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| bit part | A small unimportant role, usually lasting only one scene. |
| black comedy | A comedy in which the humour is derived from subjects which are typically considered "serious", or for which humour is usually considered as unsuitable. Common examples are death, war, suffering, and murder. |
| blockbuster | A movie which is a huge financial success. In common usage a "blockbuster" is a movie that has a box-office of more than $100 million upon release in North America. |
| blue screen | A process whereby actors work in front of an evenly lit, monochromatic (usually blue or green) background. The background is then replaced in post production by chromakeying, allowing other footage or computer generated images to form the background imagery. |
| body double | An actor who stands in for another actor in certain scenes, some of which may involve dangerous circumstances or require special skills. |
| box-office | Place in a cinema or theatre where tickets are sold; total amount of money paid by cinema-goers to view a movie. |
| cast | A collective term for the actors appearing in a particular movie. |
| casting | The process of hiring actors to play the characters in a script, typically done by a casting director, but with some input from a director, producer, or studio. |
| close-up | A shot in which the subject is larger than the frame, revealing much detail. |
| co-producer | A producer who performs a substantial portion of a creative producing function, or who is primarily responsible for one or more managerial producing functions. |
| double | For some shots, a director may consider that a particular actor's body may not be suitable for the impression desired. In these situations, the actor is "doubled" (replaced) by a person whose body is more suitable. |
| flashback | A scene that breaks the chronological continuity of the main narrative by depicting events which happened in the past. |
| giraffe | A mechanically extendable and manipulated boom microphone. |
| set | An environment used for filming. When used in contrast to location, it refers to one artifically constructed. A set typically is not a complete or accurate replica of the environment as defined by the script, but is carefully constructed to make filming easier but still appear natural when viewed from the camera angle. |
| trilogy | A series of three movies that are closely connected by plot. Often a storyline from the first film of a triology is altered, twisted or modified by the second or their part of the series. |
