| Academy Award |
an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in motion picture production and performance, also called an Oscar. |
| animated cartoon |
a motion picture made by photographing a series of drawings showing stages of movement. The motion seems real when the drawings are shown quickly one after another. |
| audiovisual |
having both sound and a picture. |
| autoradiograph |
a picture produced on a film by placing it in contact with a radioactive substance. |
| AV |
abbreviation of "audio-visual," having both sound and a picture, as does film. |
| background |
the part of a picture or scene that is toward the back or seems to be far away. [1/2 definitions] |
| cable |
a form of television in which the sound and picture signals are sent by a special wire rather than through the air. [1/3 definitions] |
| cable television |
a form of television in which the sound and picture signals from distant stations are received by a master antenna and then delivered by electrical cable. Cable television typically provides clear reception, access to a large number of channels, and a relatively wide range of programming, whereas conventional television is limited to the reception of signals from local stations. |
| cameraman |
a man who operates a motion-picture or television camera. |
| camerawoman |
a woman who operates a motion-picture or television camera. |
| caption |
the words that describe a picture in a magazine, book, or newspaper. |
| cartoon |
a picture or set of pictures that make people laugh or think. Cartoons often have words that show what a character is thinking or saying. [2 definitions] |
| celluloid |
a plastic that burns easily. Celluloid is used for motion picture film. |
| chromolithograph |
a picture lithographed in color. |
| cinema |
a motion picture theater. [1/3 definitions] |
| close-up |
a picture taken very close to someone or something to show details. Close-ups are taken in still photographs and films for television and movies. |
| collage |
a type of art work in which different kinds of materials are pasted onto a surface to make a picture. These materials can be anything from paper and photographs, to cloth and buttons. |
| color |
to add color to a picture, often with crayons. [1/12 definitions] |
| colorization |
the process by which color is added to motion picture images that were originally filmed in black and white. |
| conversation piece |
an eighteenth-century genre picture that depicts a group of fashionable people in an appropriate setting. [1/2 definitions] |
| cornice |
a horizontal frame or molding designed to conceal curtain rods, picture hooks, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |