blooper reel

And, so, ladies and gentlemen, that concludes what I believe to be a fairly-plausible interpretation of the last ride of the German High Seas Fleet of 1918, had it actually occurred. In a sort of blooper reel, I will go over some of the things that occurred in a few of the wargames but we left out when collating the overall timeline.

2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 29:14 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 2022-08-04:

(film, television) A compilation of outtakes featuring amusing mistakes and mishaps that occurred during the making of a film or television show.


studio system

When Lew Wasserman reinvented the studio system, leadership skills grew harder to find and the number of modern studio conglomerates boiled down to six, as discussed in chapters 15 to 20.

2019, Douglas Gomery, The Hollywood Studio System: A History, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

(film) A method of filmmaking wherein the production and distribution of films is dominated by a small number of large movie studios (the majors).


auteur theory

Popularized by American film critic Andrew Sarris (1928–2012).

The intense degree of controversy that surrounds a discussion of the auteur theory as formulated by Truffaut and that has affected every level of “movie talk” from cocktail party gatherings to doctoral reviews can be partly assuaged in considering Bazin's role in the evolution of the politique des auteurs.

1986, Aaron Sultanik, Film, a Modern Art, Associated University Presses, →ISBN, page 83:

At this point, it is necessary to say something about the auteur theory since this has often been seen as a way of introducing the idea of the creative personality into the Hollywood cinema.

2019, Peter Wollen, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

(film) The view of film as an art form with an original and personal stylistic vision, especially in contrast to collective authorship in the studio system.


cinéma du look

From French cinéma du look, coined by French film critic Raphaël Bassan.

coin

Coordinate term: nouvelle vague

Ginette Vincendeau describes the cinéma du look as a typical example of ‘mainstream co-optation’ of ‘avant-garde, artisanal, or auteur’ cinema (1996: 14).

2008, Rosanna Maule, Beyond Auteurism: New Directions in Authorial Film Practices in France, Italy and Spain Since the 1980s, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 90:

However, the 1980s also saw the development of cinéma du look, a “hip” movement in French film that features “cool,” sometimes surreal, cinematography, a high-speed montage style, and visual effects influenced by the technical virtuosity of advertising.

2011, Martha P. Nochimson, World on Film: An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

(film) A French film movement of the 1980s and 1990s, characterized by its spectacular visual style (“le look”).


prop gun

The only exception to this is in an extremely intimate theater where the audience can clearly see that a prop gun is being used. Other than that, there is no compelling reason to use a real gun on stage if the gun isn't fired.

2004, Technical Theater for Nontechnical People, page 196

At one point Ernest grabs a machine gun and fires it at Reggie but it's only a studio prop: Prop gun, prop girls. Everything phoney.

I became frightened that Neil would find a way to switch the prop gun for a real gun.

2007, Lessons in Becoming Myself, page 245

right, that's where Burke hid the prop gun after he put the real revolver in its place
..
Everyone on the set saw Burke practice taking the prop gun out of the drawer right before the first take. He got his fingerprints on it then. And since he was using the real gun when he convinced Dean that he was having trouble doing the scene, his fingerprints are on that, too.
right, that's where Burke hid the prop gun after he put the real revolver in its place
..
Everyone on the set saw Burke practice taking the prop gun out of the drawer right before the first take. He got his fingerprints on it then. And since he was using the real gun when he convinced Dean that he was having trouble doing the scene, his fingerprints are on that, too.

2007, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, page 353 (also page 1128 of the "Apple Turnover Murder Bundle" compiled in 2011)

It looked like Jeff was wielding a Beretta from where I sat, but of course, I knew it was only a harmless prop gun, designed to look lethal. He wouldn't be shooting real bullets. In fact, a prop gun wouldn't even take a real bullet.

Adora brandished the prop gun as if it were real.

“I woke up holding a prop gun.” She dipped into the pocket of the slicker, slid a pistol across the table. Prop gun my ass. How about a freaking Beretta 92FS?

David does not know that Derek keeps a loaded gun in the house, nor that Derek has neglected to bring the prop gun home for rehearsal. Seeing the real gun, David assumes it is the prop.

2012, Responsibility and Criminal Liability, page 70

She whipped the prop gun from beneath her towel. Only it wasn't a prop gun. The distraction of her sleek naked body didn't keep Jake from realizing a real lazgun had been substituted

Consider, for example, what happens if my friend only has a realistic-looking prop gun in her bag. If I didn't know it was a prop, seeing it would be very disturbing. However, once I learn that it's a prop, it is no longer disturbing.

2013, The First Sense, page 171 (also 2016 in Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferants, page 238)

The night of the shooting, what should have been a prop gun turned out to be real. Carlotta insisted she'd brought the prop gun and someone must have switched it.

2014, A Charm of Powerful Trouble, page 216

An amateur actor thinks an innocent bystander is another member of the cast and shoots him with what he thinks is a prop gun. Only it's the real thing

The gun is supposed to be a semi-automatic 9mm Beretta 92, but when Tony fires a single shot, the hammer stays down, the slide never recoils, and no casing is ever ejected. The gun is clearly a single-shot prop gun.

2015, Scarface: The Ultimate Guide, page 51

"And put your gun away while you're at it. You look silly. And that looks like a prop gun."
Harvey threw it on the gravel.
"It is a prop gun, isn't it?"
"Does it matter?" Harvey said.
"If it were real and I could convince you to use it on me, it would matter. I'd rather be shot than jump."

The prop gun is so realistic looking, it may have inspired the killer to strike first.

“Marian,” Kelly said, perplexed, “it's a prop gun.” She was holding the weapon Carla had dropped to the floor. “This part where you're supposed to put the bullets in? It's solid. The holes are just painted on. And the trigger won't pull.”

Throughout the episode he pulls it out to demonstrate being prepared, only to find that his gun has been replaced by a plunger, a prop gun, a water gun, and a stapler.

It was just a prop gun. Someone must have switched it with a real gun
..
So you must have put a real gun where the prop gun was supposed to be.

“It's a prop gun,” he gasped. “I got it from the soap. It's just a prop. I swear.”

"And the gun wasn't a real gun. Want to know what it was? A prop. A movie prop."
"The missing gun from set?"
"The very same."
"How did an armed robber get his hands on the missing prop gun? It was somebody from the crew, was it?"

Hold on, that's not a prop! That's not a prop gun: Maxim – that's a real gun!

Who would think to check that a prop gun was actually a prop?

2019, Toccata System Complete Trilogy page 276

"Is that a real gun?" August reached for the gun.
I clamped my fingers on his arm. "No," I said. "Don't touch it. I fought the urge to vomit. The shocking sight of the bloody corpse had left me nauseous and light-headed.
He looked at me quizzically. "Surely it's only a prop gun."

The prop gun was a Colt replica with a wooden hand grip. Like any prop gun, it was a real-looking toy that did nothing.

Jill was goofing off with what she had every reason to believe was a prop gun and not the real thing. Call it irony.

Because you can't shoot me. Not with that prop gun.

Edgar pulled the trigger on what was supposed to be a prop gun, and killed Jackson almost instantly. The reporter of the article theorized the prop gun must have been switched with a real gun.

2021, The Long Shadow of Memory, page 42-43

(film, television) A replica of a real gun, incapable of firing projectiles (thus not actually a firearm) used in making a movie or television production.


jovicline

From Jove + -cline. From Latin Jovi (“Jupiter”) (Iove, Iuppiter) + clino (“incline”) (gradient). Coined in reference to thermocline and halocline.

(planetology, radio astronomy, astrometeorology) The separation between two different depth layers of the planet Jupiter, where the microwave emission characteristics of the bands (light stripes) and belts (dark stripes) are reversed. Bands have low levels of microwave emissions compared to belts at the surface, while below the jovicline, they have higher emissions comparatively.


180-degree rule

(film) The filmmaking principle that the perspective of the camera should remain on one side of an imaginary line so that subjects maintain their spatial relationship.


skypan

(film, television) A kind of large lamp with a parabolic reflector to diffuse the light.


combined print

(film) A film print including both the picture and the soundtrack.


photoplayer

Small theatres usually had a photoplayer or "pit organ" located beneath the screen in the orchestra pit.

1967, Q. David Bowers, A Guidebook of Automatic Musical Instruments, volume 1, Vestal Press, page 7:

(historical, film) An orchestrion in the silent film era.


back of the book

"Segment 3" established the daily presence of a five-minute back-of-the-book feature on network newscasts. Although previously the TV networks had usually featured soft news at the end of their evening news, on some days the soft-news feature did not make it on the air because of the judged newsworthiness of the hard news.

1999, Bartholomew H. Sparrow, Uncertain Guardians: The News Media as a Political Institution, page 97:

The change in the hard/soft news ratio has taken on several forms. In the print media, the change can be seen clearly by the expansion of "back of the book" sections, for example, about subjects as varied as science and gardening. Television has no formal back of the book, but there are now fewer sections devoted to domestic and international political news.

2004, Herbert J. Gans, Democracy and the News, page 29:

Some magazines use the back-of-the-book merely for story “jumps” (continuations of articles from the feature well). Others fill the back-of-the-book with additional departments and columns.

2014, Christopher D. Benson, Charles F. Whitaker, Magazine Writing:

(publishing, broadcasting) Less important or less hard-hitting material relegated to the later pages of a print publication or the later stages of a television broadcast.


radio edit

From radio + edit. First use appears c. 1982 in Billboard. See cite below.

The contest calls for a 15 to 17 minute mixed program (on cassette or 7½ ips quarter-track tape reel) of West End material only, and a five minute radio edit, marked with the DJ's name and address on the box.

July 3, 1982, Brian Chin, Billboard, page 40:

(music, radio) A modified version of a song, typically truncated or censored, intended to make it more suitable for airplay.


artworking

The specialist makers of prosthetics are part chemist, part artist and part engineer. Each tends to specialise in a particular area, such as sculpting, mould making, foaming latex, knotting hair into the pieces, colouring or artworking.

2003, Penny Delamar, The Complete Make-up Artist:

(television) The addition of small artistic details to a scene, prop, or prosthetic.


dirty down

en-verb

dirty down (third-person singular simple present dirties down, present participle dirtying down, simple past and past participle dirtied down)

dirties down (present singular third-person)
dirtying down (participle present)
dirtied down (participle past)
dirtied down (past)

(transitive, television) To give (a set or a prop) an impression of wear and tear by spraying it unevenly with dye.


closed period

(UK, television) A period of time on a Saturday during which football matches may not be broadcast (so as to avoid reduced attendance in person at other football matches that are not being televised).

(UK, television) A period of time each week that is officially dedicated to religious broadcasting.


picture black

en-noun

picture black (countable and uncountable, plural picture blacks)

At the same time the picture blacks may be reproduced at levels as high as 20 or 30 IRE units.

1966, Rodger J. Ross, Television Film Engineering, page 331:

(television) The darkest black that can be produced in a television image.


IRE unit

Named after the Institute of Radio Engineers.

(television) A unit used in the measurement of composite video signals. A value of 100 IRE is defined to be +714 mV in an analog NTSC video signal.


siscon

siscon (countable and uncountable, plural siscons)

Borrowed from Japanese シスコン (shisukon), from clipping of シスターコンプレックス (“sister complex”). By surface analysis, sis (“sister”) + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

surf

(anime, manga, uncountable) Strong attachment or romantic/sexual attraction to one's own sister.

(anime, manga, countable) A person with such an attachment.


decollimation

(optics, radio) Any mechanism in which rays either diverge or converge from parallelism


dollyman

(film, television) The man who operates a dolly (cart on which a camera is mounted).


autoalarm

(nautical, radio) An automatic radio receiver on a ship, for picking up distress calls.


spokestoon

(television) A preestablished cartoon character licensed to endorse a product.


fine cut

Coordinate term: rough cut

(film) The final stage of editing of a film, focusing on minor details that may have been missed previously.


picture lock

You should have “picture lock” before the sound work begins. It is possible to begin sound work before picture lock, but additional expense and time may be incurred in re-conforming your audio edits to the newly re-edited picture.

2017, Patrick Winters, Sound Design for Low & No Budget Films, page 23:

(film) The point at which a film has gone through final editing and will no longer undergo any visual changes.


dirty feed

(television) A video signal with added graphics or text.

(television) A television feed containing specific idents, commercial breaks, etc., rather than one that can be used by any broadcaster.


clean feed

(television) A video signal without added graphics or text.

Some parties proposed that the networks should provide "clean" feeds to unserved households. The networks opposed these suggestions, and, because of unresolved legal and economic problems, we declined to endorse these proposals.

1988, United States. Federal Communications Commission, FCC Record, page 1210:

(television) A television feed without idents, commercial breaks, etc., suitable for generic use by different broadcasters.


buyrate

On pay-per-view, November To Remember garnered a 0.20 buyrate, in the same neighborhood as the first two shows and, impressively, half what the WWF drew the following week for its In Your House: Degeneration X event.

2010 November 16, Brian Fritz, Christopher Murray, Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 98:

The recent "Guns N' Roses Invade Paris!" pay-per-view concert tallied a 0.8 % buyrate, according to PolyGram Diversified Entertainment president John Scher, who characterized the show as "the biggest music event on pay-per-view this year."

... My frustration comes over the fact that the ppv providers don't really understand the business and think the buyrate will depend on the known stars.

2004, Jerry W. Jarrett, The Story of the Development of NWATNA: A New Concept in Pay-per-View Programming, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 29:

The peak for UFC buyrates was a 1.05 for UFC 5 (headlined by Shamrock versus Royce Gracie), a 1.1 for UFC 6, and a 1.0 for the 1995 Ultimate Ultimate.

2005, Jeremy Wall, UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 176:

(television) the percentage of available households that purchase a pay-per-view show.


comet tail

(television) A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.


props master

(theater, television, film) Short for property master.


prop master

“We’re doing our job if you don’t notice it,” Catherine Miller, the prop master for the series, said in a phone interview last week.

2022 May 4, Gina Cherelus, “The Stories Behind Some of the Weird Stuff on ‘Severance’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(film, theater) Short for property master.


property master

en-noun

property master (plural property masters)

(film, theater) The person in a film or theatrical production responsible for the props.


Taft-Hartley

en-verb

Taft-Hartley (third-person singular simple present Taft-Hartleys, present participle Taft-Hartleying, simple past and past participle Taft-Hartleyed)

Taft-Hartleys (present singular third-person)
Taft-Hartleying (participle present)
Taft-Hartleyed (participle past)
Taft-Hartleyed (past)

From the Taft–Hartley Act as applied to the Screen Actors Guild policies.

(film) To hire a non-union actor on a unionized production.


Taft-Hartley

(film) A form used on SAG union projects when an actor is hired who is non-union.


Texas switch

(cinematography) A technique in which a stunt double is seamlessly replaced with an actor, or the other way around, in a single shot.


planet placement

(broadcasting) The deliberate inclusion in broadcast media of messages warning about climate change or promoting environmental sustainability.


character generator

en-noun

character generator (plural character generators)

(television) A digital machine for superimposing text onto a video.


MPDG

manic pixie dream girl
manic pixie dream girl#English

(film) Initialism of manic pixie dream girl.


negative pickup

negative pickup (plural negative pickups)

* From negative (film) + pickup (contract).

(film, television) A contract between a producer and a studio in which the studio agrees to buy a movie or show at a future date and for a fixed sum.


run lines

en-verb

run lines (third-person singular simple present runs lines, present participle running lines, simple past ran lines, past participle run lines)

runs lines (present singular third-person)
running lines (participle present)
ran lines (past)
run lines (participle past)

Reporters: When you're not on stage, get together and run lines. As Sheriff Hartman can tell you, ... That group got together regularly to run lines and had great success. ... Using the Grief Sheet to Improve Community Theatre.

2002, Kenneth Anderson, Good Grief! Using the Grief Sheet to Improve Community Theatre Production: Telling the Story Better Than It Has Ever Been Told, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 274:

In "Barrymore," Mr. Luce imagines that the actor, one month before his death, has taken over a Broadway theater for an evening to run lines from "Richard III," in anticipation of possibly recreating the role that provided him with his[…]

2014 October 13, C. S. Smith, The New York Times Theater Reviews 1997-1998, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:

(acting) To practice or memorize one's lines from a script outside of rehearsal, usually with another person.


DGA

Directors Guild of America
w:Directors Guild of America

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


shotgun mic

(film, television, sound engineering) A shotgun microphone.


shotgun microphone

en-noun

shotgun microphone (plural shotgun microphones)

(film, television, sound engineering) A highly directional microphone for capturing only the sound directly in front of them, often used at a distance.


metacinema

In the years since, he has continued in that vein of clandestine metacinema, playing himself (in “Closed Curtain” and “Taxi”) less as a heroic auteur than as a curious, gentle, sometimes foolish middle-aged family man who can’t break the habit of turning life into film (or, to be precise, digital video).

2022 December 22, A. O. Scott, “‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself”, in The New York Times:

(film) A mode of filmmaking in which the film informs the audience that they are watching a work of fiction.


slant range

slant range (usually uncountable, plural slant ranges)

From it being the distance measured along the usually-slanted line connecting two points in space, rather than purely the horizontal or vertical distance between the two.

(radio, communication) The distance from one point to another in three-dimensional space.


shoot the lens

en-verb

shoot the lens (third-person singular simple present shoots the lens, present participle shooting the lens, simple past and past participle shot the lens)

shoots the lens (present singular third-person)
shooting the lens (participle present)
shot the lens (participle past)
shot the lens (past)

The take was going so well until he looked up and accidentally shot the lens.

(film, television) (Of a performer) to look directly into the camera.


LBC

“No, I wouldn’t approve of it. And no, I don’t think it would get through parliament,” he told LBC.

2022 October 3, Damian Green, quotee, “Tory MPs plot to avert welfare squeeze after humiliating U-turns”, in The Guardian:

(UK, radio) Initialism of London Broadcasting Company, a British phone-in and talk radio station.


ager/dyer

(television) One whose profession is distressing a costume to make it look aged.


Peak TV

Coined by American television executive John Landgraf at a Television Critics Association event in 2015.

This isn’t the most important reason, of course, but with “Peak TV” in full swing these days, time is precious, and the less time a new piece of entertainment takes, the better.

2018 June 12, Andrew Husband, “Binge this now: Why you should watch Amazon's 'Goliath'”, in Metro, New York, NY, page 21:

Peak TV has meant a surfeit of shows for a growing but ever more fractured universe of consumers.

2020 June, Radhika Jones, “Editor's Letter”, in Vanity Fair, page 16:

And as a vital part of the long-tail economy that is Peak TV, shows from abroad have won over Americans who’ve dropped cable and now stuff their streaming queues with romantic Korean dramas or chilly Nordic thrillers or kinetic Japanese anime.

2021, Judy Berman, "A whole world worth watching", Time Magazine, 15 February 2021 - 22 February 2021, page 110

(television, neologism) A golden age of television generally held as beginning in the late 1990s and peaking in the 2010s, characterized by the proliferation of a large, diverse array of scripted shows coinciding with the rise of premium cable and streaming services.

Golden Age of Television (2000s–present)


cone of silence

en-noun

cone of silence (plural cones of silence)

(radio) A hypothetical device or instrument which prevents eavesdropping on a private conversation.


rom-zom-com

The British director emerged as a noteworthy filmmaker in 2004 with Shaun of the Dead, a "rom-zom-com" that chucked classic George A. Romero–style zombie movies in a blender with a comedy about a man-child who just needed to grow up.

2021 October 29, David Sims, “When a Film’s Message Doesn’t Match Its Spectacle”, in The Atlantic:

(film, slang) A romantic comedy movie featuring zombies.


zom-com

zom-com (countable and uncountable, plural zom-coms)

From the first three letters of zombie and comedy. Formed by analogy with romcom and sitcom.

The gold standard of zom-com movies is still Shaun of the Dead, which had plenty to say about British middle class complacency while making us care deeply about its rather dim but endearing characters.

2019 June 14, Don Kaye, “The Dead Don’t Die Review: The Worst Bill Murray Zombie Movie”, in Den of Geek:

(film, uncountable) A movie genre combining elements of zombie horror and comedy.

Edgar Wright famously popularized the zom-com, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as best friends in the middle of a hilarious undead apocalypse.

2022 September 15, Brian Truitt, “Our 40 favorite movies of the past 40 years, from 'Back to the Future' to 'Get Out'”, in USA Today:

(film, countable) An individual movie of this genre.


jump-cut

en-verb

jump-cut (third-person singular simple present jump-cuts, present participle jump-cutting, simple past and past participle jump-cut)

jump-cuts (present singular third-person)
jump-cutting (participle present)
jump-cut (participle past)
jump-cut (past)

The segment ends with a shot of the enthusiastic audience before again jump-cutting to Caleb Peterson reprising “Ol' Man River” surrounded by the black chorus, the white chorus ranged behind and above them.

2014, Kirsten Pullen, Like a Natural Woman: Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN:

(transitive, intransitive, film) To abruptly transition to a later moment of the scene.


intimacy coordinator

en-noun

intimacy coordinator (plural intimacy coordinators)

The issue of intimacy coordinators on George RR Martin-related TV series has recently generated headlines. Sean Bean, who played Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, told the Times that he thought they “spoil the spontaneity”, claiming that “the natural way lovers behave would be ruined” if you had “somebody saying: ‘Do this, put your hands there, while you touch his thing.’”

2022 September 14, Alexi Duggins, “Thirty-year age gap left House of the Dragon star ‘scared’ ahead of sex scenes”, in The Guardian:

Back then—only seven years ago, and after #MeToo—there was still widespread industry scepticism about the role of intimacy coordinators, says McAlpine.

2024 January 30, Elle Hunt, “‘With orgasm people strive for oblivion’: Poor Things’ intimacy coordinator on consent, orgies and Emma Stone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(film, television) A member of a film crew who ensures the well-being of actors who participate in sex scenes or other intimate scenes.


light entertainment

(broadcasting) Radio and television programming that includes comedies, variety shows, game shows, quiz shows, etc.


non-Aristotelian

From non- + Aristotelian; the general semantics sense was coined by Alfred Korzybski in the 1920s or early 1930s; the dramaturgical sense was coined circa 1930 by Bertolt Brecht.

(drama, theater, of a play) Whose dramaturgical structure departs from the features of classical tragedy in favour of the features of the epic.


Leica reel

(film, animation, historical) A kind of early animatic made from stills, or sometimes preliminary artwork or storyboard frames, that are filmed and accompanied by recorded audio.


AMPAS

w:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

(film) Acronym of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.


bisexual lighting

bisexual lighting (countable and uncountable, plural bisexual lightings)

/baɪˌsɛkʃʊəl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/

From bisexual (adjective) + lighting (noun), referring to the pink, purple, and blue colours of the bisexual flag (also known as the bisexual pride flag).

(LGBT, often art, film, television) The simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting, often to indicate bisexuality.


available light

(film, photography) Light from sources that are not explicitly supplied by the photographer, such as natural light or pre-existing street lighting.


hip-pocket

en-verb

hip-pocket (third-person singular simple present hip-pockets, present participle hip-pocketing, simple past and past participle hip-pocketed)

hip-pockets (present singular third-person)
hip-pocketing (participle present)
hip-pocketed (participle past)
hip-pocketed (past)

(film, informal) Of a talent agent, to informally represent (an actor, screenwriter etc.) without signing a formal contract.


Bayhem

Blend of Bay + mayhem, after American director Michael Bay.

Michael Bay’s second Transformers saga delivers full-bore “Bayhem” like a brick to the forehead, with some tender love on the side, making this either the biggest blockbuster of summer ’09 or history’s loudest romance.

2009, review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Metro (Edmonton, AB), 20 October 2009, page 17

Typical of Michael Bay's manic “Bayhem” style (discussed earlier), Armageddon focuses more on the masculine heroics of the crew sent to blow up the asteroid.

2019, Kevin L. Ferguson, Pop Goes the Decade: The Nineties, page 46:

Con Air is Bayhem without the vision—something that was already becoming the prevailing Hollywood action film aesthetic.

2022, Keith Phipps, Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career, unnumbered page:

(film, fandom slang, often derogatory) Frenetic and fast-paced action characteristic of the films of Michael Bay.


CHR

Coordinate term: AOR

Commercial stations with a CHR or revised AOR format also jumped on the metal bandwagon in the late 1980s by integrating some metal songs into their general playlists.

2009, Deena Weinstein, Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(radio) Initialism of contemporary hit radio.


Moviola

(film, historical) An early machine allowing a film editor to view the film while editing it.


prelap

en-noun

prelap (countable and uncountable, plural prelaps)

Coordinate term: postlap

Some aspects of the editing were groundbreaking: In his book “Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice” (2001), Don Fairservice pointed out that “Stagecoach” contained one of the earliest uses — maybe even the first — of the now-commonplace technique called a prelap, in which as one scene ends, dialogue from the next is already beginning on the soundtrack.

2022 October 29, Gavin Edwards, “Overlooked No More: Dorothy Spencer, Film Editor Sought Out by Big Directors”, in The New York Times:

(film) A film editing technique in which the dialogue from the next scene precedes the cut, and the beginning of the dialogue is heard in the outgoing scene.


audimeter

(television, telecommunications) Electronic device that, installed in a sample of households, automatically records the television channel and consumption of the family or its individual members.


GBBO

It’s GBBO season, so if you’re ready to elevate your baking skills from lockdown banana bread to plaited loaf, there’s one gadget that will make all the difference. Enter the multi-tasking food processor.

2021 September 15, Hannah Mendelsohn, “Make GBBO-level cakes with these 5 best food processors under £100”, in Cosmopolitan:

The Great British Bake Off
w:The Great British Bake Off

(television) Initialism of The Great British Bake Off: a British television baking competition, debuted in 2010, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds.


Nordic noir

Nordic noir (countable and uncountable, plural Nordic noirs)

(film, uncountable) A subgenre of film noir, set (and usually produced) in Scandinavia; typified by psychologically complex storylines involving the investigation of cruel or brutal crime, as well as heavy use of stark landscapes, pathetic fallacy and grinding realism.

(film, countable) A film or show of this subgenre.


comopt

16mm colour film recording
Transfer and one comopt print £18 per programme minute, £100 minimum.

(television, dated) Being a combined sound and picture recording, with the soundtrack optically recorded.


sepopt

At the appropriate distances (28, 26 and 20 frames) ahead of the JOIN PICTURE HERE line there are rows of squares, circles and triangles which indicate the correct splicing points for 16-mm sepmag, 16-mm sepopt and […]

1968, D. J. Corbett, Motion Picture and Television Film, page 64:

(television, dated) Having a separately optically recorded soundtrack running concurrently with the film footage.


commag

Clipping of combined magnetic (“from the magnetic tape used for recording”).

clipping

(television, dated) Being a combined sound and picture recording, with the soundtrack magnetically recorded.


whip zoom

(cinematography) A rapid zoom that allows the viewer to focus suddenly on a subject.


network provider

en-noun

network provider (plural network providers)

digital distribution
digital distribution

(television) A broadcaster of Internet television using digital distribution.


bratpack

a bratpack movie

(informal, film) Of or relating to the Brat Pack.


Scandinavian noir

Scandinavian noir (countable and uncountable, plural Scandinavian noirs)

(film, uncountable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”).

(film, countable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“film or show of this subgenre”).


toplighting

Coordinate term: sidelighting

(film, theater, architecture) The lighting of a scene or location from above.


sidelighting

Coordinate term: toplighting

(film, theater, architecture) The lighting of a scene or location from the side.


copy that

Lamin: "Please, listen to me carefully. We are not proceeding – the ship to go to Malta. But the situation is very bad. […] We are 19 women, 12 children. Please help us."
 AFM: "Copy that, sir."

2021 March 26, Dialika Neufeld, “Three Teenage Refugees on Trial in Malta”, in Der Spiegel, archived from the original on 2022-04-26:

(radio or colloquial) Used to acknowledge receipt and understanding of a message; understood, got it.


Z-movie

By extension from B-movie. Compare Z-list.

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


Golden Age of Television

(Canada, US, television) The period of North American televised fiction produced circa the first two decades of the 21st century CE, seen as especially high quality.

(US, television, historical) The period of American television produced during the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, seen as especially high quality.


mood piece

The new picture isn't a thriller. But as an eerily poetic mood piece, where sea sirens menace the gentle romance of a young sailor and an amusement park "mermaid," this low-budget film is a haunting try for something different.

1963 June 7, Howard Thompson, “‘Night Tide,’ a Mood Piece, Is Shown at the Selwyn Theater”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Hunger is more of a mood piece than a straight history of the 1981 Irish hunger strike, but it creates that mood with impressive historical balance and haunting effect.

2014 March 6, Alex von Tunzelmann, “Hunger: A mood piece with impressive historical balance”, in The Guardian:

The always impressive Spall elevates this low-key mood piece a little, but even his skill as an actor can’t save the stultifying pacing.

2022 September 4, Wendy Ide, “It Snows in Benidorm review – Timothy Spall is the bright spot in overcast drama”, in The Observer:

(chiefly film) A work of fiction more centered on evoking a specific mood than following a conventional plot.


-con

Modeled after lolicon; ultimately from clipping of complex (“abnormal mental condition”).

clip

(chiefly anime and manga) Forming terms for abnormal sexual attractions.


talking picture

en-noun

talking picture (plural talking pictures)

(cinematography, dated) A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score).


geezer teaser

First known reference to the term was in a March 2021 Vulture article, in which film distribution executive Adam Champ attributed it to a client.

One of my clients calls it a ‘geezer teaser’: You have Bruce Willis at the intro of the movie, so people are like, Great, this is a Bruce Willis movie. But he’s actually a secondary character who shows up sporadically.

2021 March 31, Joshua Hunt, quoting Adam Champ, “The King of the Geezer Teasers”, in Vulture:

These low-budget affairs are called Geezer Teasers. They're genre movies that star older actors and cater to the direct-to-video (or streaming) market.

2022 January 6, “What Is a Geezer Teaser? And Why Do They Make Money?”, in No Film School:

5. Crackle
Good for: Fans of classic TV, British television, geezer teaser action movies
Crackle is a collection of on-demand TV and films, with a few originals included in a library that leans heavily on BBC content such as “Midsomer Murders” and such classic shows as “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “What's Happening,” “The Little Rascals” and “Barney Miller.”

2022 November 20, Kelly Lawler, “Free your mind: The best free streaming services, ranked”, in Detroit Free Press, page E.1:

(film, neologism, derogatory) A film, most often an action film released direct to video and primarily distributed via video on demand (VOD), for which older, well-known male actors ("geezers") are billed in lead or co-lead roles and prominently featured (teased) in promotional material, but only appear sporadically during the film itself.


panoram

Such a panoram should be used only on distant objects. It should be executed slowly and evenly. It should always conclude, not start, with the most interesting objects within view.

1938, Popular Mechanics, volume 69, number 1:

For one thing, the rate at which a panoram is swung depends generally on a much slower motion of the hand controlling the turntable handle than the regulation twice a second which must always be given to the camera handle.

2000, Stephen Herbert, A History of Early Film, volume 2, page 104:

(film, informal, dated) A panoramic view.

Panoram

trade name of a visual jukebox that played short films


legacy Oscar

Scanning the recent slates of winners, the legacy Oscar appears more and more frequently; even the most dedicated Jessica Chastain fans (also known as “Chastainiacs”) would have a hard time calling The Eyes of Tammy Faye her finest hour, but she’d accrued a reputation as an altogether deserving thespian by that point in her career, and that was enough.

2023, Charles Bramesco, A brief history of the “legacy Oscar” and its winners, Little White Lies:

(film) An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.


cinephobe

(film) A person who detests films and the cinema.


majokko

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 魔女っ子 (majokko), composed of 魔女 (“witch”) + っ子 (“person having a certain quality”, also diminutive suffix).
This term is sometimes also glossed in English as “little witch”, the word 子 (ko) meaning “child” or “small”.

affix

The viewer is normally treated to the transformation from the point of view of the majokko herself - the other people around her basically would see a "flash of light" and (poof!) she's changed.

1999 July 13, Animeg3282, “The magical girl thread”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):


punch hole

(film) A marker on a frame of film, originally a hole literally punched through the film, signalling to the projectionist that the reel is due to be changed.


cigarette burn

(film, slang) Synonym of punch hole (“marker indicating that the reel is due to be changed”)


appointment TV

Users are no longer passive watchers on appointment TV with schedules fixed by TV stations.

2002, Hari Om Srivastava, Interactive TV Technology and Markets, page 100:

(television) Television that is broadcast at a particular time, rather than being made available on demand.


live actor

In this film, the live actors interact with cartoon characters.


rgr

(radio telecommunications) Abbreviation of roger.


VOV

(Vietnam, radio) Initialism of Voice of Vietnam.


Hooperating

(US, broadcasting, historical) A radio or television audience rating determined by the C. E. Hooper Company during the Golden Age of Radio.


Ken Burns effect

en-noun

Ken Burns effect (plural Ken Burns effects)

The technique was used extensively by American documentarian Ken Burns.

(film) A filmmaker's technique of panning and zooming over still imagery such as photographs.


fast-mo

Short for fast motion, as an opposite to slo-mo.

(film) The deliberate speeding-up of film footage.


E/I

(US, television) Abbreviation of educational and/or instructional.


worldizing

worldizing (countable and uncountable, plural worldizings)

In the previous examples, worldizing was used for dialogue or music, but it has also been used very effectively for sound effects.

2012, David Lewis Yewdall, The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound:

Murch also explained to Jarrett, in the same discussion, how worldizing was central to American Graffiti’s sense of place: “The idea was that every teenage car in this town was turned to the same station, and, therefore, anywhere you went in the town, you heard this sound echoing off the buildings and passing by in cars.”

2023, “The Sonic Triumph of American Graffiti”, in JSTOR Daily:

(film) Sounds adjusted such that they sound as if heard in an acoustic location other than where originally created, generally by playing recordings in the new location and recording the playback at that location or by adjusting the audio depth of field.


neo-Western

In conversation with Cawelti's delineation, we now experience a revitalized genre, the neo-Western. Questions arise: Does the neo-Western signify a point in time when civilization has become so thoroughly corrupted and co-opted that savagery and lawlessness experience an inclining surge, creating a nihilistic outlook in comparison to the old epic/tragedy style which represented the best possible outcome for humanity?

2019, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, editors, The Twenty-First-Century Western: New Riders of the Cinematic Stage, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 245:

(film) A subgenre of the Western genre that includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs.


Black Wave

Still, the moviemaking style which began with the so called “Black Wave” of the Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, led by Dušan Makavejev and Želimir Žilnik, has many common traits, especially at the level of the humoresque,[…]

[2014, Doru Pop, Romanian New Wave Cinema: An Introduction, McFarland, →ISBN, page 155:

(film) A Yugoslav film movement of the 1960s and 1970s, characterized by its dark humor and critical examination of the socialist society at the time.


medium long shot

medium long shot (plural medium long shots)

A long shot or medium long shot will most successfully cover all of the action during the meeting of the two characters.

2012, Christopher J. Bowen, Roy Thompson, Grammar of the Shot, page 45:

The size of a medium long shot is also ideal to establish the dynamics of a relationship between characters, by the way they are placed within the composition (by using Hitchcock's rule, or balanced/unbalanced framings, for instance).

2013, Gustavo Mercado, The Filmmaker's Eye, page 53:

(photography, cinematography) A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.


medium shot

The film then cuts to a medium shot, not of Marguerite but of Faust looking in the girl's direction with the devil posed somewhat artistically behind him, and the two begin to sing.

2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 81:

(photography, cinematography) A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the waist on up, wider than a close up but tighter than a medium long shot.


buzz track

(film, television, radio) A background audio track containing room tone.


LKFS

For years, going back to the golden age of broadcast television and into the pay-cable era, audio engineers had to deliver sound levels within an industry-standard LKFS, or their work would get kicked back to them.

2023 June 6, Devin Gordon, “Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On?”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 2023-06-09:

(broadcasting) Initialism of loudness, K-weighted, relative to full scale.


CGDCT

cute girls doing cute things
cute girls doing cute things#English

(anime) Initialism of cute girls doing cute things.


ICW

(radio) Initialism of interrupted continuous wave.


Eberhard effect

Eberhard effect (plural Eberhard effects)

(film, photography) The situation where narrow areas of high and low density cause two Mackie lines to meet, resulting in increased density in a small area.


picture white

picture white (countable and uncountable, plural picture whites)

(television) The brightest white that can be produced in a television image.


narratage

(film) The combination of screenwriting and audiovisual effects that captures an audience.


bleach bypass

The bleach-bypass really captured the light of Mexico City, especially given that we shot the commercial on a very grey and overcast day. […] The bleach-bypass process I find has a spiritual quality that I relate to and really love.

2021, Jason Wood, quoting Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

(photography, cinematography) A film laboratory technique where the bleach stage during the development of a color film is skipped, resulting in images with increased contrast and graininess.


CDWM

There is something distinctly British about CDWM. There was a running joke that you could have predicted how Britain was going to vote in the EU referendum by watching old episodes of the show.

2020 May 27, Kieran Yates, “Fifteen years of TV dinners: why Come Dine With Me has endured”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK, television) Initialism of Come Dine with Me, a British reality show where participants have to score the experience of eating at each others' houses.


brocon

brocon (countable and uncountable, plural brocons)

(anime, manga, uncountable) Strong attachment or romantic/sexual attraction to one's own brother.

(anime, manga, countable) A person with such an attachment.


Batman angle

From its frequent stylized use in the 1966–1968 television series Batman.


French New Wave

(film) Synonym of nouvelle vague (“influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s”).


set dec

(film, television, informal) Short for set decoration.


infocast

Some people invest considerable credibility in the same media others discount. […] There are sizable numbers of viewers who believe sensational infocasts such as “A Current Affair” over more conventional network newscasts.

1994, Gary W. Selnow, High-Tech Campaigns: Computer Technology in Political Communication (Praeger Series in Political Communication), Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 192:

(broadcasting, uncommon) A broadcast of information.


House That Freddy Built

In reference to Freddy Krueger, a character in the studio's highly successful Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Presumably modelled on the name of the traditional folk song This Is the House That Jack Built.

(film, slang) The American film and television production studio New Line Cinema.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
This Is the House That Jack Built


DWTS

When "Mirrorball" meets the famed Mirrorball Trophy, you get a Taylor Swift-themed night on Dancing With the Stars. […] According to Variety, longtime DWTS choreographer and the lead choreographer of The Eras Tour, Mandy Moore (no, not that Mandy Moore), will join as a special guest judge for the Taylor-themed night.

2023 November 6, Samantha Olson, “How to Watch the Taylor Swift-Themed Night on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 32”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):

Dancing with the Stars
w:Dancing with the Stars

(television) Initialism of Dancing with the Stars.


multicoupler

(radio, television) A device that splits the signal from an antenna into many receiver connections.


MTRCB

w:Movie and Television Review and Classification Board

(Philippines, film, television) Initialism of Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.


supercaption

A notable difference here is that whereas the BBC uses supercaptions in 15 percent of all items, ITN uses them in 28 percent.

2009, Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, Bad News, page cxlviii:

On only five occasions did correspondents or reporters appear in the studio without supercaptions; Jones on News Extra, Wain on First Report and Colebourne from the Midlands and Delahaye from the North, Luton and Blackie.

2013, John Eldridge, The Glasgow Media Group Reader, Vol. I, page 272:

(television) An on-screen caption identifying the place and people being shown.


manime

manime (countable and uncountable, plural manime or manimes)

Coordinate term: tranime

No teacups or "uguu~~~s" here. This panel is pure MANIME!

2015, Neito, “Archived copy”, in Anime Boston, archived from the original on 2023-11-16:

By MANime I mean Yu Yu Hakusho, OG Yu-Gi-Oh!, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
 Gettin' tired of seeing all these grown-ass men buying $200 upskirt figures of high school girls. Gettin' real tired of it.

2013 October 21, Macklemost, “Does anyone here prefer MANime and MANga to the usual crap you see?”, in GameFAQs:

Love and emotions and stuff can be a part of a Manime. Look at Hokuto no Ken if you've ever seen it.

2011 January 12, Ready Start L_Arc, “Manime- Anime for MEN”, in Neoseeker Forums:

(anime, frequently 4chan) Anime that is manly.


shadow acting

(theater, film, rare) A form of film where an actor is obscured from view by the camera under dimmed lights, often used for true crime reenactments.


qHD

Abbreviation
* (1/4 HD): From being approximately 1/4 of high definition video resolution

(video, television, computer graphics) Initialism of quarter HD (“quarter high definition”). (960x540 pixels)


GBBS

If Sex Box is a show that sounds shocking but ends up being yawningly jejune, GBBS is the exact opposite: a refined and well-mannered cookery contest that somehow also manages to be a teeming hotbed of smut.

2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic:

The Great British Baking Show
w:The Great British Baking Show

(US, television) Initialism of The Great British Baking Show.


seelonce

Borrowed from French silence. Doublet of silence.

seelonce mayday

(radio, used in fixed interjections) Pronunciation spelling of French silence.


Turkish Star Wars

From Turkish + Star Wars, in reference to being a Turkish-language film that became notorious for containing plagiarized clips, music and sound effects from the Star Wars films, among others.

(film) Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam; a Turkish science-fiction film from 1982.


ITYSL

Throughout ITYSL, the office has been a prime setting for unleashing uncomfortable characters who grate against unspoken social codes.

2023 June 17, Amanda Wicks, “A Master Class in How Not to Act at Work”, in The Atlantic:

w:I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

(television) Initialism of I Think You Should Leave.


musical film

(film, performing arts) A film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.


set dresser

(theater, film, television) A person who prepares the set with props and furniture to give it the correct appearance and to make sure that each item is in the correct position for each performance.


moeshit

(anime, derogatory) Anime with a focus on the portrayal of moe.


boat anchor

Suggesting that it would only be useful as a weight to be thrown overboard to moor a vessel.

(slang, radio, computing) A cumbersome, useless piece of equipment.


monolight

(theater, film) A self-contained photographic flash lighting unit, typically found in studios.


LUHF

(radio) Initialism of lowest usable high frequency.


fringe time

(television) A time period used in television programs to denote the evening television hours that precede and follow the prime time.


LAA

LAA (countable and uncountable, plural LAAs)

(radio, uncountable) Initialism of license-assisted access.


biodoc

The news comes after Rimes spoke out about their relationship, which broke up their first marriages, on new biodoc “Backstory: LeAnn Rimes,” to air Sunday on US cable channel Great American Country.

2011 April 23, “LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian wed in Los Angeles”, in New York Post:

“Portrait” abounds in the sort of ironies and contrasts that can make a biodoc fascinating even to auds totally unfamiliar with its subject.

2012 September 11, Joe Leydon, “Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp”, in Variety:

The documentarian talks to THR about how he deviated from the typical biodoc playbook and casting Michael J. Fox with Fox in the room.

2023 August 17, Mia Galuppo, “‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Director Talks His Approach to the Celebrity Biodoc: “I’m Always Looking for a Very Intimate Connection””, in The Hollywood Reporter:

The comprehensive biodoc – she was much more than Mrs. Johnny Cash – premieres on Paramount+ on Jan. 16.

2024 January 11, Brad Wheeler, “Documentary shines light on country music icon June Carter Cash”, in The Globe and Mail:

(film) a documentary film about a person


remjet

From the traditional process of removing the layer, removal by jets of water, although the layer can be and often is removed chemically.

(photography, cinematography) The anti-halation layer on ECN-2, Kodachrome, and several other types of photographic or motion picture film. It is an opaque black coating on the non-emulsion side of the film that is removed before the development process.


breakfast television

(media, television) Any type of television programming that takes place in the morning, usually around breakfast-time.


time lady

(radio, telephony) A female voice heard on a speaking clock that a person could dial to find out the current time, down to the second, before the age of the Internet and other options for finding out the time existed.


flat time

flat time (countable and uncountable, plural flat times)

(film, television) The time during which the camera is not rolling or when no activity is occuring on the set.


equal time

equal time (countable and uncountable, plural equal times)

(US, radio, television) A policy stating that radio and television licensees are required to offer opposing political candidates an equal amount of airtime.


time spent listening

(US, radio, communication) The amount of time that an average listener that is surveyed spends listening to each radio station at one time, before changing the station or turning it off.

(US, radio, communication) An estimate of the duration of time that the average listener is exposed to a particular station for a specific time period.


nonsync

Short for nonsynchronous or nonsynchronized.

The great Arri S and M models were workhorses of nonsync filming in the 1970s. They're still great cameras, and you can buy used ones for a pittance. If you're not recording dialogue, they'll be fine. […] If you don't mind windup, spring-driven cameras, the Bolex 16s are good nonsync cameras.

2012, Jack Anderson, Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot, page 216:

(film) Relating to a soundtrack that is not synchronized with the picture, but played back from a separate medium.


SOT

(broadcasting) Audio recorded to accompany vision, as opposed to audio recorded later, such as voice-over.

(broadcasting, journalism) Audio captured from a person who is on camera, such as an interviewee; a sound bite.


digipaint

(anime) The use of computer technology to apply color fills to animation cels.


total running time

total running time (countable and uncountable, plural total running times)

(broadcasting, journalism) The total amount of time of the taped portion of the total story time.


total story time

total story time (countable and uncountable, plural total story times)

Coordinate term: total running time

(broadcasting, journalism) The total amount of time of a story or report, from the beginning by the announcer or newscaster until its end, including any tape or other material within it.


tailjob

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tailjob.wav

From tail + job, by analogy with terms like handjob.

It DOES have a powerful scripting language, but seriously... what are the chances of someone giving you a lame script which makes you join #dragonrealm and then ask for a tailjob when you're working on your term paper?

1997 August 23, Ryan Tucker, “Crypt Keeper....”, in alt.irc.ircii (Usenet):

wait wat... Miyuri is giving Hisaya a tailjob?!...

Imagine licking her soft smooth tummy 🤤🤤🤤 and rubbing her fluffy ears 🥵🥵🥵 while this hot cutie is giving you a tailjob uoooooohhhhhhh 😭🥵💦😭😭🥵💦😭 I wouldn't last long 😭😭😭💦💦💦

2024 January 14, u/SexWithElysia, “Shun wearing a cat costume”, in r/BlueArchive, Reddit:

(anime slang, furry fandom) A sexual act wherein the genitalia are stimulated by a tail.


pawjob

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pawjob.wav

From paw + job, by analogy with terms like footjob and handjob.

Noop whimpered and humped up into the empty air, his tip drooled more precum as he was massaged by the mist surrounding him. He was so lost in the pleasure of the best pawjob he'd ever received that at first, he didn't notice that his legs were slowly being parted.

2004 February 28, FuzzWolf, “[Fur] New Story: "Whisp" [M/M, Fox, ghost, anal]”, in fur.stories.erotica, Google Groups:

Or at the very least mutual pawjobs... cause that doesn't make ya gay!

there's still time to catch a bus, register, and give me a pawjob

2014 September 26, @CaptainErsatz, Twitter:

Any artist that draws Yoshi pawjobs are a favorite of mine. Amazing work!

Damn, imagine what those beans would feel like....
I need a pawjob so bad rn

2024 February 1, u/Klee_In_A_Jar, “waifu everywhere”, in r/japanpeopletwitter, Reddit:

(furry fandom, anime, uncommon) A foot job performed by a furry or humanoid (such as a catgirl/catboy or other animal-human hybrid) using their paws, i.e. fictionally or as part of their fursuit/costume.


sight bite

(television) A brief visual clip used in a news broadcast or similar.


screenlife

Screenlife tends to be most interesting to me when it has a found footage feel to it.

Bekmambetov sees Screenlife as an ideal platform for exploring fascinating true-life stories.

2018 September 4, Isaac Feldberg, “'Screenlife' thrillers like Searching are here to stay; here are 9 on the horizon”, in Entertainment Weekly:

It's extremely difficult to procure, but any screenlife completist should make an effort to track down The Collingswood Story, if only to appreciate how far webcam technology has come in two decades.

2021 June 25, Grant Rindner, “The History of Screenlife Films: 10 Key Movies in An Exciting New Genre”, in GQ:

You know, one thing that I kind of think about when I think about this genre and wonder is, for each of you, do you think that screenlife takes a moral stance about the technology that it uses?

2023 January 25, Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, “Has the screenlife format of the new thriller 'Missing' gone stale by now?”, in All Things Considered, NPR:

(film) A subgenre or format of film in which the majority of the action is presented via diegetic digital interfaces (such as video calls or instant messages).


color grading

(film) A post-production process common to filmmaking and video editing of enhancing various attributes of an image such as contrast, color, saturation, detail, black level, and white balance.


frontcap

Coordinate term: endcap

(television) A logo or visual sequence immediately preceding a programme, identifying the broadcaster or production company.


aircraft station

aircraft station (plural aircraft stations)

(radio, aeronautics) A radio station broadcast from an aircraft.


time stretching

(film, photography) A type of slow motion editing achieved during post-production by inserting new frames in between frames that have actually been photographed.


mesugaki

Borrowed from Japanese メスガキ (mesugaki), from 雌(めす) (mesu, “female (animal)”) + 餓鬼(がき) (gaki, “brat”). The term began being used among English speakers around 2020.

ja-compound

WE NEED MORE POKEKID IN EEVEE COSTUME DOUJINS DAMMIT!!
preferably one that presents her as a mesugaki :9

2020 May 26, @harid_ziran, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:

Riro quickly became one of the company’s most popular idols due to her gimmick as a “mesugaki” type character.

2023 November 28, Brandon Lyttle, “VTuber Riro Ron terminated for ‘dangerous and harmful’ activities”, in Niche Gamer, archived from the original on 2023-11-29:

Mutsuki is a brat that like to be suggestive with sensei. She's a mesugaki archetype, one of the more popular one in fact (despite it starting in azur lane)

2023 December 25, @megamega171, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-20:

Youre Oshi is the vtuber who made the loli song playing into the lolicon fetish of the Mesugaki. Dude cant pick a side on this topic.

2024 April 16, @king_of_games34, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-20:

(manga, anime, pornography) slutty brat girl


legacyquel

Blend of legacy + sequel. Coined by film reviewer Matt Singer in 2015 (see quotation below).

coinage

Though there are still occasional reboots or prequels, this very specific kind of sequel — in which beloved aging stars reprise classic roles and pass the torch to younger successors — is becoming increasingly common in the American film industry. These movies are all about revitalizing old franchises through the notion of legacy, leading to this current wave of what we could call "legacyquels."

2015 November 23, Matt Singer, “Welcome to the Age of the Legacyquel”, in ScreenCrush, archived from the original on 2024-03-02:

Jurassic World, in a phenomenon some are now calling the "legacyquel" or the "legacy franchise", incorporated nod after nod to its 1993 progenitor – and (see below) was far from the only one in that game in 2015.

2015 December 29, Phil Hoad, “Jurassic World and the 'legacyquel': 2015 global box office in review”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-09:

Top Gun: Maverick is not only the latest of these legacyquels, but one of the best, passing the baton from original star Tom Cruise to a new generation of actors while confidently—even definitively—reminding audiences what made Cruise so goddamn great in the first place.

2022 May 31, Todd Gilchrist, “From Top Gun: Maverick to Crystal Skull, the 5 best—and 5 worst—legacyquels of all time”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2023-09-21:

(film, neologism) A sequel to a classic movie which features the original star "passing the torch" to a cast of new younger actors.


SATC

Reminds me of wise (and show-defining) words that came not from SATC’s lead Carrie, but its underestimated backbone, Charlotte: “Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.”

2024 April 5, Alaina Demopoulos, “Sex and the City is on Netflix. Perfect – gen Z are a bunch of Charlottes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(television) Initialism of Sex and the City.


time diversity

en-noun

time diversity (countable and uncountable, plural time diversities)

(radio, telecommunications) The process of sending the same signal or components of a signal through a communication channel where the same signal is received at different times, used in order to compare, recover, or add to the overall quality of the received signal.


OANN

One America News Network
w:One America News Network

(television) Initialism of One America News Network.


OAN

(television) Initialism of One America News.


Odagiri effect

Named after Japanese actor Joe Odagiri, who starred in the 2000 tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Kuuga.

(television) A television phenomenon in which a program attracts a larger than expected number of women viewers because the program stars attractive male actors or characters.


B-reel

B-reel (usually uncountable, plural B-reels)

The separate reels of a multiple-chain story are given letter designations: A-reel, B-reel, C-reel.

[1969, Maury Green, Television News: Anatomy and Process, page 120:

The story usually (but by no means always) opens with an A-reel shot of the reporter who by narration establishes the shot. Then picture and sound move to the second chain (B-reel) to show actuality, the actuality picture sometimes being bridged at some points by the sound of narration on the A-reel.

1969, Maury Green, Television News: Anatomy and Process, page 135:

Begin matching the original with the work print by placing the first shot of the original on one reel (the “A” reel) and the second shot on another reel (the “B” reel). Continue alternating from the A reel to the B reel as you conform.

1974, George Glenn, Super 8 Handbook, page 176:

When the timing goes from a B reel to an A reel, the composer should be aware of how to write for this situation. The music in the outgoing reel should end at the end of the reel.

1980, Milton Lustig, Music Editing for Motion Pictures, page 38:

(television, film, music) The second piece of film or audio or video tape in a situation (as editing or broadcasting) where multiple inputs are used.

Now I remembered that Murph had convinced us not to show the first B reel during our viewing of the full takes, saying that we’d seen it before.

1991, Jim Weikart, Casualty Loss, page 151:

Lela was saddled with a cameraman, shooting “B-Reel” somewhere in the fairgrounds. Theoretically, that should slow her down and make her easier to catch.

2005, Melissa M. Dudek, Catchers, Cows, & Nachos, page 46:

I’m very weak. Everything takes effort. We spend the morning filming some B-reel and transferring footage, which leaves us both feeling wiped out, so we withdraw for a little midday tent time.

2019, Dianne Whelan, Base Camp: 40 Days on Everest, page 95:

(television, film) Secondary or supplemental footage to be intercut with principle film or video.


lit flick

The young Tom Eliot (played by Willem Dafoe) walked upon a beach in the recent Lit-Flick TOM & VIV. I saw no peaches eaten.

1995 September 7, Ted Samsel, “Prufrock question”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet):

You must be waiting with baited breath for the lit-flick (humorous) about Jacquelyn Susann writing THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.

2000 February 2, Ted Samsel, “Literary Criticism -- why has it gotten weird and is it getting more normal”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet):

Seeing the book (and, to a lesser extent, the film) advertised gives me a strong sense that it’s chick lit/flick material.

2008 May 16, Sandro, “movie review: The Other Boleyn Girl”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

Jeff Clanagan, who ran Master P's, No Limit Films at the time, was responsible for figuring out how to get the dimly lit flick into theaters.

2008, Vibe, volume 16, numbers 1-16, page 100:

She's not a genius like the others—far from it—and she already has her man (poor Dash), but Julia, based on Hellman’s barefaced fabrications in Pentimento, gives us several of the essential conceits of the lit-flick genre. To begin with, she too has writer's block.

2011, Robert Gottlieb, Lives and Letters, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 374:

Critique of the costume drama in many of its guises - period drama, lit flick, frock flick, historical film, heritage film, adaptation, costume series - has often emphasized its conservatism and the lack of dynamism in its audience.

2015, Jerome De Groot, Remaking History: The Past in Contemporary Historical Fictions, Taylor & Francis, page 185:

By portraying the successful defense against criminal obscenity charges for a poem that celebrates queer sex, Epstein and Friedman’s “lit flick” arguably renders a poetics of the unrepressed, paving the way for a new queer political aesthetic.

2016, Casey Charles, Critical Queer Studies: Law, Film, and Fiction in Contemporary American Culture, Taylor & Francis, page 171:

(slang, film, television) A film based on a literary work.


fade time

fade time (countable and uncountable, plural fade times)

(film, television) The amount of time for a scene to fade to dark after lighting up.


funwashing

Unknown origin, likely emerged around 2023.

Actually Fun-Washing and (sur) reality tv had a role in projecting Anne Widdecombe as a ‘national treasure’.

2023 November 30, Mike Small, “Fun-Washing Fascism”, in Bella Caledonia:

(television, neologism) The practice of someone taking part in a popular event or show, appearing on television, etc. as a way to improve their reputation with the public.


light engineering

Coordinate term: sound engineering

(film, television, theater) The technical discipline of the installation of lighting equipment and its utility on a set.


network option time

network option time (countable and uncountable, plural network option times)

(advertising, broadcasting) The amount of programming time that a network controls on each of its affiliate stations.


timeshift channel

timeshift channel (plural timeshift channels)

(television, broadcasting) A television channel carrying time-delayed reruns of its parent channel's programming.


time belt

The package rate is generally a total price for a schedule of spots at different time belts that costs less than the total of the rates for the individual spots making up the package.

1973, Otto Kleppner, Advertising Procedure, page 147:

Both devote a large amount of time, in the fifth time belt, to news.

1985, Paolo Mefalopoulos, Why Diversification of Programs?:

7. A sponsored programmed shall only be broadcast during the time belt in which it is legal for the sponsor to advertise its products.

2016, Linus Nnabuike Malu, Media Law and Policy in Nigeria, page 121:

Prices for each of these vary based on length of time (duration) and the time belt (am, pm, fringe time, primetime) required.

2011, Lai Oso, Umaru Pate, Mass Media and Society in Nigeria, page 247:

(broadcasting) A range of timeslots when scheduled programs can expect a certain type of audience, and for which advertisements pay a certain rate.


time compression

time compression (countable and uncountable, plural time compressions)

(film, television) The rendering of a video or a video clip of a shorter duration than real time.


time series animation

time series animation (countable and uncountable, plural time series animations)

(film, television, cartography) The depiction or presentation of different events or incidents in a chronological or sequential order according to a particular attribute.


airchain

(broadcasting) The route in which an audio or video signal travels on its way through a radio station or television station.


frame time

frame time (countable and uncountable, plural frame times)

(film, television, photography) The total amount of time required for a single frame to be displayed on the screen, measured in seconds.


pulse repetition time

pulse repetition time (countable and uncountable, plural pulse repetition times)

(electronics, radio) The elapsed time from the beginning of one pulse to the beginning of the next pulse.


repetition time

repetition time (countable and uncountable, plural repetition times)

(radio, electronics) The amount of time from the application of an excitation pulse to the application of the next pulse.


live time

live time (countable and uncountable, plural live times)

(broadcasting) The time frame on a broadcast schedule which has been allocated for a live broadcast.


capture effect

(radio) A phenomenon where two FM signals of unequal strength at or near the same frequency are received simultaneously within the FM reception, in which the modulation of the weaker signal is suppressed at the demodulator output, and thus only the stronger is demodulated.


girls with guns

(film, anime) A subgenre of action films that portray a female protagonist engaged in shootouts, often involving gunplay, stunts and martial arts action.


front projection

front projection (countable and uncountable, plural front projections)

Coordinate term: back projection

(film) A cinematic technique in which live action is filmed in front of a highly reflective screen, so that the background image is projected onto both the performer and the screen with the help of a one-way mirror angled at 45 degrees.


ABS-CBN

(Philippines, broadcasting) Initialism of Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network.


color timing

color timing (countable and uncountable, plural color timings)

(film, photography) The process of adjusting the amount of red, green, and blue light used to create a film positive from a film negative in an analog film lab.


back-timing

(radio, television, media) A technique used in radio, television, and mass media to calculate the amount of remaining time before an event or task ends, by counting down backwards from the end of the program, in order to ensure that the event concludes on time or within a specific time limit.


zap over

en-verb

zap over (third-person singular simple present zaps over, present participle zapping over, simple past and past participle zapped over)

zaps over (present singular third-person)
zapping over (participle present)
zapped over (participle past)
zapped over (past)

(transitive, television) To change television channels, especially rapidly.


anisong

en-noun

anisong (countable and uncountable, plural anisongs)

From Japanese アニソン (anison), from アニ(メ) (anime) + ソン(グ) (songu), itself from English anime song. Equivalent to a blend of anime + song.

Another popular otaku cuisine is "Anisong" bars and karaoke. These bars and karaoke places offer a wide range of anime and manga-related songs and music videos, making them popular spots for otaku to gather and sing along to the songs from their favorite anime and manga series.

(Can we date this quote?), Claire Austin, Otaku Odyssey: Uncovering the Anime and Manga Subculture in Japan, T Turner, page 22:

Moving on, most, if not all, Japanese animations come with a unique opening (theme) and ending (theme) that belong to this genre called Anisong (short for Animation music/song). Although not actually knowing the lyrics of these songs back then, constantly listening to those catchy tunes caused a continuous growth in the interest I have in the Japanese popular culture.

2016 November 28, Tai Wei Lim, Merlion And Mt. Fuji: 50 Years Of Singapore-Japan Relations, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, page 220:

“Have no worries on that front,” Juna assured me. “She’s been singing sea shanties while out fishing, so she has a powerful voice, one that’s both feminine and masculine, and if you give her a cool song to sing, she can easily outdo me. I believe she’s a good match for those ‘anisongs’ you taught me, sire.”

2017 August 3, Dojyomaru, translated by Sean McCann, edited by Emily Sorensen, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, volume 3, J-Novel Club, page 20:

I study Japanese. My main study materials are anime and manga. Also, anisong and J-Pop. Then I read Japanese novels. I study.

2018 October, Ao Jyumonji, translated by Sean McCann, edited by Emily Sorensen, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, volume 11, J-Novel Club, page 157:

A bubbly person like Jun could easily party along with Reina and the girls, and also feel right at home doing a 100 Anisong Marathon with Kai. Kai definitely wasn’t a ‘party’ kind of guy, though! He had no idea what songs were popular. All he could sing were songs from anime.

2021 January 5, Akamitsu Awamura, translated by Kristine Johnson and airco, edited by Jennifer Sherman, She's the Cutest... But We're Just Friends!, volume 1, J-Novel Club, page 151:

(fandom slang, anime) An anime song; anime music.


Wendersian

As he elaborates the tale, we have a classic Wendersian mise-en-scène. Travis drives, and the sequence is filmed from his point of view, looking forwards out of the front windscreen of the car.

1996 March, Thomas Docherty, “Discourse and Figure: The Resistance of/to Cinema” (chapter 7), in Alterities: Criticism, History, Representation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 163:

(film) Of or pertaining to Wim Wenders (born 1945), German filmmaker and playwright.


OLTL

(television) Initialism of One Life to Live: an American television soap opera broadcast from 1968 to 2013.


Y&R

The Young and the Restless
w:The Young and the Restless

(television) Initialism of The Young and the Restless: an American television soap opera first broadcast in 1973.


lockoff

A shot in which the camera changes position, via a pan, dolly, truck, crane, and/or boom, during the filming of aciton. Opposite of a lockoff shot.

2001, Karen Goulekas, Visual Effects in a Digital World, page 325:

In my experience, a completely static shot is more noticeable than a shot that makes subtle adjustments for things like headroom, which is essentially what you're talking about. I think most of the time those slight adjustments are needed to keep a shot properly composed, but when you do do a complete lockoff it stands out and can have a nice effect.

2008 October 20, Brad Grimmett, “Operated camera vs. locked off shots”, in cinematography.com:

But for a rack, unlock the focus channel, lock the rest of the channels (assuming this is a lockoff shot—racks usually are), and then solve for the lens.

2013, Erica Hornung, The Art and Technique of Matchmoving, page 90:

The dance is performed in succession in a lockoff shot.

2016 June 13, Ian Smith, “Annabelle Serpentine Dance is the world’s first hand-tinted motion from 1895, and it’s quite spectacular”, in The Vintage News:

(film) A type of shot in which the camera is fixed to a mount and unable to move.


super deformed

Borrowed from Japanese スーパーデフォルメ (sūpādeforume), from スーパー (sūpā, “super-”) + デフォルメ (deforume, “stylistic distortion”).

ja-r

(anime, manga) In Japanese caricature, drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads.


cannon roll

(film) A type of stunt in the early days of cinema in which a roll is induced by turning the car sharply and firing a piston into the ground from the underside of the car.


2.5D musical

Coined by Makoto Matsuda in 2014, when he established the Japan 2.5-Dimensional Musical Association.

(theater, drama) A type of modern Japanese musical theater production which adapts stories originally presented in a two-dimensional medium (anime, manga, or video games).


film score

(film, music) Original music that is written specifically to accompany a film.