Post-Production

Foley Artist

Submitted by fivesprockets on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 09:52
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Sound effects person in post

The person who creates “Sound Effects” for a film.  This very specialized “Post Production Work” is recorded on a small sound stage with a recording engineer.  These Sound Effects are added to the soundtrack by adding Sounds that weren’t picked up by microphones on Set.  The Foley Artist also “sweetens” recorded sounds in order to make them much more effective…such as enhancing the sounds of a fist fight by breaking items such as glass or by “thumping” on watermelons or “cracking” bamboo.

Editor

Submitted by fivesprockets on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 11:39
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The person responsible for piecing together the sights and sounds of developed film footage

 

An Editor is responsible for assembling all of the raw material (filmed footage and sound recordings), and then constructs the required scenes in such a way that they all fit together in a coherent and visually interesting way.  Editing the footage is the backbone of “Post Production” and as most productions use a “Video Tap” to play-back footage for the Director to see on Set, the process has become l

Film Award Season

Submitted by cosborne on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 01:43
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From November to February

 

Film award season is from November to February. For example this year the North American and European awards begin with the British Independent Film Awards on November 28 (2008) and end with the Academy Awards on February 24 (2008). 
 
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Alan Smithee

Submitted by cosborne on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 01:19
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A pseudonym used by film directors

 

Alan Smithee is a pseudonym used by film directors since 1968 who do not want to be associated with a film. The film may have been taken away from the director and altered against his or her wish.
 

Alternate Spellings

 
Adam Smithee
Alan Smithee
Alan Smythee
Allen Smithy
 

History

 
The first kno

Movie Theater

Submitted by cosborne on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 00:13
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Derived from "moving pictures"

 

History

Theater and theatre are variation on spelling, and both originally referred to the stage theatre. 
 
Movie is a term that was derived from “moving pictures,” as originally movies were a series of still photographs shown in succession to simulate movement (35mm film and even digital are comprised of series of still images, but in much more rapid succession than the first movies). Movie house is simply the place one goes

Registration

Submitted by cosborne on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 23:58
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How well the frames in a film line up together

 

Registration refers to how well the frames in a film line up together. Registration is important with film, but is not a concern with digital production. With 35 mm film, however, both the camera and the projector require proper registration to prevent the film from moving on the screen. This is especially important for certain special effects.
 

Related Words

Registr

Asperity Noise

Submitted by cosborne on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 23:21
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An aspect of sounds caused by tape imperfections

 

The asperity noise is an unfortunate aspect of sound that is caused by minute and unavoidable imperfections on the tape the sound is recorded on. This can be minimized with digital recording, and as production moves in that direction this problem becomes less, but there is still a risk of asperity noise even with digital. 
 
Camera noise can sometimes refer to asperity noise, and other times it refers to the sound of the camera running, but

Splice

Submitted by cosborne on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 22:28
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Joining two pieces of film

 

Part of the post production / editing phase, tape splicing is a way to join two pieces of 35mm film so they will be projected continuously. Splicer refers to either the person who does the splicing or the tool used to do the splicing. 
 

Related Words

Guillotine

A guillotine is a special version of a tape splicer, which does not u

Chopsocky

Submitted by cosborne on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 23:19
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Martial arts movies from Hong Kong and Taiwan

 

Chopsocky films are martial arts movies made in Hong Kong and Taiwan from the 1970’s to the present. The term comes from chop suey (Chinese for “mixed pieces”). Chop also implies a hit as in a karate chop and sock implies a hit as in a punch or sock.
 
Depending on who you ask, the term can be considered derogatory and dismissive of the films that typically were filled with cheesy special effects and excessive violence. But

Four Quadrant Picture

Submitted by cosborne on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 23:01
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A film targeted to all audiences

 

A Four Quadrant Picture is a marketing term used to describe a film targeted to all audience quadrants: men over 25, men under 25, women over 25, women under 25. 
 
 
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