8 Terms
Contributors in Movies
Movies
Modeller
Entertainment; Movies
A person who develops any three-dimensional object (either inanimate or animate) via specialised software in 3D computer graphics.
Art Director
Entertainment; Movies
The person who oversees the artists and craftspeople who build the sets. See also production designer, set designer, set director, leadman, and swing gang.
Artefact
Entertainment; Movies
A visual defect in an image caused by limitations or the malfunction of imaging equipment. See also motion artifact, contrast with cinch marks.
Articulation Artist
Entertainment; Movies
A person who takes an artist's designs and builds them in a computer, so that animators can manipulate the figures to tell the storey of the film.
Aspect Ratio
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Aspect, Academy Ratio. A measure of the relative sizes of the horizontal and vertical components of an image. "Academy Ratio" is 1.33:1. See also anamorphic.
Assistant Director
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: AD, First Assistant Director, 1st Assistant Director, 2nd Assistant Director. An assistant director's duties include tracking the progress of filming versus the production schedule, ...
Assistant Film Editor
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Assistant Picture Editor, Assistant Sound Editor, Assistant Editor, First Assistant Editor, Second Assistant Editor, Apprentice Editor. Editing room crewmember responsible for ...
