Outline of film

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to film:

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Film refers to motion pictures as individual projects and to the field in general. The name came from the fact that photographic film (also called filmstock) has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures.

What type of thing is film?

Film can be described as all of the following:

Other names for film

Essence of film

Cinematic genres

Film genre

By setting

By mood

By format

By production type

By length

By age

By audience reception

Other genres

Cinema by region

History of film

History of film

General film concepts

Film theory

Film formats

Films

Films by genre

Films by origin

Films by setting location

Films by cost

Films by success

Films by movement

Film companies

Film studios

Major film studios

Majors (Big Five)

Others

  • Lionsgate  – Canadian-American entertainment company
  • Lantern Entertainment  – American independent film studio
  • MGM  – American film and television and distribution company
  • Netflix, Inc.  – American media company
  • Amazon MGM Studios  – American entertainment company
  • Apple Studios  – Film and television production company
  • AMC Networks  – American entertainment company
  • Fox Corporation  – American mass media company, successor to 21st Century Fox

Awards and festivals

Above the line

Above the line  – Term in filmmaking

  • Actor  – Person who portrays a character in a production
    • Voice actor  – Performing voice-overs to represent a character or provide information
    • Leading actor  – Type of role of an actor
    • Supporting actor  – Actor who performs a less-important role than that of the leading actor
    • Ensemble cast  – Cast with many actors given similar standing
    • Character actor  – Actor who predominantly plays distinctive or eccentric characters
    • Bit actor  – Acting role in which there is direct interaction with the main actors but little dialogue
    • Cameo actor  – Brief appearance in performing art
  • Film director  – Person who controls the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film production
  • Screenwriter  – Person who writes for films, TV shows, comics, and games
  • Film producer  – Person supervising the making of a film

Below the line

Below the line  – Section of film budget

Pre-production

Pre-production  – Phase of producing a film or television show

  • Unit production manager  – Responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production
  • Production coordinator  – coordinates the various groups and personnel in a filmmaking or video production
  • Production accountant  – Opaque or creative accounting methods
  • Assistant director  – Film management and logistics role
  • Script supervisor  – The member of a film crew that oversees the continuity of scenes during filmmaking
  • Script coordinator  – role in film and television production
  • Casting director  – Pre-production process for selecting actors, dancers, singers, or extras for roles or parts
  • Production assistant  – Person responsible for various aspects of a film or TV production
  • Location manager  – person responsible for locations where a movie is shot
  • Location scout  – Filmmaking and commercial photography production process
  • Storyboard artist  – Person who creates storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions

Production design

  • Production designer  – Person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event
  • Costume designer  – Person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show
  • Greensman
  • Hairdresser  – Person whose occupation is to cut or style hair
  • Make-up artist  – Artist who applies makeup and prosthetics
  • Set decorator  – Person in charge of the set dressing on a film
  • Set dresser  – someone who prepares a creative production set with props and furniture
  • Property master  – Person overseeing props for a production
  • Weapons master  – Person responsible for weapon care and safety on a film set
  • Matte painter  – Film making technique
  • Illustrator  – Artist enhancing writing with images
  • Scenic design  – Creation of theatrical or film scenery

Photography

Principal photography  – Phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place

Sound design

Sound design  – Sound track creation

Special effect

Special effect  – Illusions or tricks to change appearances

  • Special effects supervisor  – individual who works on a commercial, theater, television or film set creating special effects
  • Visual effects supervisor  – responsible for achieving the creative aims of the director and/or producers through the use of visual effects

Animation

Animation  – A team within a film studio that works on various aspects of Animation

Talent

  • Acting coach  – Teacher who trains performers
  • Body double  – Person who substitutes for another actor in a film scene such that their face is not shown
  • Dialect coach  – person who trains actors to speak with authentic accents
  • Movement director  – Film crew member
  • Choreographer  – Art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies
  • Extra  – Nonspeaking or nonsinging acting role
  • Talent agent  – Person who represents the interests of entertainment, broadcast, and sports professionals
  • Stand-in  – Substitute for an actor for production purposes
  • Acting instructor  – person who teaches acting
  • Intimacy coordinator  – Worker in film and television productions
  • Stage combat  – Technique used in theatre to create the illusion of physical combat
  • Stunt double  – Person who substitutes for another actor in a film scene such that their face is not shown
  • Stunt performer  – Person who performs stunts
  • Under-five  – TV or film actor whose character has fewer than five lines of dialogue

Post-production

Post-production  – Step in film, video, audio or photography process

  • Film editor  – Creative and technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking
  • Sound editor  – Creative professional that selects and assembles sound recordings before final audio mixing
  • Colorist  – Enhancing the color of an image or video
  • Animator  – Person who makes animation sequences out of still images
  • Technical director  – Occupation
  • VFX creative director  – Visual effects person
  • Visual effects editor  – Various processes by which imagery is created
  • Compositor  – Combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images

Other

  • Swing gang  – People who make last-minute changes on a film set
  • Unit still photographer  – person who takes still photographs used to promote films and television programs and record details of their production

Notable people from the film industry

Film theorists and critics

Famous film producers

Notable film producers

Notable directors

Famous actors

Notable actors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Accomando, Beth. "What's The Issue With Nitrate Film Stock? It's Combustible". NPR. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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