20 Terms
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Movies
Change-Over Marks
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Change-Over, Reel Change, Reel Change Marks, Cigarette Burns. Most completed movies consist of more than one reel, and thus for an uninterrupted screening, at least two projectors must ...
Character Actor
Entertainment; Movies
An actor who specializes in playing a particular style of character, often stereotypical, offbeat, or humorous.
Children's Film Foundation
Entertainment; Movies
Training scheme in the UK to give schoolchildren experience of all aspects of film making. Now replaced by the Children's Film and Television Foundation
Chromakeying
Entertainment; Movies
An electronic/computerized technique that allows for specific color elements (chroma) to be replaced with different picture elements. See also bluescreen and greenscreen.
Chute Cowboys
Entertainment; Movies
Slang term for experienced parachutists that either perform or assist with stunts involving parachutes.
Chyron
Entertainment; Movies
Text graphics which appear at the bottom of a screen used to describe time, place, or name of person on screen; can also describe the technology used to add the text to the bottom of the screen.
