Filmmaker's Griptionary

In an effort to make filmmaking easier to understand, we've found that making available a dictionary of commonly used film terms is useful.

As we did this, we discovered that there were two somewhat diversified dictionaries: one that covers more equipment whereas the other covers more of general filmmaking terms. We bring the equipment-based Griptionary to you this month and will return to the general dictionary of filmmaking terms in future issues.

While many of you may be very familiar with what a C-47 is, a new filmmaker is more likely to believe that it is a new Boeing aircraft than a common, wooden clothespin used to hold gels on barn doors. Even barn doors sound unusual until you have a frame of reference.

While we may do things differently at the micro-cinema level than are currently done in extremely expensive Hollywood productions, knowing the terminology ensures ease of communication.

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(Special thanks to Matthews Studio Equipment for making this Griptionary available to us.)

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