Filmmaking Glossary Terms for Filmmakers

Cineaim’s Filmmaking Glossary list explains the most commonly used terms. This is the best place for Filmmaking beginners to start and familiarise themselves with the filmmaker’s words. If you would like to suggest something that is not listed here, use our suggestion form.

Panning or Pan Shot

Panning means turning camera horizontally(X-axis) from a fixed position.ORPanning or Pan Shot means, Horizontal Moment of camera with fixed position. Guide to Panning by Studio Blinder See

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Film Director

Film Director is the only persons who oversees the creative aspects of the film which includes story, directing the performance of actors, location selection, lights

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Film Producer

Film Producer is a person who oversees the film production. Sometimes Film producer hired by production company or working independently. Film Producer Credits will be

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Birds Eye View

Birds Eye View is also refereed as Aerial Shot, where the object view is from above with perspective as bird eyes. Bird’s-Eye View shot taken from an

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Film editing

Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking The film editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots

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Cut

Cut – In general, cutting is a separation of something into two or more portions.In the post-production process of film editing(Analog days) or video editing(Digital Days), A cut is a point at which one shot ends and the next begins. Cut

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Aperture

Aperture is a opening of camera lens through which the amount of light allowed to pass and which hits the sensor or film, which forms the

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Camera Angle

Camera Angle is the view point from which the subject of the shot is depicted (captured). Things related to Camera Angle are Subject size: How

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Ambient light

Ambient light is a natural light which is already available in the location before any additional lights added. Ambient light also called as ‘Natural Light’,

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Cinematographer

Cinematographer is responsible for all aspects of cinematography.He is the one who puts director’s thoughts/imagination into visual form. He/she is the chief over the camera & lights crew

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Screenwriter

In general, Screenwriter/Scriptwriter is a writer who writes content for films, short films. In big budget films story-writer, scriptwriter, screenplay writer can be different persons.

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