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Components that lie outside the story’s diegesis, often addressing the audience directly

A film version that includes additional footage not shown in the original theatrical release.

"EXT." is the standard abbreviation for "Exterior" used in a screenplay's slugline to indicate that a scene takes place outdoors.

Expository dialogue packs necessary facts into spoken lines, risking artifice if not carefully disguised.

The end credit crawl is the comprehensive list of a film's cast and crew that typically scrolls vertically up the screen at the conclusion of the movie.

An 'Elephant Shot' is on-set slang for a very low-angle shot that looks almost straight up at a subject, making them appear massive and imposing.

Film-set electricians manage, route and safeguard all things electrical that make cinematography possible.

A composite track of sound effects and ambient sounds used in film mixing.

Editing notes are specific, actionable comments and suggestions provided by producers, directors, or editors on a screenplay or a cut of a film.

The art and craft of selecting, arranging, and assembling shots into a coherent film.

An edge-light, also known as a kicker or rim-light, is a light placed behind and to the side of a subject to create a bright outline that separates them from the background.

An echo track is a dedicated audio track in sound mixing that contains only the reverberation or echo effect of a source sound.

An Early Bird is a small, portable generator used to provide initial power on a film set before the main generator is operational.

Duv is a precise color science metric that measures the green or magenta tint of a light source, working in tandem with the Kelvin scale to define a light's true color.

A dupe is a duplicate copy of a film negative, created for various post-production purposes to protect the original camera negative.

Replacing a film’s original audio with another language localises content for global markets.

Dry for Dry is an editing style for dialogue scenes that exclusively uses clean single shots of each character, which can create a sense of emotional distance.

Aerial footage captured by remotely piloted multirotor or fixed-wing cameras

An unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a camera for capturing aerial shots.

A driving-sim pod is a specialized vehicle rig used in virtual production that places a real car body on a motion base, surrounded by LED screens displaying a virtual environment.

A formal iteration of a screenplay reflecting feedback and narrative refinements.

A DPX Log Scan is a standard method for digitizing motion picture film where each frame is saved as a DPX file with the image data encoded in a logarithmic color space to capture the full dynamic range of the film negative.

Process of folding a multichannel mix into fewer channels while preserving intelligibility and balance.

Double days refer to working two consecutive full shifts, often resulting in extremely long workdays and significant overtime pay.

A door bounce is a simple and effective lighting technique that uses a white door as a large reflector to create soft, natural-looking light.

A Donkey Call is an old-school slang term for the sound made when clapping a tail slate at the end of a take for audio-visual synchronization.

A system of rails used to guide a camera dolly smoothly along a predetermined path during filming.

A Dolly Grip Sandwich is a humorous slang term for any quick meal a busy dolly grip eats on set while working.

A dolly grip pilots camera platforms and cranes, turning directors’ lens moves into smooth cinematic language.

A camera dolly is a wheeled cart or similar device that the camera is mounted on, designed to produce smooth, horizontal camera movements.

Dollar Hat is a piece of on-set slang for the final take of the day, signaled by a crew member's one-dollar bet that the shot will be the last.

A dynamic HDR standard that optimizes color and brightness scene by scene.

A Dolby RMU is the Rendering and Mastering Unit, the dedicated hardware and software system required to create a Dolby Atmos mix.

Dolby Dialog Intelligence is an AI-driven toolset that helps audio engineers analyze and improve the clarity and consistency of dialogue.

A foundational channel‑based layer in an object‑based Dolby Atmos mix.

A Dogme cut is a jarring, rule-breaking edit, typically a jump cut, that reflects the raw and anti-Hollywood ethos of the Dogme 95 film movement.

A codec family designed for high-resolution post-production and preservation.

A DMX network is the industry-standard protocol for controlling stage and film lighting, allowing a central console to communicate with numerous fixtures.

Integrated cinema camera with 4-axis stabilization and LiDAR focusing for agile, gimbal-like shots.

The DJI Inspire 3 is a professional, high-end cinema drone equipped with an 8K full-frame camera for filmmaking applications.