cruft

Circa 1959, MIT Tech Model Railroad Club. Unknown origin; possibly from Cruft Hall, built in 1915 as a gift from a donor named Harriet Otis Cruft. Cruft Hall was the radar laboratory of Harvard's physics department during the Second World War, which contained much old and unused technical equipment. Possibly blend of crust + fluff, both of which may form on old abandoned things, or influenced by crud.

(film, slang) Meaningless or gratuitous content displayed on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions.


scoop

From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel.

gloss

"a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">schop</i> (“spade”)

cog

(film, television) A kind of floodlight with a reflector.


masthead

(television, by extension) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.


TNN

The Nashville Network
w:The Nashville Network

(US, television, historical) Initialism of The Nashville Network.


box-office bomb

en-noun

box-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

My favorite movie was a giant box-office bomb.

(informal, film) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.


trece

ro-verb

a trece (third-person singular present trece, past participle trecut) 3rd conjugation

a trece 3rd conjugation (canonical)
trece (present singular third-person)
trecut (participle past)
a trece (infinitive)
trecând (gerund)
trecut (participle past)
trec (first-person indicative present singular)
treci (indicative present second-person singular)
trece (indicative present singular third-person)
trecem (first-person indicative plural present)
treceți (indicative plural present second-person)
trec (indicative plural present third-person)
treceam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
treceai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
trecea (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
treceam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
treceați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
treceau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
trecui (first-person indicative perfect singular)
trecuși (indicative perfect second-person singular)
trecu (indicative perfect singular third-person)
trecurăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
trecurăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
trecură (indicative perfect plural third-person)
trecusem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
trecuseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
trecuse (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
trecuserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
trecuserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
trecuseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să trec (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să treci (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să treacă (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să trecem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să treceți (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să treacă (plural present subjunctive third-person)
treci (imperative second-person singular)
treceți (imperative plural second-person)
nu trece (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu treceți (imperative negative plural second-person)

(intransitive, television jargon, of a program) to show (be on television)


kicker

[…] international news and politics, and heavy on the light stuff: local news, entertainment and merry little kickers […]

1984, Media Report to Women, volume 12, page 46:

Instead, a reporter can carve out a niche as an entertainment/community reporter, thus concentrating their efforts on filing feature stories for the E block, where the kickers are slated. Kickers are feel-good pieces placed at the end of the newscast to leave viewers in a good mood […]

2013, Frank Barnas, Ted White, Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, page 77:

(radio, television) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.

(film, television) A backlight positioned at an angle.


squib

Possibly imitative of a small explosion.

unk

Possibly

(film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface or a gunshot wound on an actor.


ADR

en-noun

ADR (countable and uncountable, plural ADRs)

/eɪ diː ˈɑː/

(film, uncountable) Initialism of additional/audio dialogue replacement.


improv

improv (countable and uncountable, plural improvs)

(acting) A form of live entertainment characterized by improvisation and interaction with the audience.


Japanimation

Japanimation (countable and uncountable, plural Japanimations)

Japanimations (plural)
japanimation (alternative)

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Cool! Japanimation.

2001, “HOMЯ”, in The Simpsons, season 12, episode 9, spoken by Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright):

(anime, dated) Synonym of anime (“Japanese animated cartoons”).


MAV

MAV (countable and uncountable, plural MAVs)

(Australia, television, uncountable) Initialism of mature adult audience (“Strong Violence”).


AMC

(television) Initialism of All My Children: an American television soap opera broadcast from 1970 to 2013.


produit

Past participle of produire, or borrowed from Latin productus and adapted to French conjugation.


TBS

Turner Broadcasting System
w:Turner Broadcasting System

(US, television) Initialism of Turner Broadcasting System.

Tokyo Broadcasting System
w:Tokyo Broadcasting System

(JP, television) Initialism of Tokyo Broadcasting System.


TVA

(Canada, television) initialism of Téléviseurs / Télédiffuseurs associés (“Associated Telecasters”)


DP

DP (countable and uncountable, plural DPs)

From the shotlist, the DP can figure out, to some extent, how many lighting changes each scene will require.

2013, Arthur Vincie, Preparing for Takeoff: Preproduction for the Independent Filmmaker:

From the first, jungle-set shot, the redoubtable d.p. Hélène Louvart gives the film the daubed, traffic-light palette of a ripe mango; were it possible, you’d expect it to have an aroma to match.

2019 May 25, Guy Lodge, “Film Review: ‘The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão’”, in Variety:

director of photography
director of photography#English

(film) Initialism of director of photography.


ACE

ACE (countable and uncountable, plural ACEs)

human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2

(film) A member of American Cinema Editors


OB

OB (countable and uncountable, plural OBs)

(television, radio) Initialism of outside broadcast.

(television, radio) Initialism of outside broadcasting.


WGA

The use of AI in the production of film and television – either to write scripts, generate actors’ likenesses, or cut corners in paying creative work, has been a major point of contention in negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Sag and the Writers Guild of America (WGA).

2023 July 26, Adrian Horton, “Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The W.G.A.’s negotiating committee recognized that A.I. had to be on the table, and not simply as something to be resisted or refused.

2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Hollywood’s Deal With Screenwriters Just Rewrote the Rules Around A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Writers Guild of America
w:Writers Guild of America

(US, film, television) Initialism of Writers Guild of America, the labor union representing writers of film and television.


GF

(television) initialism of Grande Fratello, the Italian-language version of the reality show Big Brother.


walk-on

(theater, film) An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.


actuality

actuality (countable and uncountable, plural actualities)

From actual + -ity.
* (television): Influenced by French actualité.

A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.

1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:

This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.

2005, Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, Broadcast Announcing Worktext, page 164:

(television) Live reporting on current affairs.

By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two.

1999, “The Variety Stage collection”, in Selected Materials from the Library of Congress:

(historical, film) A short early motion picture.


personal video recorder

personal video recorder (plural personal video recorders)

(television, Canada, UK, Ireland) A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera, for subsequent playback through a television set


int

(film) Clipping of interior, describing the location of a shot in a film script, etc.


judder

judder (countable and uncountable, plural judders)

(television) Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder


continuity

continuity (countable and uncountable, plural continuities)

Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

(uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.

(uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.


schneiden

de-verb

schneiden (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schneidet, past tense schnitt, past participle geschnitten, auxiliary haben)

schneidet (present singular third-person)
schnitt (past)
geschnitten (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
schneiden (infinitive)
schneidend (participle present)
geschnitten (participle past)
schneide (first-person indicative present singular)
schneiden (first-person indicative plural present)
schneide (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schneiden (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schneidest (indicative present second-person singular)
schneidet (indicative plural present second-person)
schneidest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schneidet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
schneidet (indicative present singular third-person)
schneiden (indicative plural present third-person)
schneide (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
schneiden (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
schnitt (first-person indicative preterite singular)
schnitten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
schnitte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schnitten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schnittest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
schnittst (indicative preterite second-person singular)
schnittet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
schnittest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schnittet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
schnitt (indicative preterite singular third-person)
schnitten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
schnitte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
schnitten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
schneid (imperative second-person singular)
schneide (imperative second-person singular)
schneidet (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe geschnitten (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben geschnitten (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe geschnitten (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben geschnitten (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest geschnitten (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet geschnitten (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe geschnitten (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben geschnitten (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte geschnitten (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten geschnitten (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte geschnitten (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten geschnitten (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest geschnitten (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet geschnitten (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten geschnitten (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte geschnitten (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten geschnitten (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
schneiden werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde schneiden (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden schneiden (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde schneiden (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden schneiden (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde schneiden (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden schneiden (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst schneiden (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet schneiden (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird schneiden (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden schneiden (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden schneiden (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
geschnitten haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde geschnitten haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden geschnitten haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde geschnitten haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden geschnitten haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde geschnitten haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden geschnitten haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst geschnitten haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet geschnitten haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird geschnitten haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden geschnitten haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden geschnitten haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Middle High German snīden, from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan (“to cut”).
Cognate with Dutch snijden (“to cut, carve, intersect”), Low German snieden (“to cut”), dialectal English snithe (“to cut”) (related to snide), Swedish snida (“to carve, engrave”), Icelandic sníða (“to trim, tailor”).


VOA

V.O.A. (alternative)
V. O. A. (alternative)
voa (alternative)
v.o.a. (alternative)
v. o. a. (alternative)

(film) initialism of version originale anglais — original English version (OEV); an English-language film


PGA

Producers Guild of America
w:Producers Guild of America

(film) Initialism of Producers Guild of America, a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States.


royalty

en-noun

royalty (countable and uncountable, plural royalties)

→ Danish: royalty

→ German: Royalty

→ Italian: royalty

→ Norwegian Bokmål: royalty

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: royalty

→ Portuguese: royalty

→ Swedish: royalty

From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality.

Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties.

2014, Richard Curtis, Mastering the Business of Writing:

(authorship) To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.


takeout

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

takeouts (plural)
take-out (alternative)

desc

Japanese: テイクアウト (teikuauto), テークアウト (tēkuauto)

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Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.

1994, Penn Kimball, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Downsizing the news: network cutbacks in the nation's capital (page 19)


SAP

en-noun

SAP (countable and uncountable, plural SAPs)

second audio program
w:second audio program

(television) Initialism of second audio program.


cunny

cunny (countable and uncountable, plural cunnies)

cunnies (plural)
cute and funny (alternative euphemistic)

(countable, fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) The vulva or vagina of a child or childlike character (loli).

(countable, synecdochically) A child or childlike character, especially when considered sexually attractive; a loli.

(uncountable, metonymic) Lolicon-themed media, especially when erotic (hentai).


handeln

de-verb

handeln (weak, third-person singular present handelt, past tense handelte, past participle gehandelt, auxiliary haben)

handelt (present singular third-person)
handelte (past)
gehandelt (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
handeln (infinitive)
handelnd (participle present)
gehandelt (participle past)
handle (first-person indicative present singular)
handele (first-person indicative present singular)
handel (first-person indicative present singular)
handeln (first-person indicative plural present)
handele (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handle (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handeln (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handelst (indicative present second-person singular)
handelt (indicative plural present second-person)
handelest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handlest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handelet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handlet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
handelt (indicative present singular third-person)
handeln (indicative plural present third-person)
handele (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
handle (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
handeln (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
handelte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
handelten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
handelte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
handelten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
handeltest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
handeltet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
handeltest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
handeltet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
handelte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
handelten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
handelte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
handelten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
handle (imperative second-person singular)
handel (imperative second-person singular)
handele (imperative second-person singular)
handelt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gehandelt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gehandelt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gehandelt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gehandelt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gehandelt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gehandelt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gehandelt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gehandelt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gehandelt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gehandelt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gehandelt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gehandelt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gehandelt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gehandelt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gehandelt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gehandelt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gehandelt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
handeln werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde handeln (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden handeln (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest handeln (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet handeln (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde handeln (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden handeln (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde handeln (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden handeln (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde handeln (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden handeln (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst handeln (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet handeln (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest handeln (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet handeln (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird handeln (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden handeln (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde handeln (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden handeln (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gehandelt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gehandelt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gehandelt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gehandelt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gehandelt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gehandelt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gehandelt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gehandelt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gehandelt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gehandelt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gehandelt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gehandelt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Middle High German handeln, from Old High German hantalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn.

Das Buch handelt von Hasen.

(intransitive, with von, of a text, film, etc.) to be about; to deal with


opt-out

en-noun

opt-out (countable and uncountable, plural opt-outs)

National television channels (descendant network) with regional or local slots or opt-outs: […]

1995, Pierre Musso, Philippe Souêtre, Lionel Levasseur, The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe:

There is no limitation to the number of regional and local opt-outs that France 3 can operate; nor are there any guidelines in the channel's remit as to the length and content of such news programmes.

2003, Michael Scriven, Emily Roberts, Group Identities on French and British Television, page 27:

(television, radio, countable) A regional broadcast that other stations in the network may elect not to include.


WCG

(television) Initialism of wide color gamut.


aktor

pl-noun

aktor m pers (female equivalent aktorka, diminutive aktorzyk, augmentative aktorzyna or aktorzysko)

aktorka (feminine)
aktorzyk (diminutive)
aktorzyna (augmentative)
aktorzysko (augmentative)
aktor (nominative singular)
aktorzy (nominative plural)
aktory (derogatory nominative plural)
aktora (genitive singular)
aktorów (genitive plural)
aktorowi (dative singular)
aktorom (dative plural)
aktora (accusative singular)
aktorów (accusative plural)
aktorem (instrumental singular)
aktorami (instrumental plural)
aktorze (locative singular)
aktorach (locative plural)
aktorze (singular vocative)
aktorzy (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin āctor. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from French acteur. First attested in 1587.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aktor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

(film, television, theater) actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or film)


filler

(television, music) material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album


fernsehen

de-verb

fernsehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht fern, past tense sah fern, past participle ferngesehen, past subjunctive sähe fern, auxiliary haben)

sieht fern (present singular third-person)
sah fern (past)
ferngesehen (participle past)
sähe fern (past subjunctive)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
fernsehen (infinitive)
fernsehend (participle present)
ferngesehen (participle past)
fernzusehen (infinitive infinitive-zu)
sehe fern (first-person indicative present singular)
sehen fern (first-person indicative plural present)
sehe fern (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
sehen fern (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
siehst fern (indicative present second-person singular)
seht fern (indicative plural present second-person)
sehest fern (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
sehet fern (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
sieht fern (indicative present singular third-person)
sehen fern (indicative plural present third-person)
sehe fern (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
sehen fern (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
sah fern (first-person indicative preterite singular)
sahen fern (first-person indicative plural preterite)
sähe fern (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sähen fern (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sahst fern (indicative preterite second-person singular)
saht fern (indicative plural preterite second-person)
sähest fern (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sähst fern (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sähet fern (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
säht fern (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sah fern (indicative preterite singular third-person)
sahen fern (indicative plural preterite third-person)
sähe fern (singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
sähen fern (plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
sieh fern (imperative second-person singular)
siehe fern (imperative second-person singular)
seht fern (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
fernsehe (first-person indicative present singular subordinate-clause)
fernsehen (first-person indicative plural present subordinate-clause)
fernsehe (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
fernsehen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
fernsiehst (indicative present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
fernseht (indicative plural present second-person subordinate-clause)
fernsehest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
fernsehet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
fernsieht (indicative present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsehen (indicative plural present subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsehe (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsehen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsah (first-person indicative preterite singular subordinate-clause)
fernsahen (first-person indicative plural preterite subordinate-clause)
fernsähe (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
fernsähen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
fernsahst (indicative preterite second-person singular subordinate-clause)
fernsaht (indicative plural preterite second-person subordinate-clause)
fernsähest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
fernsähst (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
fernsähet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
fernsäht (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
fernsah (indicative preterite singular subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsahen (indicative plural preterite subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsähe (singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause third-person)
fernsähen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause third-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe ferngesehen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben ferngesehen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe ferngesehen (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben ferngesehen (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest ferngesehen (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet ferngesehen (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe ferngesehen (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben ferngesehen (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte ferngesehen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten ferngesehen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte ferngesehen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten ferngesehen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest ferngesehen (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet ferngesehen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten ferngesehen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte ferngesehen (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten ferngesehen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fernsehen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde fernsehen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden fernsehen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde fernsehen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden fernsehen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde fernsehen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden fernsehen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst fernsehen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet fernsehen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird fernsehen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden fernsehen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden fernsehen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
ferngesehen haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde ferngesehen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden ferngesehen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde ferngesehen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden ferngesehen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde ferngesehen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden ferngesehen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst ferngesehen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet ferngesehen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird ferngesehen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden ferngesehen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden ferngesehen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

Compound of fern + sehen, derived from the noun Fernsehen.


MPA

Motion Picture Association
w:Motion Picture Association

(film) Initialism of Motion Picture Association.


roller

→ Welsh: rholer

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

I learned a lot from watching, but the part that I should have studied harder was the roller. The names of the writers went on for ever.

2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 69:

(television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.


vai

𣘾 (CJK)
𦠘 (CJK)
𦢳 (CJK)
ban (alternative)

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-vai.wav

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese ꞗĕai, ꞗai in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), a dictionary based chiefly on the Northern dialects.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 多埋 (MC ta meaj) (modern SV: đa mai).
Compare Proto-Katuic *ʔapaal (“shoulder”) (whence Pacoh apal).
Some North Central dialects have the form ban with unlenited ‹b› (vs. mainstream form with lenited ‹v›) and ‹-n› reflex of earlier *-l.

vai chính

vai phụ


smear

en-noun

smear (countable and uncountable, plural smears)

From Middle English smeren, smerien, from Old English smerian, smyrian, smierwan (“to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Doublet of schmear.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smeere, Dutch smeren, Low German smeren, German schmieren.

In television terms, a certain amount of smear, ringing, and anticipatory overshoot are indigenous to VSB transmission.

1954, Radio & Television News: Radio-electronic engineering section:

Results show the reduction in intelligibility produced by changing the filter condition was much greater than reductions caused by altering smear duration.

1972, Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports:

(radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.


regia

(theater, television, etc.) direction, production


colorize

en-verb

colorize (third-person singular simple present colorizes, present participle colorizing, simple past and past participle colorized)

colorizes (present singular third-person)
colorizing (participle present)
colorized (participle past)
colorized (past)
colourise (alternative)
colourize (alternative British Canada English Oxford)

There is a colorized version of Casablanca.

What we see are beautiful overlapping NASA satellite photographs of the American mainland, […]taken in black and white and then luminously colorized by computer for scientific reasons.

1988 August 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Looking for America”, in Chicago Reader:

(photography, cinematography) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).

värittää

to convert a black and white media to color


velociraptor

/vəˌlɒsɪˈɹæptɚ/

/vəˈlɒsɪɹæptɚ/

From New Latin Velociraptor genus name, from vēlōx (“swift”) + raptor (“thief”).
The application to Deinonychus came about because Gregory S. Paul proposed that Velociraptor and Deinonychus were the same genus and this idea was taken up in the book leading to the Jurassic Park film series.

This is my favorite velociraptor, and that is saying a lot....That this species is sunk into Velociraptor is rather unfortunate, because the name Deinonychus Ostrom 1969a is a fine one.

1988, Gregory S. Paul, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 366–7:


taka

is-noun

taka f (genitive singular töku, nominative plural tökur)

töku (genitive singular)
tökur (nominative plural)
taka (indefinite nominative singular)
takan (definite nominative singular)
tökur (indefinite nominative plural)
tökurnar (definite nominative plural)
töku (accusative indefinite singular)
tökuna (accusative definite singular)
tökur (accusative indefinite plural)
tökurnar (accusative definite plural)
töku (dative indefinite singular)
tökunni (dative definite singular)
tökum (dative indefinite plural)
tökunum (dative definite plural)
töku (genitive indefinite singular)
tökunnar (definite genitive singular)
taka (genitive indefinite plural)
takna (genitive indefinite plural)
takanna (definite genitive plural)
taknanna (definite genitive plural)

(film, usually in the plural) video capture, filming


CBBC

(television) Initialism of Children's BBC.


beinn

is-adj

beinn (comparative beinni, superlative beinastur)

beinni (comparative)
beinastur (superlative)
beinn (masculine nominative strong)
bein (feminine nominative strong)
beint (neuter nominative strong)
beinan (accusative masculine strong)
beina (accusative feminine strong)
beint (accusative neuter strong)
beinum (dative masculine strong)
beinni (dative feminine strong)
beinu (dative neuter strong)
beins (genitive masculine strong)
beinnar (feminine genitive strong)
beins (genitive neuter strong)
beinir (masculine nominative strong)
beinar (feminine nominative strong)
bein (neuter nominative strong)
beina (accusative masculine strong)
beinar (accusative feminine strong)
bein (accusative neuter strong)
beinum (dative strong)
beinna (genitive strong)
beini (masculine nominative weak)
beina (feminine nominative weak)
beina (neuter nominative weak)
beina (masculine weak)
beinu (feminine weak)
beina (neuter weak)
beinu (plural weak)
beinni (masculine singular weak)
beinni (feminine singular weak)
beinna (neuter singular weak)
beinni (plural weak)
beinastur (masculine nominative strong)
beinust (feminine nominative strong)
beinast (neuter nominative strong)
beinastan (accusative masculine strong)
beinasta (accusative feminine strong)
beinast (accusative neuter strong)
beinustum (dative masculine strong)
beinastri (dative feminine strong)
beinustu (dative neuter strong)
beinasts (genitive masculine strong)
beinastrar (feminine genitive strong)
beinasts (genitive neuter strong)
beinastir (masculine nominative strong)
beinastar (feminine nominative strong)
beinust (neuter nominative strong)
beinasta (accusative masculine strong)
beinastar (accusative feminine strong)
beinust (accusative neuter strong)
beinustum (dative strong)
beinastra (genitive strong)
beinasti (masculine nominative weak)
beinasta (feminine nominative weak)
beinasta (neuter nominative weak)
beinasta (masculine weak)
beinustu (feminine weak)
beinasta (neuter weak)
beinustu (plural weak)

From Old Norse beinn, from Proto-Germanic *bainaz.


blooper

WLK. First radio station. On December 31, 1921, local engineer Francis F. Hamilton's radio station, 9ZJ, signed on with an address from Mayor Samuel (Lew) Shank. Broadcasting from Hamilton's garage at 2011 North Alabama Street, Shank made the city's first radio blooper: "Hamilton, do you mean to tell me that people can actually hear me over that damn' dingus?"

1921 December 31, “WLK”, in David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G[raham] Barrows, with the assistance of David G[ordon] Vanderstel, editors, The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, Bloominton, Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana University Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 1399, column 2:

The 10th anniversary of the Kermit Schafer Blooper LP's on Jubilee will be marked by a brand-new blooper LP called "Washington Bloopers." Set is the 12th in the blooper series which started in 1953. […] Schafer's blooper packages have become so popular that he has formed a Blooper Snooper Club. Members of the club get prizes for blooper contributions, and it will soon have a monthly newsletter.

1963 August 24, “Some Goof: Success through Mistakes”, in Lee Zhito, editor, Billboard: The International Music-record Newsweekly, volume 75, number 34, Cincinnati, Oh.: The Billboard Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 7, columns 1 and 3:

With DVDs steadily joining VHS cassettes as extinct technology, what has become of the fun, insightful mixed bag that movie fans came to know as bonus features — the audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, bloopers, deleted scenes and alternate endings?

2018 April 6, Fabrice Robinet, “Oh for the Days of the Making-Of Featurette — Seriously”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.

pilalle mennyt otos (or otto, kohtaus instead of otos)


chaîne

LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-chaîne.wav

Inherited from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, chaiene, caiene, inherited from Latin catēna. Doublet of cadène and catène. The long vowel derives from the Old French hiatus; by analogy the length was expressed with a silent -s- in Middle French, which was then replaced with the circumflex.

Pouvez-vous changer de chaîne, s'il vous plaît?

En janvier, 6ter a été la première chaîne à diffuser le format original de « Storage Wars » qui se déroule en Californie et qui a réuni 215 000 téléspectateurs lors de la première diffusion, le 3 janvier, en deuxième partie de soirée.

2015 November 21, “« Storage Wars », une chasse au trésor bien artificielle”, in Le Monde:

In January, 6ter was the first channel to broadcast the original format of Storage Wars, which takes place in California and attracted 215,000 viewers for the first broadcast on January 3 during the prime-time slot.


ghostwrite

en-verb

ghostwrite (third-person singular simple present ghostwrites, present participle ghostwriting, simple past ghostwrote, past participle ghostwritten)

ghostwrites (present singular third-person)
ghostwriting (participle present)
ghostwrote (past)
ghostwritten (participle past)
ghost-write (alternative)
ghost write (alternative)

Mariana would rather not ghostwrite for a living because she finds it a thankless task.

(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).

The president has someone to ghostwrite his addresses.

(authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.


sound bite

sound bites (plural)
soundbite (alternative)

The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudo-science and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.

1995, Carl Sagan, “Science and Hope”, in The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1st edition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, pages 25–26:

(journalism, television) An extract from a speech or interview used as edited into a news or other broadcast; an interview clip, especially seen as particularly expressive or pithy.


steampunk

steampunk (nominative singular)
steampunku (genitive singular)
steampunkowi (dative singular)
steampunk (accusative singular)
steampunkiem (instrumental singular)
steampunku (locative singular)
steampunku (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English steampunk.

ubor

(film, science fiction) steampunk (sci-fi subgenre)


streamer

From Middle English stremer, stremere, equivalent to stream + -er.

For starters, the business models for American broadcasters like NBC and streamers like Netflix (or Hulu, or Amazon) are drastically different.

2016 February 23, Jason Mittell, “Why Netflix Doesn’t Release Its Ratings”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 2022-11-01:

So where HBO used to boast that it was “not TV,” modern streamers send the message, “We’ll give you a whole lot of TV.”

2024 April 27, James Poniewozik, “The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(television, Internet) A subscription service that streams content to an audience.


stylish

en-adj

stylish (comparative more stylish, superlative most stylish)

more stylish (comparative)
most stylish (superlative)
stilish (alternative obsolete)

→ German: stylisch

(film) Having a particular directing style or cinematography.


cross the line

en-verb

cross the line (third-person singular simple present crosses the line, present participle crossing the line, simple past and past participle crossed the line)

crosses the line (present singular third-person)
crossing the line (participle present)
crossed the line (participle past)
crossed the line (past)

(cinematography) To film from the opposite side of an imaginary axis on set in order to view the actors from the opposite direction.


ditty bag

Suggested to be a clipping of commodity bag, a British naval term.

(television) A cameraman's bag containing various small tools.


regi

regi m (definite singular regien, indefinite plural regiar, definite plural regiane)

regien (definite singular)
regiar (indefinite plural)
regiane (definite plural)

Borrowed from French, derived from Latin regere (“to reign, control”).


realia

realia (nominative plural)
realiów (genitive plural)
realiom (dative plural)
realia (accusative plural)
realiami (instrumental plural)
realiach (locative plural)
realia (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin realia, neuter plural of realis (“real”).

lbor

(literature, film) backstory, background


monologue

monologues (plural)
monolog (alternative US noun)

dialogue

antonym(s) of “a monopolizing utterance”

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos, “soliloquy, monologue”).

der

(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.


stinger

From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.

(slang, television and film) An extension cord.


filmology

[title] International Bureau of Filmology ¶ When the International Film Congress met in Paris in 1947 a plan was approved for the organization of a “Bureau International de Filmologie.”

1949, Renée Jeanne Fulton, “Theatre, Film, and Radio Notes”, in The French Review, volume 22, number 3, American Association of Teachers of French, page 279:

Pervy's research in filmology may eventually open wider applications of films in modern languages.

1949, Renée Jeanne Fulton, “Theatre, Film, and Radio Notes”, in The French Review, volume 23, number 2, American Association of Teachers of French, page 144:

[title]

1950, Adolphe Pervy, “Filmology Applied to the Fields of Vocabulary Growth and Modern Language Methods”, in Modern Language Forum, v 35 (March–June), pp 42–53

So the University of Paris set out to study the science of filmology—after Cohen-Séat's important book had given rise to an institute, a review, and a whole series of investigations.

1956, Jean Debrix, “Cinema and Poetry”, in Yale French Studies, number 17, Yale University Press, page 88:

The fourth approach is that of filmology—of the scientific study conducted from outside by psychologists, psychiatrists, aestheticians, sociologists, educators, and biologists. [contrasted with film criticism, the history of the cinema, and the “theory of cinema”]

1991, Christian Metz, Michael Taylor, Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema, University of Chicago Press, page 90:

190: According to Marc Soriano, secretary editor of the institute's review, “Before filmology, one was restricted to verifying a basic truth, that the projection of a film affected the audience. As far as how and why, that was another question. It was thus this ‘how and why’ that the nascent filmology tackled.”
198: This problem of the film spectator, which we have just begun to address, was already at the center of the filmology movement's debates during the 1950s.

1992, Jacques Aumont et al, Richand Neupert transl., Aesthetics of Film, University of Texas Press

In the history of the filmology movement this conjuncture of disciplines underwent a gradual but unrelenting reconfiguration wherein the disciplines of psychology and sociology (at this time overwhelmingly Durkheimian in cast) acquired such prominence that aesthetic or hermeneutic concerns were virtually eliminated.

1992, John Mowitt, Text, Duke University Press, page 143:

9: Filmology once again set an example, by explicitly proposing a new vocabulary (“filmofanic,” “profilmic,” “diegetic,” etc.), just as semiotics and psychoanalysis would become exemplary in the 1960s and 1970s by tending toward private lexemes (“syntagmatic,” “icon,” “suture,” etc.).
103: It should be noted that filmology is not the only branch of the ongoing research, however; but we have had strong reasons for privileging it so far. It cannot be said too often that filmology introduced a scientific approach to cinema for the first time and that, during the 1950s and 1960s, it hosted the most important psychological contributions to the topic. But when the references to this experience started disappearing, especially in the second half of the 1970s, other lines of enquiry emerged, close to filmology in spirit.

1999, Francesco Casetti, Elizabeth Gard Bartolini-Salimbeni, Theories of Cinema, 1945–1995:

If filmology, for its part, has not shown much interest in films, it has significantly contributed to the shift in film theory's center of gravity by determining it in relation to certain “scientific” achievements, and, despite the generality of its stakes, has sometimes wound up touching several levels of textual singularity—and above all reviving a concern for method, which will have more or less long term direct effects on the analysis of film, thanks to a progressive displacement at work from filmology toward semiology.

2000, Raymond Bellour, Constance Penley, The Analysis of Film, Indiana University Press, page 6:

(film) A 1950s–60s movement of theoretical study relating to film.


widescreen

(film) Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.


letterbox

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(film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.


letterbox

en-verb

letterbox (third-person singular simple present letterboxes, present participle letterboxing, simple past and past participle letterboxed)

letterboxes (present singular third-person)
letterboxing (participle present)
letterboxed (participle past)
letterboxed (past)
letter box (alternative)

(film, transitive) To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area.


pan and scan

Paul disdained pan and scan DVD releases, always holding out for the widescreen special editions.

(film) Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.


pan and scan

en-noun

pan and scan (countable and uncountable, plural pan and scans)

pan and scans (plural)
pan-and-scan (alternative)

Alicia hated the person who had invented pan and scan, since the heightened panning effect aggravated her nausea when watching action movies.

(uncountable, film) The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing.

recadrage

In the discount bin by the door sat a pile of pan and scans, mostly comedies, that no one would touch.

(film) A movie recording employing this technology.


pan and scan

en-verb

pan and scan (third-person singular simple present pans and scans, present participle panning and scanning, simple past and past participle panned and scanned)

pans and scans (present singular third-person)
panning and scanning (participle present)
panned and scanned (participle past)
panned and scanned (past)
pan-and-scan (alternative)

(film) To adjust widescreen film images so that they can be shown with standard television aspect ratios by cropping the original image, i.e. using pan and scan methods.

In the full-screen version of Star Wars Episode II, only Anakin and Obi-Wan appear in the scene because Padmé was panned and scanned out.

(film) To crop out (a character or object) when performing the pan and scan process, resulting in the deletion of a character or object.


backing

en-noun

backing (countable and uncountable, plural backings)

The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside.

2013, Gerald Millerson, TV Scenic Design, page 134:


sweeps

(US, television) The Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year.


agen

agèn (canonical)
agen-agen (plural)
agens (alternative)
agén (alternative)
éjén (alternative)

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens.

(drama) a person who looks for work for another person


leikata

leikkaan (first-person indicative present singular)
en leikkaa (first-person indicative negative present singular)
olen leikannut (first-person indicative perfect singular)
en ole leikannut (first-person indicative negative perfect singular)
leikkaat (indicative present second-person singular)
et leikkaa (indicative negative present second-person singular)
olet leikannut (indicative perfect second-person singular)
et ole leikannut (indicative negative perfect second-person singular)
leikkaa (indicative present singular third-person)
ei leikkaa (indicative negative present singular third-person)
on leikannut (indicative perfect singular third-person)
ei ole leikannut (indicative negative perfect singular third-person)
leikkaamme (first-person indicative plural present)
emme leikkaa (first-person indicative negative plural present)
olemme leikanneet (first-person indicative perfect plural)
emme ole leikanneet (first-person indicative negative perfect plural)
leikkaatte (indicative plural present second-person)
ette leikkaa (indicative negative plural present second-person)
olette leikanneet (indicative perfect plural second-person)
ette ole leikanneet (indicative negative perfect plural second-person)
leikkaavat (indicative plural present third-person)
eivät leikkaa (indicative negative plural present third-person)
ovat leikanneet (indicative perfect plural third-person)
eivät ole leikanneet (indicative negative perfect plural third-person)
leikataan (indicative passive present)
ei leikata (indicative negative passive present)
on leikattu (indicative passive perfect)
ei ole leikattu (indicative negative passive perfect)
leikkasin (first-person indicative past singular)
en leikannut (first-person indicative negative past singular)
olin leikannut (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
en ollut leikannut (first-person indicative negative pluperfect singular)
leikkasit (indicative past second-person singular)
et leikannut (indicative negative past second-person singular)
olit leikannut (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
et ollut leikannut (indicative negative pluperfect second-person singular)
leikkasi (indicative past singular third-person)
ei leikannut (indicative negative past singular third-person)
oli leikannut (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ei ollut leikannut (indicative negative pluperfect singular third-person)
leikkasimme (first-person indicative past plural)
emme leikanneet (first-person indicative negative past plural)
olimme leikanneet (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
emme olleet leikanneet (first-person indicative negative pluperfect plural)
leikkasitte (indicative past plural second-person)
ette leikanneet (indicative negative past plural second-person)
olitte leikanneet (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ette olleet leikanneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural second-person)
leikkasivat (indicative past plural third-person)
eivät leikanneet (indicative negative past plural third-person)
olivat leikanneet (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
eivät olleet leikanneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural third-person)
leikattiin (indicative passive past)
ei leikattu (indicative negative passive past)
oli leikattu (indicative passive pluperfect)
ei ollut leikattu (indicative negative passive pluperfect)
leikkaisin (conditional first-person present singular)
en leikkaisi (conditional first-person negative present singular)
olisin leikannut (conditional first-person perfect singular)
en olisi leikannut (conditional first-person negative perfect singular)
leikkaisit (conditional present second-person singular)
et leikkaisi (conditional negative present second-person singular)
olisit leikannut (conditional perfect second-person singular)
et olisi leikannut (conditional negative perfect second-person singular)
leikkaisi (conditional present singular third-person)
ei leikkaisi (conditional negative present singular third-person)
olisi leikannut (conditional perfect singular third-person)
ei olisi leikannut (conditional negative perfect singular third-person)
leikkaisimme (conditional first-person plural present)
emme leikkaisi (conditional first-person negative plural present)
olisimme leikanneet (conditional first-person perfect plural)
emme olisi leikanneet (conditional first-person negative perfect plural)
leikkaisitte (conditional plural present second-person)
ette leikkaisi (conditional negative plural present second-person)
olisitte leikanneet (conditional perfect plural second-person)
ette olisi leikanneet (conditional negative perfect plural second-person)
leikkaisivat (conditional plural present third-person)
eivät leikkaisi (conditional negative plural present third-person)
olisivat leikanneet (conditional perfect plural third-person)
eivät olisi leikanneet (conditional negative perfect plural third-person)
leikattaisiin (conditional passive present)
ei leikattaisi (conditional negative passive present)
olisi leikattu (conditional passive perfect)
ei olisi leikattu (conditional negative passive perfect)
leikkaa (imperative present second-person singular)
älä leikkaa (imperative negative present second-person singular)
leikatkoon (imperative present singular third-person)
älköön leikatko (imperative negative present singular third-person)
olkoon leikannut (imperative perfect singular third-person)
älköön olko leikannut (imperative negative perfect singular third-person)
leikatkaamme (first-person imperative plural present)
älkäämme leikatko (first-person imperative negative plural present)
leikatkaa (imperative plural present second-person)
älkää leikatko (imperative negative plural present second-person)
leikatkoot (imperative plural present third-person)
älkööt leikatko (imperative negative plural present third-person)
olkoot leikanneet (imperative perfect plural third-person)
älkööt olko leikanneet (imperative negative perfect plural third-person)
leikattakoon (imperative passive present)
älköön leikattako (imperative negative passive present)
olkoon leikattu (imperative passive perfect)
älköön olko leikattu (imperative negative passive perfect)
leikannen (first-person potential present singular)
en leikanne (first-person negative potential present singular)
lienen leikannut (first-person perfect potential singular)
en liene leikannut (first-person negative perfect potential singular)
leikannet (potential present second-person singular)
et leikanne (negative potential present second-person singular)
lienet leikannut (perfect potential second-person singular)
et liene leikannut (negative perfect potential second-person singular)
leikannee (potential present singular third-person)
ei leikanne (negative potential present singular third-person)
lienee leikannut (perfect potential singular third-person)
ei liene leikannut (negative perfect potential singular third-person)
leikannemme (first-person plural potential present)
emme leikanne (first-person negative plural potential present)
lienemme leikanneet (first-person perfect plural potential)
emme liene leikanneet (first-person negative perfect plural potential)
leikannette (plural potential present second-person)
ette leikanne (negative plural potential present second-person)
lienette leikanneet (perfect plural potential second-person)
ette liene leikanneet (negative perfect plural potential second-person)
leikannevat (plural potential present third-person)
eivät leikanne (negative plural potential present third-person)
lienevät leikanneet (perfect plural potential third-person)
eivät liene leikanneet (negative perfect plural potential third-person)
leikattaneen (passive potential present)
ei leikattane (negative passive potential present)
lienee leikattu (passive perfect potential)
ei liene leikattu (negative passive perfect potential)
leikata (infinitive infinitive-i)
leikkaava (active participle present)
leikattava (participle passive present)
leikatakseni (first-person possessive singular)
leikataksemme (first-person plural possessive)
leikataksesi (possessive second-person singular)
leikataksenne (plural possessive second-person)
leikatakseen (possessive third-person)
leikataksensa (possessive third-person)
leikannut (infinitive-i-long past)
leikattu (infinitive-i-long past)
leikatessa (inessive second-person)
leikattaessa (inessive second-person)
leikkaama (agent)
leikatessani (first-person possessive singular)
leikatessamme (first-person plural possessive)
leikatessasi (possessive second-person singular)
leikatessanne (plural possessive second-person)
leikatessaan (possessive third-person)
leikatessansa (possessive third-person)
leikkaamaton (inessive negative second-person)
leikaten (instructive second-person)
leikkaamassa (inessive third-person)
leikkaamasta (elative third-person)
leikkaamaan (illative third-person)
leikkaamalla (adessive third-person)
leikkaamatta (abessive third-person)
leikkaaman (instructive third-person)
leikattaman (instructive third-person)
leikkaaminen (fourth-person noun-from-verb)
leikkaamaisillani (first-person possessive singular)
leikkaamaisillamme (first-person plural possessive)
leikkaamaisillasi (possessive second-person singular)
leikkaamaisillanne (plural possessive second-person)
leikkaamaisillaan (possessive third-person)
leikkaamaisillansa (possessive third-person)

[ˈle̞i̯kɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]

From Proto-Finnic *lëik'at'ak, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). Cognates include Estonian lõikama (“to cut”).

(transitive, film) to edit (assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage)


matte

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Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.

(film) A background, often painted or created with computers


shoot 'em up

shoot 'em ups (plural)
shoot-em-up (alternative)
shoot-'em-up (alternative)
shoot them up (alternative)

My wife won't watch this movie; it's a shoot ’em up.

The arcaders have it easy. All they need to do is drop a quarter into a machine to find out how good the latest shoot 'em up game really is. But for the home computer owner, it's another story.

1983 August, Popular Mechanics, volume 160, number 2, page 88:

An unmissable shoot 'em up.

1989, Duncan Macdonald, R-Type (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 37, January 1989

(idiomatic, film, television, literature, video games) A piece of media which depicts considerable gunplay.

Bullet Hell: DoDonPachi exemplifies the term better than any other shoot 'em up, providing a snowstorm of fiery pixels to both simultaneously dodge and eliminate.

2011 December 5, Tony Mott, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die: You Must Play Before You Die, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

In a shoot'em up, the player usually looks from above on her player character (most commonly in the form of a spaceship). The spaceship is constantly moving forward, but since the perspective is relatively fixed on it, the traversed space is actually moving from top to bottom or left to right, and the player has no ability to influence that movement.

2013 August 28, Sebastian Domsch, Storyplaying: Agency and Narrative in Video Games, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 65:

It is surprising nowadays to see so much silicon dedicated to a "niche" feature [starfield rendering], but the extreme popularity of shoot em ups like R-Type, Gradius, or Darius at the time made a good case for it.

2022 November 5, Fabien Sanglard, The Book of CP-System, Sanglard Publishing, page 88:

(video games) A video game in which one plays as a character moving and shooting in an autoscrolling two-dimensional world, with emphasis on dodging bullets and predicting enemy movement patterns.


exposition

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.

This essay has too much exposition in it.

My reviewer said she couldn't picture the setting for my story, so I'm improving the exposition.

(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).

I turned my research into an exposition on the traditional music of Borneo.

(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.

বয়ান

(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.


amant

pl-noun

amant m pers (female equivalent amantka, diminutive amancik)

amantka (feminine)
amancik (diminutive)
amant (nominative singular)
amanci (nominative plural)
amanty (derogatory nominative plural)
amanta (genitive singular)
amantów (genitive plural)
amantowi (dative singular)
amantom (dative plural)
amanta (accusative singular)
amantów (accusative plural)
amantem (instrumental singular)
amantami (instrumental plural)
amancie (locative singular)
amantach (locative plural)
amancie (singular vocative)
amanci (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French amant, from Latin amāns. First attested in 1743.

ref

Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (20.08.2007) “AMANT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

(acting) romantic role or lead (actor playing the roles of a lover or seducer)


tone down

en-verb

tone down (third-person singular simple present tones down, present participle toning down, simple past and past participle toned down)

tones down (present singular third-person)
toning down (participle present)
toned down (participle past)
toned down (past)

(literature, television, media, ambitransitive) To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.


diva

→ Catalan: diva

→ Chinese: 迪娃 (díwá), 迪瓦 (díwǎ)

→ Dutch: diva

→ English: diva

→ Finnish: diiva

→ French: diva

→ German: Diva

→ Hungarian: díva

→ Japanese: ディーバ (dība), ディーヴァ (dīva)

→ Polish: diwa

→ Portuguese: diva

→ Russian: ди́ва (díva)

→ Spanish: diva

→ Swedish: diva

→ Turkish: diva

From Latin, the feminine form of divus (“divine one; notably deified mortal”).

(acting) a star (female, especially a singer or actress)


OSS

en-noun

OSS (countable and uncountable, plural OSSes or OSS's or OSSs)

OSSes (plural)
OSS's (plural)
OSSs (plural)

(film) Initialism of over-the-shoulder shot.


LWT

London Weekend Television
w:London Weekend Television

(UK, television) Initialism of London Weekend Television.


glossy

Anna Magnani has been making Hollywood glossies recently, so it was good to see her back again in a native Italian production, The Last Temptation, in which with great artistry and all her usual power she played a Nun who finds a woman's and even a mother's heart beating strongly beneath her 'sister's' habit.

[…] the first home-made guide to TV films by which is meant old films shown on the box, not those new Hollywood glossies made specially for it (though a guide there too would soon be welcome).

1973, Films and Filming, volume 20, page 10:

(film, informal) A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.


MOS

Disputed, with many speculative suggestions; see Wikipedia.

(film) Without a synchronous audio track.


programa

programas (plural)
programma (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

lbor

/pɾoˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/pɾoˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/pɾuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[pɾuˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/pɾuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[pɾuˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

(television, radio) performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television; programme


longueur

Borrowed from French longueur (literally “length”).

bor+

Most of the reasons given for its disappearance make sense: people are happier, busier; the work done by the anti-Freudian skeptics has finally taken hold of the popular imagination, so that people have no time for analytic longueurs and no patience with its mystifications.

1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker:

He cultivated the aura, if not quite of the Anti-Christ, at least of an Anti-Sun King, discountenancing his uncle and shocking the dévots by preferring the intimacy and informality of a clique of drinking companions to the formal longueurs of the courtly round […].

2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 30:

[T]he reader can’t help feeling that a few judicious nips and tucks might have dispersed the longueurs that waft around the third quarter of the book.

2015 October 5, Michiko Kakutani, “Review: ‘City on Fire,’ Garth Risk Hallberg’s Novel of New York in the Bad Old Days”, in New York Times:

Claire Fontaine (who are actually a duo) have queered the phrase, lending its pungency and ambiguity to a biennale that I wish were nearly so succinct. There are longueurs. There are detours and incomprehensible delays.

2024 April 22, Adrian Searle, “Venice Biennale 2024 review – everything everywhere all at once”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(authorship) A lengthy passage in a dramatic or literary work, especially a dull or tedious one; a period of boredom.


figurar

pt-verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurei, past participle figurado)

figuro (first-person present singular)
figurei (first-person preterite singular)
figurado (participle past)
figurar (impersonal infinitive)
figurar (first-person infinitive singular)
figurares (infinitive second-person singular)
figurar (infinitive singular third-person)
figurarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
figurardes (infinitive plural second-person)
figurarem (infinitive plural third-person)
figurando (gerund)
figurado (masculine participle past singular)
figurados (masculine participle past plural)
figurada (feminine participle past singular)
figuradas (feminine participle past plural)
figuro (first-person indicative present singular)
figuras (indicative present second-person singular)
figura (indicative present singular third-person)
figuramos (first-person indicative plural present)
figurais (indicative plural present second-person)
figuram (indicative plural present third-person)
figurava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
figuravas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
figurava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
figurávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
figuráveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
figuravam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
figurei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
figuraste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
figurou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
figuramos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
figurámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
figurastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
figuraram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
figurara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
figuraras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
figurara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
figuráramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
figuráreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
figuraram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
figurarei (first-person future indicative singular)
figurarás (future indicative second-person singular)
figurará (future indicative singular third-person)
figuraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
figurareis (future indicative plural second-person)
figurarão (future indicative plural third-person)
figuraria (conditional first-person singular)
figurarias (conditional second-person singular)
figuraria (conditional singular third-person)
figuraríamos (conditional first-person plural)
figuraríeis (conditional plural second-person)
figurariam (conditional plural third-person)
figure (first-person present singular subjunctive)
figures (present second-person singular subjunctive)
figure (present singular subjunctive third-person)
figuremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
figureis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
figurem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
figurasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
figurasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
figurasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
figurássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
figurásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
figurassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
figurar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
figurares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
figurar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
figurarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
figurardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
figurarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
figura (imperative second-person singular)
figure (imperative singular third-person)
figuremos (first-person imperative plural)
figurai (imperative plural second-person)
figurem (imperative plural third-person)
não figures (imperative negative second-person singular)
não figure (imperative negative singular third-person)
não figuremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não figureis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não figurem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

bor+

(intransitive, theater, film) to star, to act (work as an actor) [with em ‘in’]


cabecera

cabeceras (plural)
cabezera (alternative obsolete)

→ Hiligaynon: kabesera

→ Tagalog: kabesera

From cabeza (“head”) + -era. Compare Portuguese cabeceira.

(television, film) opening credits, intro, title sequence


réalisateur

fr-noun

réalisateur m (plural réalisateurs, feminine réalisatrice)

réalisateurs (plural)
réalisatrice (feminine)


soundtrack

soundtrack (nominative singular)
soundtracki (nominative plural)
soundtracku (genitive singular)
soundtracków (genitive plural)
soundtrackowi (dative singular)
soundtrackom (dative plural)
soundtrack (accusative singular)
soundtracki (accusative plural)
soundtrackiem (instrumental singular)
soundtrackami (instrumental plural)
soundtracku (locative singular)
soundtrackach (locative plural)
soundtracku (singular vocative)
soundtracki (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English soundtrack.

ubor

(film, gaming, music, television, theater) soundtrack (narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures)

(film, gaming, music, television, theater) soundtrack (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie)

(film, gaming, music, television, theater) soundtrack (recording of such music for sale)


leitmotif

Internationalism, borrowed from German Leitmotiv (“leading motif”).


kokoro

/ˈkoʊkəˌɹoʊ/

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Borrowed from Japanese 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart, mind, spirit”).

Fame is for weenies. I'd rather be remembered for inventing a weird guitar effect or a recording technique than becoming famous by a song, unless the song is genuinely from my kokoro.

1992 December 7, Mike, “Re: When Things Go Wrong”, in bit.listserv.allmusic (Usenet), message-ID <ALLMUSIC%92120719125825@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>:

(fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) A heart.


B-movie

Analogous to the B-side (i.e. the second side, the primary side being designated A) of a musical recording.

(film) A low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.


mise en scène

en-noun

mise en scène (plural mises en scène or mise en scènes)

mises en scène (plural)
mise en scènes (plural)
mise-en-scène (alternative)
mise en scene (alternative)

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Borrowed from French mise en scène (literally “placing on stage”).

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Although this mise en scène may sound like a contrived “Twilight Zone” setup, it provides Mr. Powers with the perfect opportunity to show off his virtuosic skills as a writer[…]

1995 June 27, Michiko Kakutani, “Playing Pygmalion to a Hermeneutic Computer”, in New York Times:

For reasons explained in the previous volume, noticeably absent are mises en scène representing productions at the Théâtre-Italien.

1998: H. Robert Cohen, Original Staging Manuals for Ten Parisian Operatic Premières, 1824–1843, page xiii (Pendragon Press; →ISBN, 0945193610)

Dupont interrupts the continuity of the master narrative of lighthouse-keeping and marital and extramarital love with visually arresting mise-en-scènes and mise-en-shots.

2010, Paul Matthew St, E. A. Dupont and His Contribution to British Film, Pierre: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, page 173:

This is also the point at which mise en scène no longer simply describes the passage of a text to the stage, but rather encompasses the autonomous organisation of the theatre work, the 'synthetic' vision of theatre and of mise en scène which is the subject of an accomplished study by Guido Hiss.

2013, Patrice Pavis, translated by Joel Anderson, Contemporary Mise en Scène, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pages 9–10:

(film, theater) The arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film.


mockumentary

This is Spinal Tap is one of the most famous mockumentaries.

Perlman devised a format inspired by the seminal mockumentary Spinal Tap, where the spot started with an ESPN announcer speaking to camera in a serious, straight voice, framing the story as “real” documentary.

2010, Douglas Holt, Douglas Cameron, Cultural Strategy: Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345:

The resonances between This is Spinal Tap and other documentary and mockumentary texts is pervasive, […]

2018, Richard Wallace, Mockumentary Comedy: Performing Authenticity, Springer, →ISBN, page 87:

(film) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.


situation comedy

en-noun

situation comedy (plural situation comedies)

situation comedies (plural)
as sitcom (abbreviation)

[…] in a time of peril and opportunity, the old complacent, unbalanced fare of action-adventure and situation comedies is simply not good enough.

1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:

(comedy, television) An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

情景喜劇 /情景喜剧

episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom


cable box

(television) A set top box connecting a house to its cable service.

(television) A device given out by some cable television services that allows the user to have more channels on their television than they would have without the cable box.

(television) A descrambler used to descramble scrambled television channels on cable TV.


ductus

la-noun

ductus m (genitive ductūs); fourth declension

ductūs (genitive)
ductus (nominative singular)
ductūs (nominative plural)
ductūs (genitive singular)
ductuum (genitive plural)
ductuī (dative singular)
ductibus (dative plural)
ductum (accusative singular)
ductūs (accusative plural)
ductū (ablative singular)
ductibus (ablative plural)
ductus (singular vocative)
ductūs (plural vocative)

Inherited:

Catalan: dut, duit (archaic)

Italian: dotto

Old French: duit

Borrowed:

→ Albanian: duq

→ Esperanto: dukto

→ English: duct, ductus

→ German: Duktus

→ Polish: dukt

→ Portuguese: ducto, duto (Brazil)

→ Romanian: duct

→ Spanish: ducto

⇒ Welsh: dwythell

From dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix).

af

(acting) connection or structure of a play

(of discourse)
connection or structure of a play


firehosing

(videography) Video camera movement intended to record as much of a scene as possible, such as by swinging the camera from side to side, usually in a way that makes the resulting footage worthless.


Dogme

(film) A movement whose goal is to instill a sense of simplicity into filmmaking by using hand-held cameras, shooting on location, omitting music, etc.


tweener

With a less bankable cast, “Cold Mountain” became an $80-million-plus “tweener,” neither a blockbuster studio movie nor a modest “indiewood” production like “Lost in Translation.”

2004 February 3, Peter Biskind, “Ambitious Miramax Gets Lost in ‘Tweener’ Land”, in Los Angeles Times:

(informal) A person or thing that is between two categories, classes or age groups.

(film) A film that falls between two genres or audiences (and thus may not be easily marketed).

While it lacks true function curves for complete control of tweening, Carrara has several kinds of tweeners that allow decent control of object movement between keyframes (the Spline and Velocity Graph tweeners are most useful).

2000 May, Steve Anzovin, Raf Anzovin, “Reviews: Carrara 1.0”, in MacAddict, volume 5, number 5, Brisbane, CA: Imagine Media, Inc., →ISSN, page 57:

(cinematography) A person, machine, or piece of software that performs tweening.


travelling

Pseudo-anglicism, from English travel + -ing.

(cinematography) dolly, camera dolly (a specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted)


marker

en-noun

marker (countable and uncountable, plural markers)

marker interface → marker interface pattern

Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly

(film, theater) A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.

A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.


género

(music, film, theater, television, literature) genre


DVR

digital video recorder
digital video recorder#English

(television) Initialism of digital video recorder.


pup

For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]

1976, A. Arthur Englander, Paul Petzold, Filming for Television, page 191:

Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.

2003, Christopher Neame, Rungs on a Ladder: Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze, page 23:

(film, television) A kind of small spotlight.


biopic

Shortened from biographical picture; synchronically bio + pic.

(film) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).


fallout

fallout (countable and uncountable, plural fallouts)

(radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.


crossover

crossover (nominative singular)
crossovery (nominative plural)
crossoveru (genitive singular)
crossoverów (genitive plural)
crossoverowi (dative singular)
crossoverom (dative plural)
crossover (accusative singular)
crossovery (accusative plural)
crossoverem (instrumental singular)
crossoverami (instrumental plural)
crossoverze (locative singular)
crossoverach (locative plural)
crossoverze (singular vocative)
crossovery (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English crossover.

ubor

(film, music) crossover (blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience)


fade in

(film, television) A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image.


fade in

en-verb

fade in (third-person singular simple present fades in, present participle fading in, simple past and past participle faded in)

fades in (present singular third-person)
fading in (participle present)
faded in (participle past)
faded in (past)

Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline

2024, Jackie Evancho, “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla:

(film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media.


fade out

(film, television) A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut.


fade out

fade out (third-person singular simple present fades out, present participle fading out, simple past and past participle faded out)

fades out (present singular third-person)
fading out (participle present)
faded out (participle past)
faded out (past)

(film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from a cut to black in a movie.


stunt double

(film, television) A type of body double: a skilled stand-in used for dangerous film or video sequences such as jumping out of a building, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, and fight sequences.


dead space

en-noun

dead space (countable and uncountable, plural dead spaces)

dead spaces (plural)
deadspace (alternative)

(film) Picture information that is either masked off or cropped out of viewing area, whether at the top or bottom, or to the sides.


werk

werk (nominative singular)
werki (nominative plural)
werku (genitive singular)
werków (genitive plural)
werkowi (dative singular)
werkom (dative plural)
werk (accusative singular)
werki (accusative plural)
werkiem (instrumental singular)
werkami (instrumental plural)
werku (locative singular)
werkach (locative plural)
werku (singular vocative)
werki (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Werk, from Middle High German wërc, from Old High German werc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Possibly a doublet of wiersza (“fishing basket”).

(cinematography) photo documenting the film set


ster

nl-noun

ster f (plural sterren, diminutive sterretje n)

sterren (plural)
sterretje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ster

Negerhollands: ster

→ Indonesian: seter

From Middle Dutch sterre, sterne, from Old Dutch sterro, sterno, from Proto-West Germanic *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

(television, Netherlands) short advertisement


write out

en-verb

write out (third-person singular simple present writes out, present participle writing out, simple past wrote out, past participle written out)

writes out (present singular third-person)
writing out (participle present)
wrote out (past)
written out (participle past)

“Jussie Smollett continues to be a consummate professional on set and as we have previously stated, he is not being written out of the show,” 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment said in a joint statement released on Wednesday.

2019 February 20, Sopan Deb, “Fox Stands by Jussie Smollett: ‘He Is Not Being Written Out of the Show’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(chiefly television or radio) To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death, moving away, etc.).


special effect

So popular was trickwork and spectacle with nineteenth-century audiences, in fact, that hundreds of plays were written solely as vehicles for magic, special effects, or elaborately trapped settings.

2013, Joel Schechter, Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook (page 16)

(film, television, theater) An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.


post-production

en-noun

post-production (usually uncountable, plural post-productions)

post-productions (plural)
postproduction (alternative)

(cinematography, television) The stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.

postproducció

stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film


conduttore

it-noun

conduttore m (plural conduttori, feminine conduttrice)

conduttori (plural)
conduttrice (feminine)

conduttrice radiofonica

(television, radio) host (of a TV program etc.)


television program

en-noun

television program (plural television programs)

television programs (plural)
television programme (alternative)
TV program (alternative)
TV programme (alternative)

Rosie likes the television program about fairies.

(television) The content of an individual television broadcast.

program televiziv

the content of an individual television broadcasting


reprise

repetition, reiteration
(television) a repeat, rerun


sous-titre

(cinematography, television, used more in plural) subtitle (textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)

sous-titrage pour sourds et malentendants

(cinematography, television, used more in plural) caption (a piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, and it describe dialogues and sound for viewers who cannot hear it)

(cinematography, television, used more in plural) closed caption


wind-up

(television) A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.