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T-STOP |
Measure of actual light transmission through a lens at varying apertures |
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TABS |
Colloquial term for RF cues |
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TAIL |
The end of a film |
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TAIL OUT |
Of a reel of film which is end out, ie the end is on the outside |
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TAKE |
One of a series of shots of one scene |
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TAKE-UP |
Machine device that winds up film onto a roll |
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TAKE-UP, TO |
To wind up film into a roll |
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TAPE [1] |
Usually unsprocketed magnetic sound or video recording strip material |
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TAPE [2] |
Clear tape for butt splices |
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TAPE SPLICE |
Usually a butt splice made with a clear tape, several different tape widths available |
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TELECINE |
Equipment for transferring film images to video tape |
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TELEPHOTO LENS |
A camera lens with a long focal length and a short back focus |
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TELERECORDING |
Old method of transferring a TV or video image to film by filming a monitor [with a fast pull-down camera] |
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TELEVISION |
Surely everyone knows what television is! |
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TEST FILM |
Specially made film with images for testing projector, printer or film characteristics |
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THAW |
A return to action after a freeze frame effect |
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THREAD |
Lace [syn] |
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THREE PERF / 3-PERF |
35mm film shot in a 3-perf pull down camera, a higher AR than normal |
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THREE STRIP |
Three separate colour separation negatives, ie R, G, and B on separate films, see Sequential frame |
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THREE-COLOUR |
A colour system using three analysis [and three synthesis] primary colours, additive or subtractive |
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THREE-D / 3-D |
Three dimensional, of 3-dimensional effects, film, TV |
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THROW |
Distance from a projector lens to the screen |
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TIME LAPSE |
Film or video recording with a controlled delay between frames, to considerably speed up action |
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TIMER |
A grader, US term. |
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TINT /TINTING /TINTED |
Black and white print film coloured [tinted] by dyeing the film base or the gelatin with dye |
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TITLES |
Words on screen, not part of the image, present for information to the viewer |
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TK |
Colloquial term for a telecine machine or for telecine transfer of film to tape = Tele-kine? |
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TONE / COLOUR |
Loose term for hue or perhaps saturation, or a combination |
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TONE / TONING / TONED |
Print film in which the silver image is coloured by being replaced or augmented by a dye, another metal or metallic salt |
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TONE /SOUND |
A single frequency |
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TONE CONTROL |
Circuit for modifying the frequency response of amplifiers, effecting cuts in treble and/or bass |
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TONING BATH/TONER |
An aqueous solution for toning black and white film |
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TRACK |
A general term for an optical sound track, negative or positive |
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TRACK APPLICATOR |
Device for applying a viscous developer solution in a bead or stripe to an optical sound track print |
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TRACK NEGATIVE |
A film with a negative optical sound track only |
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TRAILER |
A short advertising film for a feature film |
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TRANSPARENCY [1] |
A still reversal print, or a still print for projection |
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TRANSPARENCY [2] |
Degree of clarity in transmission of a material, converse of degree of diffusion |
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TRANSPARENCY FILM |
A film stock, usually reversal, for the production of transparencies |
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TRAVELLING MATTE |
A film special effect created by printing a foreground action from one source with background from another |
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TRICOLOUR FILTERS |
A set of three filters for exposing separation negatives or positives |
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TRIMS |
Portions of scenes left behind after the utilised part is cut into a production |
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TRIPACK |
A colour film with three separate R, G, B sensitive layers on a single base, sometimes called an integral tripack |
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TTL |
"Through the lens", acronym for an exposure determination method |
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TUNGSTEN LIGHTING |
Incandescent light source, originally using a tungsten filament, Type B lighting |
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TWO STRIP |
Two separate colour separation negatives, ie Orange and Green-blue on separate films |
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TWO-COLOUR |
A colour system using two analysis [and two synthesis] primary colours, additive or subtractive |
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TYPE A |
Refers to colour film balanced for 3400K scene illumination |
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TYPE B |
Refers to colour film balanced for 3200K scene illumination |
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TYPE D |
Refers to colour film balanced for 5400K or similar scene illumination, equivalent to daylight |
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Wavelengths of light just shorter than the visible spectrum, immediately below blue |
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A device for cleaning film using ultrasonically induced cavitation in a solvent |
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UN |
Short form for UNISSUED, an unissued newsreel of similar |
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UNDER-CRANKED |
A film run at less than normal speed, intentional or accidental |
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UNIDIRECTIONAL |
In one directional only, usually referring to film printers |
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UNSQUEEZED |
The process of displaying an anamorphic image in uncompressed form, by projection or printing |
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UP-AND-DOWN TRACKS |
A photographic sound film with two tracks, one in one direction, one in the other |
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Uniform density optical film sound track in which the image width varies with the sound modulation |
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VARIABLE DENSITY TRACK |
Uniform width optical film sound track in which the image density varies with the sound modulation |
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VAULT RATS |
Restoration specialists who spent time in film vaults [American] |
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VIEWFINDER |
Optical device for viewing an image, on a camera or printer |
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VIGNETTE / VIGNETTING |
An image in an oval or round diffuse surround |
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VINEGAR SYNDROME |
Breakdown of cellulose acetate film base in time producing acetic acid |
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VISCOUS PROCESSING |
Film processing using surface applied viscous solutions |
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VOICE OVER |
A commentary or narrative to a programme, with unseen commentator |
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VOICE TRACK |
Any sound track with voices, without other music or effects |
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VOLUME |
Magnitude or level of sound |
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VTR |
Video Tape Recorder [acronym] |
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A scene played though without filming, Dry run [syn] |
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WEAVE |
Side to side unsteadiness during film transport, in projection, printing or camera. |
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WEDGE |
A loose term for a stepped exposure sensitometric strip, sometimes a "step wedge" |
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Contact or optical printing in which the original film is surface wet or immersed in solvent to reduce scratches |
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WHIP PAN |
A pan [camera movement] in which the image is blurred and indistinct, sometimes a stock shot |
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WHITE |
The visual appearance of a visible wavelength distribution, evoking a hueless sensation |
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General term for any aspect ratio greater than Academy [1.33:1] |
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WILD SHOOTING |
Picture shot without synchronised sound |
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WILD TRACK |
Sound recorded without synchronised picture |
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WIPE |
A scene transition where an image replaces another by a boundary moving across the frame |
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WORK PRINT |
Cutting copy [syn], term used by editors |
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WRAPARAOUND |
The degree of any close contact of film or tape around a capstan, drum, sprocket wheel or other drive system |
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WRATTEN FILTER |
A Kodak optical filter for camera or printer, known by their number |
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The horizontal axis of a graph |
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The luminance component of a colour TV signal |
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Y-AXIS |
The vertical axis of a graph |
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YELLOW |
A subtractive primary |
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The other horizontal axis of a three dimensional graph |
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ZERO-CUT |
16mm printing method using A and B rolls / checker-board cutting / splices not seen on print |
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ZOOM |
The visual effect as a result of varying the focal length of a camera lens |
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ZOOM LENS |
An optical system which changes magnification of an image |