️Film

A sequence of moving images recorded on sensitive material or digitally.