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franchise films

A film series or movie series is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series.

Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

Refers to a press or publicity kit that is in the form of a video. The EPK may include "behind the scenes" segments on movie sets for television shows (like E.T.) or the "making of" programs.

Elia Kazan

big name director (streetcar named desire, a face in the crowd) who founded the Actors Studio and supported method acting (he also saved himself from the HUAC by naming other Communist sympathizers)

Anthology Film Archives

An international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema.

Direct/Engaged Cinema

Direct Cinema is a documentary film movement of the 1950s and 60s that features unscripted, true-to-life scenes.

Robert Altman

This director was known for films with a large number of main characters in interwoven storylines The Long Goodbye (1973) Nashville (1975) 3 Women (1977) The Player (1992) Short Cuts (1993) Gosford Park (2001)

Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)

a consortium that came up with a set of d-cinema standards

brand partnership

a film partnering with a brand to make ads that promote the film and the product

Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

agency for actors that meticulously planned clients' careers and welcomed tough negotiations

Ron Fricke

american film director specializing in timelapse, worked on star wars III

Jim Jarmusch

american film director, screenwriter and producer known for directing such works as Down by Law, Dead Man, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Only Lovers Left Alive, he was classmates with Spike Lee.

synergy

american film production company situated in Atlanta Georgia, mainly works on sports commercials

Elaine May

an American comedian, filmmaker, playwright, and actress. She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols

Pixar

an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films

Spike Lee

director of Do the Right Thing (1989)

Les Blank

director of God Respects us when we work but loves us when we dance (1968)

Hal Ashby

director of Harold and Maude (1971)

Francis Ford Coppola

director, producer, sceenwriter, best known for directing the Godfather series

Diasporic Cinema

films made by members of communities founded by exiles or immigrants displaced from their homelands

Youthpics

films trying to capitalize on campus activism and counterculture lifestyles (Bonnie and Clyde, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate)

Frank Tashlin

he was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts for Warner Bros., as well as his work as a director of live-action comedy films.

Virtual/Augmented reality

immersive technologies that are accessible through different wearables during watching films

Ray Dolby

introduced digital noise reduction techniques to the music industry in the mid 1960s (A Clockwork Orange debuted it)

viral marketing

method of marketing by which information is spread and promoted through the internet

digital intermediates (DI)

motion picture finishing process which classically involves digitizing a motion picture and manipulating the color and other image characteristics

multiplex/megaplex

multiple-screen cinema with six to ten/sixteen+ screens

product placement

placing a product clearly in a film in return for the manufacturer supplying funds/items for the film

pre-visualization

preparing a simple, digitally animated version of a sequence or film

Method Acting

required an actor to ground performance in personal experiences, improvisation led to a natural, maybe painful and risky portrayal

mini-majors

second-tier production-distribution companies that had access to extensive financing, usually from abroad (Island Alive, Carolco, Orion)

spatialized sound

sound processed to give the listener the impression of a sound source within a three-dimensional environment

CGI (computer generated imagery)

special visual effects created using computer software

Negative Pickup Deal

when Major studios acquired films in a finished or nearly finished state and distributed them

Day-and-date Release

when a film is released in theaters and on digital media on the same day