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Behind the Scenes

Entertainment; Movies

The off-camera goings on associated with filmmaking. Factual Movie(s): Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

Below-the-Line Expenses

Entertainment; Movies

All physical production costs not included in the above-the-line expenses, including material costs, music rights, publicity, trailer, etc.

Best Boy

Entertainment; Movies

Also Known As: Assistant Chief Lighting Technician, Best Boy Grip, Best Boy Electric. The chief assistant, usually of the gaffer or key grip. In charge of the people and equipment, scheduling the ...

Billing

Entertainment; Movies

Also Known As: Top Billing, Diagonal Billing, Equal Billing. A great deal of importance is placed on the relative sizes, positions, and order of names and the movie's title in printed publicity ...

Biographic Picture

Entertainment; Movies

Also Known As: Biopic. A filmed story of a person's life story.

Bit Part

Entertainment; Movies

A small unimportant role, usually lasting only one scene.

Also Known As: BW, B/W, B&W. Indicates that the images have no color. The first movies were black and white (as color film stock hadn't been invented), but in more recent times many films have been ...