scenery refers to the outdoor background in a set (represented by either a backdrop or a natural view). scene-stealing usually refers to a character (or group of characters), usually subsidiary, whose appearance, actions and/or dialogue draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; similar to the term 'chewing up the scenery.' Examples: Tim Curry as Darkness in Legend (1985); William Bendix as Jeff in The Glass Key (1942); John Gielgud as Hobson the butler in Arthur (1981) schlock film from the Yiddish expression for 'inferior' - refers to a forgettable, cheaply-made, low-budget, B-film (or lower Z-film) with little or non-existent quality - often unintentionally hilarious; designed to take in profitable in opening week; usually films found in the horror, comedy and science-fiction genres of the 50s and 60s. Examples: Films from AIP (American International Pictures); also Robot Monster (1953) and The Giant Claw (1957), Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) (film) score the musical component of a movie's soundtrack, usually composed specifically for the film by a film composer; the background music in a film, usually specially composed for the film; may be orchestral, synthesized, or performed by a small group of musicians; also refers to the act of writing music for a film Examples: Bernard Herrmann's memorable score with screeching violins for Hitchcock's or the score for screen direction refers to the direction that characters or objects are moving in a film's scene or visual frame; common screen directions include "camera left" (movement to the left) or "camera right" (movement to the right); a neutral shot is a head-on shot of a subject with no evident screen direction; a jump-cut often indicates a change in screen direction screener the term for a promotional DVD (or video) version of a film that is sent to voters (and film critics) by the movie studios for their convenience during the awards season, before the movie is officially available to the public through video rental chains screening the exhibition or display of a movie, typically at a cinema house/theatre; to screen (or unspool) a film means to show or project a film; types of screenings include a critical screening (a viewing for film critics), a pre-screening, or a focus-group screening (to test audience advertised
himself called "symphonies of visual movement" walk-on a minor role consisting of a single, brief appearance on the screen, usually not appearing in the credits and without dialogue; contrast with extras, bit parts, and non-speaking roles. walk-through the first rehearsal on the set, to figure out lighting, sound, camera positioning, etc. walla walla refers to the atmospheric, background sound effect for the indistinct murmurings and buzz of voices in a crowd; extras in crowd scenes, in older films (or in radio), would be asked to murmur a phrase ('walla walla,' 'rhubarb,' 'peas and carrots,' or 'watermelon,' etc.) to create the sound of the crowd and to pretend that they were talking; see also foley artist, dubbing, and non-synchronized sound wardrobe the general name for the costume department, or the costumes (and their accessories) themselves; see also costume weenie refers to the object that motivates the main action in a serial (e.g., a lost city, buried treasure, or missing plans, etc) white (or color) balance refers to electronically setting or 'color-correcting' a camera's white balance - or the true color of white, since white doesn't appear 'white' with all lighting conditions whodunit refers to a Example: The major or lead character in a whodunit is a detective, such as in the Sherlock Holmes series of films whoop-whoops in sound effects, this refers to the extra noises added to a sound, e.g., bells, horns, or whistles to an explosion, to make it more interesting or exciting wide-angle shot a shot (often abbreviated WS) taken with a lens that is able to take in a wider field or range of view (to capture more of the scene's elements or objects) than a regular or normal lens; a wide-angle shot exaggerates the distance, depth or disparity between foreground and background planes, thereby creating greater depth-of-field and keeping all objects in focus and in perspective; an extreme or lens giving a 180 degree view is called a 'fish-eye' lens Example: In , the famous wide-angle scene in Mrs. Kane's boardinghouse that kept all objects in the shot in sharp focus