Film, TV, and Theater Production: Essential Terms
TERMS ABOUT CREDITS
- Written and directed by
- Based on the play by
- Based on the novel by
- This film was produced with the support of Eurimages
- In co-production with Canal+
- Filmed on location in Paris
- Music recorded at REC
- The story of the film is about a theater company
- The film takes place in Madrid
- It is shown at Warner cinema
- The main character of “The Hours” is Nicole Kidman
- Pierce Brosnan plays the part of James Bond
Camera Equipment
- Power supplies (electric source to switch connectors)
- Prong adapter (used to join cords)
- Multiplug (ladrón)
- AC adapter (to switch on the camera cord to the power supply)
- Extension cables
- Remote truck (unidad móvil)
Sound Equipment
- Music cues (marcas)
- Ambient sound
- Wireless mic
- Fish pole (pértiga)
- Shock mount (pinzas con gomas micro)
- Shotgun or boom microphone (micrófono de cañón)
- Zeppelin windscreen (zeppelin peluche)
- Mixer (mesa de mezclas)
- Headphones (cascos)
- Earphones (auricular de oreja)
- Clamps (abrazaderas)
- CD player
- Extension cords
- Boom adapter
- Soldering iron (estañador)
- Mic stand (pie de micro)
- Monitor (speaker for the musicians)
- Front fill (fill monitor for the headline of the public)
- Line array
- PA
- Power amps (amplificador)
Lighting Equipment
- Inkie (foco Fresnel con dientes 100W)
- HMI (focos de exterior, temperatura de la luz del sol)
- Scrim (grille to diffuse light)
- Reflector (to bounce sunlight into a subject)
- Ceiling grid (barras para colgar focos)
- Bounced light (reflected light)
- Dimmer (to reduce the voltage to the lamp)
- Flag (to create shadows)
- LED soft light (on studio to fill light)
- Floodlight (illuminates a large area)
- Spotlight (focused light)
- Gel (filter to change color)
- Scoops (produce a softer light than Fresnels)
Lighting Scheme
- Key light (luz principal)
- Backlight (light from behind)
- Fill light (cast on shadow areas to reduce contrast)
Accesorios
- Barn doors (viseras de metal)
- Gobos (opaque shapes to make specific patterns from shadows)
- Slate (pizarra)
- Gaffer tape (cinta de carrocero)
Remote Shoot Checklist
- White card (folio)
- Lens tissue (pañuelo pa la lente)
- Screwdriver (destornillador)
- Log sheet (hoja de registro)
- White tape (cinta virgen)
- Clapboard (claqueta)
THEATRICAL PRODUCTION
- Budget (financial plan list)
Crew
- Producer (finances, hires staff, and oversees everything)
- Theater director (orchestrates the mounting, unifies various aspects of production)
- Technical director (makes sure the technical equipment is functional)
Performers
- Lead actor (protagonista)
- Supporting actor (secundario)
- Bit part (papel pequeño)
- Extra
Stage Crew
- Stagehand (responsible for operating systems during the show)
- Riggers (hang)
- Carpenters (construct and set up scenery, move on stage during a show)
- Scene shifters (people who move or change stage setting)
- Electricians (set up all lights, program the light, and run follow spot)
- Follow spot operator
- Lighting console operator
- Loaders
- Stage managers (regidor, stage management and smooth execution of a production)
- Ushers (acomodador)
- Janitor (portero)
Theater Areas
- Dressing room
- Front of house (donde el público)
- Lobby (repose area)
- Box office (taquilla)
REVIEW
Django Unchained is a film directed by Tarantino. The action takes place in Texas, in 1858, during the American Civil War. Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz are the lead actors. The movie was produced by A Band Apart cinema studio and it was made with the support of Columbia Pictures. Jamie Foxx plays the part of a slave that wants to find his wife. Two months ago, the cinema studio released it on DVD. The film won two Oscar awards in the last edition. It is going to be broadcast on Canal Plus next weekend.