The duration of copyright protection granted to a creative work.
Industry
Film Industry & Awards Terms, A to Z
Get an inside look at the business of movies — from the major film studios and streaming giants to awards season and international festivals. This category covers industry-specific terms, roles in the production pipeline, distribution models, and how the global movie market operates. Learn about producers, unions, release strategies, box office lingo, and more.
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All 835 Film Industry & Awards Terms
Listed alphabetically, each with its one-line answer first. This page runs from Copyright Term to Ding. S is the busiest letter here, with 90 entries. Jump to a letter to see only the film industry & awards terms that start with it.
Film industry & awards terms starting with C
23 of 84 on this page · all C entries
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The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, also derisively known as the 'Mickey Mouse Protection Act,' extended copyright terms in the United States by 20 years.
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A cost-plus deal is a contractual agreement in filmmaking where a studio or financier pays a production company for the audited total costs of production plus an additional pre-negotiated fee or percentage for overhead and profit.
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Health and safety role responsible for infectious-disease protocols, testing cadence, and compliance on set.
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The on‑set department providing food, beverages, and light support to cast and crew.
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A Creative Commons license is a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work under specific conditions set by the author.
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Credit arbitration is the formal process used by Hollywood guilds to determine the official writing, directing, or producing credits on a film.
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Legal action taken when contributors are excluded from film credits.
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An agreement specifying credit placement and order for film contributors.
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A curated series of films restored and presented with scholarly supplements and high fidelity.
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An aggregate rating reflecting professional critics’ assessments of a film.
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Annual awards presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor excellence in filmmaking.
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The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are accolades presented by the Critics Choice Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement as voted by professional critics.
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Critics' Week is an independent section at major film festivals, like Cannes, programmed by film critics to discover and highlight new filmmaking talent.
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Cross-collateralization is a controversial contractual and accounting practice where a film studio uses the profits from one source to cover the losses from another, often preventing profit participants from ever seeing a payout.
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A crowd pleaser is a film designed to have broad, mainstream appeal, often characterized by a feel-good story, relatable characters, and a satisfying, emotional conclusion.
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Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
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Crowdsourced content is a creative work that has been produced through the collective contributions of a large number of individuals, often from an online community.
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A software or hardware tool for storing and managing cryptocurrency keys and transactions.
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Connected TV (CTV) is the umbrella term for any television set used to stream video content via an internet connection, encompassing Smart TVs and devices like Roku and Apple TV.
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Cue-based billing is a method of financial compensation where a composer's fee is determined by the number of individual music cues or the total minutes of music delivered, rather than a single flat fee.
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A Cultural Consultant is a subject matter expert hired by a film production to advise on and ensure the authentic, accurate, and respectful portrayal of a specific culture, community, or historical period.
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A cultural-consultant credit is a formal, on-screen acknowledgment for an expert who advised a film production to ensure respectful and accurate cultural representation.
Film industry & awards terms starting with D
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A DAO voting room is a digital space where members of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization use tokens to vote on proposals related to a film's production or financing.
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A data dashboard is a visual interface that provides an at-a-glance, consolidated view of key metrics and data points related to a film's performance.
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A Data Privacy Officer is a senior role within a media company responsible for ensuring compliance with data protection laws like GDPR and managing data security.
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A Data Wrangler is an on-set crew member responsible for managing, backing up, and ensuring the integrity of all digital files recorded during a film shoot.
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Daily active users counts unique users who interact with a service on a given day.
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A day rate is the flat fee a freelance crew member or actor is paid for a single day of work on a production, typically based on a set number of hours.
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A strategy where a film is released simultaneously in theaters and on digital or streaming platforms.
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The standardized digital format used for distributing and projecting feature films in cinemas.
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A Digital Cinema Package or DCP is the global standard for the collection of digital files used to store and convey digital cinema content for theatrical exhibition.
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A digital news outlet delivering real-time coverage of entertainment business and culture.
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Short-form contract outlines key employment terms before long-form agreements are executed.
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Decentralized Autonomous Organization
A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) is an organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent and controlled by its members.
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a blockchain-based form of finance that does not rely on central financial intermediaries like banks or brokerages.
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A 'deep dive' in the film industry refers to an intensive and highly detailed analysis of a script, project, or piece of intellectual property during the development process.
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A deepfake is a sophisticated form of synthetic media where a person's likeness is digitally superimposed onto another person's body using artificial intelligence, a technology with both creative and controversial implications for film.
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Deepfake detection is the process of identifying manipulated or synthetic imagery and video in film content to ensure authenticity.
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In filmmaking, a defamation lawsuit is a legal action taken by an individual who claims that their portrayal in a film has falsely damaged their reputation.
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A defamation review is a detailed legal vetting of a film's content to identify and mitigate the risk of making false statements that could unlawfully harm the reputation of a real individual or organization.
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A deferment is a contractual agreement to delay payment for services on a film until the project begins to generate revenue.
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A model where studios fund production shortfalls, recouping costs after all revenue streams
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An enhanced release featuring additional content and premium packaging beyond the standard edition.
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A model for decentralized physical infrastructure networks enabled by blockchain.
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Descriptive Video Service is a specific, trademarked brand of Audio Description, originating from the WGBH Educational Foundation, that provides narrated descriptions of a video's key visual elements for visually impaired audiences.
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The Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin is Germany's central archive for film and television, dedicated to preserving and showcasing the nation's cinematic heritage.
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The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union that represents the interests of film and television directors and members of the directorial team in the United States.
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A 'DGA Hold' is a contractual hold placed on a director who is a member of the Directors Guild of America, preventing them from accepting other work while a studio finalizes their deal.
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Dhallywood is the popular portmanteau for the mainstream, Bengali-language film industry based in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A diffusion model is a powerful class of generative AI that creates high-fidelity data, such as images and video, by learning to reverse a process of methodically adding noise.
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A Digital Cinema Package or DCP is the global standard for distributing and exhibiting motion pictures in a digital format.
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A unique digital item whose ownership and provenance are verifiable on a blockchain.
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A digital deliverables list is a technical specification from a distributor outlining all the files and assets a producer must provide to complete a film's sale.
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Authoritative, high-bit-depth package meant to outlast delivery fashions and support future remastering.
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Permissions covering the distribution and reproduction of films in digital formats.
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Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a set of access control technologies used by publishers and copyright holders to limit the use of digital content and devices.
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An electronic ticket stored on a mobile device or email, replacing physical paper tickets.
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A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical object, system, or process that serves as its real-time digital counterpart.
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A 'ding' is industry slang for a small, often superficial criticism or note given on a script that is easy to fix but can be frustrating for a writer.
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The rest of the glossary, each with its own A to Z index: filmmaking craft, genres and styles, characters and tropes, storytelling, pop culture and fandom, general terms, and the odd ones out.
