A Act, First/ Second/ Third The three segments that a movie should ideally have. The First Act consists of the introduction of the story, the Second Act its climax, and the Third Act its conclusion and ending. Action (genre) A type of movie characterised by violence, with an abundance of shootouts, martial arts brawling, explosions, car chases or all of the above (e.g. The Matrix). Most action movies, especially from the Eighties tend to have little story or characterisations, but modern action movies have been bucking the trend (e.g. The Bourne Supremacy, Die Hard, etc.) Actor(s), Actress(es) Creative performers who play characters in movies. See Stars. Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) Process of re-recording dialogue after principal photography. See also Dubbing, Looping. Anamorphic Widescreen Anamorphic widescreen is a technique to optimise the recording quality of a rectangular widescreen shot onto the square frames of film negatives. If you see the word "anamorphic" on your DVD, basically it means that its widescreen video quality has been preserved at the highest possible. See Widescreen, Pan & Scan, Letterbox. Animatics See Pre-visualisation. Animation Also called cartoons. It's a movie-making process of shooting hand-drawn pictures in sequence that creates the illusion of movement, similar to stop-motion. Examples include The Simpsons, and Ghost in the Shell. Nowadays, the more popular technique would be to use CGI (e.g. The Incredibles, Happy Feet). Anime Generally, animation originating from Japan, distinctive for their large character eyes, highly exaggerated expressions, teen girls in school uniforms, and/or giant robots. Antagonist The villain, or the protagonist's rival. Anti-hero A hero who would compromise moral, ethical and/or religious values to facilitate his quest for justice or to vanquish evil, e.g. murder an unarmed, villainous character in cold blood. Art, Arthouse Films See Independent Films. Aspect Ratio Refers to the shape of the screen a movie is presented with. There are many, but the two basic ones (especially found on most DVDs today) are a rectangular one (with an aspect ratio of 16:9), called a widescreen format, and a square one (4:3), called a full-screen or pan and scan format. A 16:9 aspect ratio means that the ratio of the screen's length to its width is 16 to 9. |
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