Motion picture terminology

The motion picture industry is driven by a large number of technologies and techniques, many of which are of keen interest to film buffs, but a little intimidating to newcomers to the field. We have gathered a collection of some important terms.

• aspect ratio
• crane shot
• color temperature
• CGI
• daily rushes
• depth of field
• fast cutting
• fast motion
• film stock
• film editing
• hip hop montage
• letterbox
• montage
• mise-en-scene
• pan and scan
• persistence of vision
• point of view
• replay
• slow cutting
• slow motion
• stand-in
• storyboard
• timecode
• tracking shot
• voice-over
• widescreen

See also film, film technique, film crew