A
act
acting edition
action
Actors' Equity Association
ACTRA
AD
ad lib
ADR
AEA
AFI
AFTRA
agency
agent
alienation effect
American Film Institute
apron
arc
artistic director
aside
aspirational
assistant director
ATA
atmosphere
at rise
avail
B
back to one
background
backlot
Back Stage
backstage
backstory
banana
beat
big
black box
black comedy
blackout
blocking
bluescreen
boards
body double
body-shot
Bollywood
book
boom
booth
break a leg
break character
breakdown
break the fourth wall
Brechtian
broad
Broadway
build
bump
bumper
burlesque
business
busker
buyout
C
call
call for lines
callback
calling service
call sheet
call time
cameo
camera left
camera right
camera-ready
camp
cast
casting assistant
casting director
casting notice
catering
cattle call
CATV
CD
Central
central casting
change pages
changes
character
cheat
check the gate
chewing the scenery
chorus
chromakey
cinematic
classic
classical
clean
clip
close shot
closeup
clown
cold read
colored pages
comedy
commedia
commercial
commission
community theater
comp
company
comp card
composite
conflict
contemporary
contra-text
convention
Coogan Law
copy
copy points
corpse
co-star
costume parade
counter
coverage
craft services
credits
crew
cross
cross-over
CS
CSA
CU
cue
cue cards
cue-to-cue
curtain
curtain call
cut
cut and hold
D
dark
day-for-night
day player
deadpan
dead spot
deferred
definition
delivery
demo
dialect
dialogue
dialogue coach
dialogue replacement
diaphragm
diction
digital
director
distribution
docudrama
documentary
Dogme 95
double
double cast
double-take
downscale
downstage
drama
dramatic convention
E
earprompter
ECU
editorial
8x10 glossy
eighteen to look/play younger (18+ tly)
Elizabethan
ELS
emotional memory
epic theater
episodic
Equity
established
estrangement
ethnicity
ethnic types
exeunt
extra
extreme closeup
eyeline
F
farce
favored nations
feature
featured
feet
festival
Fi-Core
film
film noir
financial core
fire in the hole
first assistant director
first refusal
first team
flipper
focus
fool
foot
forestage
found space
foyer
49-seat plan
49-seat theater
fourth wall
FPS
frame
frames per second
from the top
full shot | G
gate
Global Rule One
golden time
go-see
go up
grand guignol
greasepaint
green room
greenscreen
groundling
guerilla
guest star
H
harness
having had
HDV
heads
headshot
heavy
hell week
hero
hiatus
Hi-8
high-definition
history play
hit the mark
hold book
holding
Hollywood
honey wagon
host
hot mike
house
I
iamb
iambic pentameter
improv
indie
independent
indicating
in the round
independent contractor
industrial
industry
informercial
ingenue
instant read
intention
interstitial
J
Jacobean
juvenile
L
lapel mike
lavalier
lead
leading lady
leading man
left
lip sync
live-action
load-out
local
location
long shot
looping
lot
low budget
LS
M
Macbeth
magic hour
majors
manager
mark
martial-arts
martini shot
master
matinee
MCU
meal penalty
medic
medium shot
Meisner
Melodrama
meter
method
micro-budget
mime
mini-DV
miniseries
miracle play
mockumentary
model
modified low budget
money shot
monologue
morality play
MOS
motivation
movement
movie
MS
motion capture
movie of the week
MOW
multi-camera
must-join
mystery play
O
objective
OCP
off-book
off-Broadway
offer
off-off-Broadway
omnes
on avail
on-book
on-camera rehearsal
one-shot
on-or-about
on hold
on location
OOV
open audition
open call
opening
open turn
open up
operetta
OS
OTT
out of vision
out time
over the top
overtime
P
PA
pancake
pantomime
part
parts models
passion play
per diem
period
photo double
Photoshop
pickups
pilot
pilot presentation
pilot season
places
plot
plus 10 (20)
point-of-purchase
point-of-sale
points
POP
POS
post
postmodern
postproduction
pratfall
preview
pre-read
presence
presentational
press kit
prime time
principal
principal photography
print
producers
production assistant
profiles
projecting
promenade theater
prop
property
proscenium
prosthetics
producers
production assistant
promo
PSA
public service announcement
pyrotechnics
Q
quick read
quote
| R
rake
range
read
read-through
reader
recall
recurring
reel
regional
regular
release
repertoire
repertory
representational
residuals
resolution
restoration
retouching
reverse
revival
revue
rewrites
rider
right
right-to-work
road company
role
romcom
romantic comedy
room tone
rotoscope
royalties
rough cut
Rule One
run
run-through
runway
rush call
rushes
S
SAG
SAG-eligible
SAG-franchised
SASE
satire
scale
scansion
scenario
scene
scene study and analysis
Scottish play
Screen Actors Guild
Screen Extras Guild
screening
screenplay
screen test
script
second assistant director
second second assistant director
second team
SEG
session fee
session runner
set
setup
shoestring production
shooting script
short
shot
showcase
sibilance
sides
sight line
signatory
sign-in sheet
single
single-camera
sister unions
sitcom
situation comedy
16mm
size card
sketch
slapstick
slate
slice-of-life
slow burn
small
soliloquy
sonnet
sotto voce
sound stage
spec
spec commercial
special guest star
speed
speed-through
spike
spokesperson
spot
squib
stable
stage
stage business
stage combat
stage direction
stage left
stage manager
stage right
staged reading
stage whisper
standby
stand-in
Stanislavski
star
stealing focus
step on
stipend
stock character
stock company
stock photography
storyboard
strike
student film
studio
stunt
subtext
super
supernumerary
supporting
suspension of disbelief
swag
swing
sync
syndication
T
table read
tableau
Taft-Hartley
tag
take
take five
talent
talent agency
tear sheet
teaser
tech
tech week
technical rehearsal
telegraph
teleplay
teleprompter
test commercial
theater
theatre
theatrical
thesis film
thespian
35mm
three-act structure
three-camera
3/4 shot
three-shot
throw away
thrust stage
tight
top of show
tour
trades
tragedy
trailer
triple-threat
troupe
turnaround
two-hander
two-shot
type
typecasting
U
ultra-low budget
underacting
underground
U-5
under-5
understudy
union
upgrade
upscale
upstage
usage
V
vamp
variety
vaudeville
vignette
viral
VO
voiceover
voucher
W
waiver
walkaway lunch
walk-on
wall-to-wall copy
walla
wardrobe
weather day
weekly player
webisode
wide-angle
wide shot
wild lines
wildspot
wings
wire work
workshop
wrap
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XCU
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