6 Terms
Contributors in Movies
Movies
Previsualization Artist
Entertainment; Movies
An designer who uses low resolution proxy models, quick OpenGL hardware renderings, and other 3D FX systems to completely conceptualize a sequence that requires either visual FX or character ...
Principal Photography
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Principal Filming, Principal, Shoot. The filming of major or significant components of a movie which involve lead actors.
Entertainment; Movies
A projectable version of a movie, usually consisting of one or more reels. When refering to a particular take on a continuity report, "print" indicates that the take should be developed. See also ...
Producer
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Prod. The chief of staff of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director, who is head of the line. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring ...
Producer's Guild of America
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: PGA. http://www.producersguild.org/
Product Placement
Entertainment; Movies
A business arrangement whereby the filmmakers agree to show the products or logo of a particular company, usually in return for payment or other consideration.
Production
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: In Production, Production Date. In the movie industry, this term refers to the phase of movie making during which principal photography occurs. Popularly, however, "production" means ...
