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Close-up

Entertainment; Movies

Also Known As: CU. A shot in which the subject is larger than the frame, revealing much detail. The abbreviation is often used in a slug line.

A cold open, or teaser, is a short segment of a TV show's action, shown before the program's opening credits are shown. It serves to heighten a viewer's interest and to build dramatic tension before ...

Colorist

Entertainment; Movies

An image artist who, during post-production of a movie or television show, utilizes computer-based alteration/correction programs to go through the movie/show frame by frame to insure color and light ...

Compositing

Entertainment; Movies

The combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images (or sequences of images), often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Examples might be ...

Compositor

Entertainment; Movies

A person who works with compositing. See also digital compositor.

Co-Producer

Entertainment; Movies

A producer who performs a substantial portion of a creative producing function, or who is primarily responsible for one or more managerial producing functions. A co-producer has less responsibility ...