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| cassette |
a compact case for film, or audio or video tape, used to facilitate leading a camera or recorder. |
| cast |
to choose (an actor) for a role in a play or film. [3/18 definitions] |
| celluloid |
a flammable, brittle material used esp. for motion picture film. [1/2 definitions] |
| cellulose acetate |
a resin produced from cellulose, used to make products such as lacquers, photographic film, artificial silks, cigarette filters, and explosives. |
| cinematographer |
in a film crew, the main camera operator, who is responsible for lighting, camera angles, and the like. |
| collodion |
in chemistry, a thick solution of pyroxylin suspended in alcohol and ether, used in producing photographic film, in cementing surgical bandages and sealing wounds, and in engraving and lithography. |
| comedy |
a light, amusing work of theater, film, or literature. [1/4 definitions] |
| credit |
(pl.) the listing of the names and contributions of each person or organization that has been part of the making of a film or other program. [1/12 definitions] |
| cut |
a quick shift, as in a film, from one thing to another. [1/25 definitions] |
| cutaway |
a switch from one scene to another in a film, used to create suspense, show a simultaneous event, or the like; cutaway shot. [1/4 definitions] |
| cutaway shot |
in a film, a sudden shift of the scene away from the main action to an apparently unrelated event. |
| cyanine |
any of several dyes that are used to sensitize photographic film to certain colors. |
| daguerreotype |
an early process of photography that used a silvered metal plate rather than film. [1/2 definitions] |
| denouement |
in a novel, play, or film, the final resolution of the plot's complexities and questions. [1/2 definitions] |
| develop |
in photography, to treat (exposed film) chemically so as to create a visible image. [1/10 definitions] |
| developer |
a chemical used to develop exposed photographic film. [1/2 definitions] |
| dialogue |
talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, novel, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| direct |
to lead and instruct in the making of (a film, play, or the like). [2/14 definitions] |
| direction |
a stage or film director's decisions regarding a production. [1/7 definitions] |
| director |
a person who is in charge of interpreting the script of a film or play, and who directs the actors. [1/3 definitions] |
| documentary |
a film or videotape that explores real facts and events, esp. one that includes footage of the events filmed as they occurred. [1/2 definitions] |
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