
Contributors in Movies
Movies
Writers Guild of America
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: WGA. The Writers Guild of America is the sole collective bargaining representative for writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, interactive and new media industries. It has ...
Xerography
Entertainment; Movies
The technique using an electrostatic process to copy or transfer an image, commonly found in office copiers and used in cartoon production.
XXX
Entertainment; Movies
An informal voluntary certificate for a pornographic film, indicating large amounts of explicit sex. Contrast with NC-17.
Zoom Shot
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Zoom, Zoom In, Zooming, Zoom Back, Zoom Out. A shot in which the magnification of the objects by the camera's lenses is increased (zoom in) or decreased (zoom out/back). There is a ...
Zoopraxis
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Zoopraxis-scope. An early movie process developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, which involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, to ...
BAFTA
Entertainment; Games
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)is the leading independent charity in the UK supporting, developing and promoting the art forms of the moving image