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

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 a character or provide information
    • Leading actor  – Actor playing a main role
    • 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

Production design

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

Animation

Animation  – Team in a film studio that works on 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  – Teacher who trains performers
  • 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

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 (10 April 2017). "What's The Issue With Nitrate Film Stock? It's Combustible". NPR. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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