S Scene Segment of a movie, usually within a Setting, where an event or events are taking place. Science Fiction, Sci-Fi (genre) Movies with storylines that emphasise science and technology (e.g. 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Matrix, Star Trek, Sunshine, etc.) Fantasy movies like Lord of the Rings are sometimes considered as science fiction, due to the wide meaning of the term. Here, we usually look for things such as flying starships, aliens and lab experiments gone wrong before we slap a "science fiction" label on a movie. Screenplay Also known as a script. It is a written document containing the actions and dialogues of a movie. Screenwriter, script writer The person who writes the screenplay or script. Script See Screenplay. Set The background or scenery in a Setting that is artificially created or manipulated. Also used as a description of the location where filming is in progress. Setting The specific location and time where a Scene or event is taking place. Shoot To film a movie, or another name for Principal Photography. Shot A film recording taken from a specific camera angle and distance. See Close-up, Establishing Shot, Long Shot, Medium Shot, Point of View Shot (POV). Slapstick A type of comedy using exaggerated physical movements or violence. Example: Mr Bean, Looney Tunes. Slasher films A subgenre of the thriller and horror, a typical slasher film involves a deranged serial killer going on a murdering rampage against a group of young people, usually horny teenagers. The killer is often masked or deformed and uses all sorts of tools and creative means to dispatch his victims. Slasher films are known for its excessive gore and violence, cheap production values, and weak, cliched storylines, but with a few exceptions. Notable examples include Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween. Slow Motion Also known as high-speed photography, or overcranking. A camera technique that makes a shot looks as if time slowed down. Used for adding visual or emotional impact to a scene. Example (spoiler!): when the arrows hit Boromir (Sean Bean) in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. Smoke Slang for searching or luring a person out of hiding, usually someone targeted for assassination. Special Effects The art of creating visuals that cannot be done practically in principal photography. For example, a realistic portrayal of live, prehistoric dinosaurs (Jurassic Park) or a massive Roman coliseum (Gladiator) that would be too expensive to be reconstructed as a live-size set. Spoiler Information revealing key events in a story that could ruin its element of surprise or mystery and affect your enjoyment of a movie. Will2k's reviews often contain a few spoilers that are necessary for his analyses. Spoovans Guest movie reviewer on BigMovieFreak.com. Has a strong affinity for all things on four wheels and dark knights. Read his bio here. Star(s) Rich, overpaid, and/or highly popular creative performers who play characters in movies. Loves: adopting children, alcohol, drugs. Hates: rehabs, the paparazzi, a fashion sense. See Actors. Steampunk A specific type of science fiction that is usually set in a technologically-advanced 19th century England, where devices and vehicles like robots and flying ships are a reality, yet are constructed based on existing scientific and technological knowledge, particularly steam engines (albeit highly exaggerated in terms of scale and magnitude). Examples: Steamboy (anime), Laputa: Castle in the Sky (anime), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Stop Motion / Clay Animation An animation technique where objects (usually clay) are manipulated and filmed frame-by-frame to create the illusion of movement. Used in many movies of old such as Clash of the Titans and King Kong (1933), and sometimes in contemporary animated fares like Corpse Bride and Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-rabbit. Storyboard An arrangement of sketches in sequences, not unlike the panels in a comic book, for pre-visualising and planning a scene for a movie before actual shooting of the scene starts. See also Pre-visualisation. |
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