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| Film Terms Glossary | ||
| Cinematic Terms | Definition and Explanation | |
| Hays Code | > | named after Will Hays, a series of rigid censorship restrictions imposed on films by the Motion Picture Production Code (MPPC) beginning in mid-1934, and enforced/administered by Joseph Breen (in the Breen Office); the code had existed since the late 1920s but wasn't vigorously enforced, and it basically lasted until the late 1960s; the Code explicitly prescribed what couldn't be shown in films, i.e., "nakedness and suggestive dances," "methods of crime," "alleged sex perversion," "illegal drug use," "scenes of passion," "excessive and lustful kissing...", "miscegenation," "pointed profanity," etc. |
| head-on shot | > | a shot in which the action moves or comes directly toward or at the camera, to enhance the audience's feelings of participation; works well with 3-D films; also may refer to a head shot |
| helicopter shot | > | a moving shot, often breathtaking; an establishing shot from a bird's eye view or from overhead, usually taken from a helicopter - due to its maneuverability, the shot may pan, arc, or sweep through a landscape; many films open with a helicopter shot (often under the credits) |
| helm | > | terms used to refer to the director (aka helmer) of a film |
| hero/heroine | > | refers to the major male and female protagonists in a film with whom the audience identifies and sympathizes. Character traits often include being young, virtuous, handsome, pretty, etc.; contrast with the antagonist or heavy (the villain or evil force). |
| high-angle shot | > | a shot in which the subject or scene is filmed from above and the camera points down on the action, often to make the subject(s) small, weak and vulnerable; contrast to low-angle shot |
| 'high-concept' | > | refers to the saleable or marketable elements of a film; a high concept (actually low-concept in practice) refers to a film's main premise expressed as a simple formula in just a few words (as a one-liner) that can be easily understood by all; this idea portrays a shallow, condescending attitude toward undiscriminating film audiences by Hollywood's marketers and often results in having film content controlled by what appeals to the lowest common denominator type market; see also logline (also known as premise) |
| high-definition | > | an on screen television image that will appear in a ratio of 16:9 compared to today's analog signal ratio of 4:3; the image will be 'high-def' due to increased lines of resolution (e.g., 1080 lines rather than the 525 of analog) |
| highlighting | > | the use of thin beams of light to illuminate selected or limited parts of the subject (e.g., an actress' eyes) |
| hike | > | slang term for the following verbs, meaning "to increase", "to raise" or "to promote" |
| hitting a mark | > | an actor's term for moving to the correct, predetermined position during rehearsals and during camera takes so that the camera can smoothly record the action; 'mark' refers to pieces of crossed tape on the floor to signify positions |
| hold over | > | the term used by a director for an actor used for an extra day |
| homage | > | usually a respectful tribute to someone or something; this often occurs within one movie when a reference is made to another film's scene, image, etc. |
| hoofer | > | a slang term denoting a dancer |
| horror (films) | > | a popular film genre designed to frighten and thrill with familiar elements (monsters, killers, vampires, zombies, aliens, mad scientists, the devil or demons, etc.), gothic qualities or settings (e.g., castles), psychological terror, etc.; initially influenced by German expressionism; subgenre types include slasher films, occult films, and gore-fests; often combined with the sci-fi genre |
| horse opera | > | general slang for a western film, not for a "singing cowboy" film; also known as an oater (for the food that horses eat) |
| hybrid (film) | > | a film or production that combines or intersects two or more distinct genre types, and cannot be categorized by a single genre type; see also cross-over |
| hype | > | the abbreviation for hyperbole; refers to manufactured promotional buzz and excessive advertising/marketing for a film or project, including celebrity appearances, radio and TV spots or interviews, and other ploys; a similar word - hypo - means to increase or boost |
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