3 Terms
Contributors in Movies
Movies
Undercranking
Entertainment; Movies
The process of slowing the frame rate of a camera down, so that when the captured pictures are played at the normal frame rate the action appears to be in fast motion. Historically, cameras were ...
Unit Production Manager
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Unit Manager, UPM. An executive who is responsible to a senior producer for the administration of a particular movie. Unit Production Managers only work on one film at a time. Only DGA ...
Unit Publicist
Entertainment; Movies
Member of the publicity department who works on location during the production of a movie. Duties includes working with the residents of the location where the film is being made, as well as setting ...
Utility Person
Entertainment; Movies
The person responsible for various manual tasks, running errands, or performing whatever jobs other members of their crew assign them.
V
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Video, Direct to video. An IMDb notation to indicate that a particular title was originally released on video without a screening or being broadcast.
VG
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Video game. An IMDb notation to indicate that a particular title is a video game.
Vertigo effect
Entertainment; Movies
A camera technique created by Alfred Hitchcock during his film Vertigo that involves tracking backwards while simultaneously zooming in, making the person or object in the centre of the image seem ...
