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| Film Terms Glossary | ||
| Cinematic Terms | Definition and Explanation | |
| landmark film | > | a revolutionary film, due to either its technical or performance artistry; those films recognized by the National Film Registry |
| lavalier (microphone) | > | a miniature type of microphone, usually omni-directional and wireless, and small enough to be taped or clipped to an actor, to record dialogue; aka lav, lapel or lap microphones |
| lead role | > | refers to the most important, main character in a film, often distinguished by gender; usually there is at least one male and female lead role; also usually known as protagonist; contrasted to supporting roles or characters. |
| 'legs' | > | a film that has 'legs' has strong and profitable box-office, stamina and audience drawing power far beyond the opening weekend; the term usually applies to films that last many months |
| leitmotif | > | an intentionally-repeated, recurring element or theme associated with a particular person, idea, milieu, or action; the element presents itself as a repeated sound, shot, bit of dialogue, piece of music, etc., that helps unify a film by reminding the viewer of its earlier appearance; sometimes presented along with a film's tag line on a film poster. |
| lens | > | a piece of glass in a camera through which light passes before hitting the film stock inside; various types include wide-angle lens, telephoto lens, normal, etc.; to lense means to film a motion picture |
| letterboxing (or letterboxed) | > | the technique of shrinking the film image just enough so that its entire width appears on TV screen, with black areas above and below the image; refers to the way that videos emulate the widescreen format on television screens; if a widescreen film is not in the letterbox format it is often in pan-and-scan format. |
| library shot | > | a stock shot, often unimaginative or commonplace |
| lighting | > | refers to the illumination of a scene, and the manipulation of light and shadows by the cinematographer. |
| lines | > | refers to the spoken dialogue belonging to a single performer; also refers to the full complement of spoken words in a film or stage script; also known simply as dialogue. |
| the Lion (Leo) | > | a slang term that refers to Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Studios -- with the legendary "Leo the Lion" logo |
| lip sync | > | refers to synchronization between mouth movement and the words on the film's soundtrack |
| location (or on location) | > | the properties or places (interior or exterior) used for filming away from the studio, set, or (back)lot, often to increase the authenticity and realism of the film's appearance; exteriors are abbreviated as ext., and interiors as int. |
| location sound | > | refers to recording background sound on location, to improve the film's realism; see also buzz track |
| locked-down shot | > | refers to a camera shot in which the camera remains immobile, while something happens off-screen (e.g., an off-screen death) - a technique to create suspense |
| logline | > | a short, introductory summary of a film, usually found on the first page of the screenplay, to be read by executives, judges, agents, producers and script-readers; all screenwriters use loglines to sell their scripts; also known as premise; see also high concept hook |
| long-shot (LS) | > | a camera view of an object or character from a considerable distance so that it appears relatively small in the frame, e.g., a person standing in a crowd of people or a horse in a vast landscape; variations are the medium long-shot (or mid-shot) (MS) and the extreme long-shot (ELS or XLS); also called a wide shot; a long shot often serves as an establishing shot; contrast to close-up (CU); a full-shot is a type of long shot that includes a subject's entire body (head to feet). |
| long take (or lengthy take) | > | a shot of lengthy duration; see also mise-en-scene |
| looping | > | refers to the process in which dialogue is re-recorded by actors in the studio during post-production, matching the actor's voice to lip movements on screen; aka ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement); contrast with dubbing; loop refers to a length of film joined from beginning to end for repeated continuous running |
| low-angle shot | > | a shot in which the subject is filmed directly from below and the camera tilts up at the action or character, to make the subject appear larger than life, more formidable, taller and more menacing; contrast to a high-angle shot |
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