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Film Industry & Awards Terms Starting With S
The film industry & awards terms that begin with S, in alphabetical order.
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Definitions of Film Industry & Awards Terms Starting With S
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A SAG Interim Agreement was a contract offered by the SAG-AFTRA union during its 2023 strike that allowed independent productions to continue filming.
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SAG-AFTRA is the American labor union representing over 160,000 performers and media professionals, including actors, broadcast journalists, and recording artists.
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Sales and distribution is the overarching process of licensing a finished film and managing its release to audiences across various platforms.
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Commercial direct-view LED cinema platform offering HDR-like contrast and modular sizing.
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Legacy Chinese media regulator whose responsibilities later evolved into agencies including NRTA.
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The Satellite Awards are annual accolades given by the International Press Academy to honor artistic achievements in the fields of film, television, and new media.
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A Schedule of Minimums is a foundational document within a film industry union agreement that dictates the minimum wages, working conditions, and benefits for its members.
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Scope-3 emissions are all the indirect greenhouse gas emissions from a film production's value chain, such as air travel, making them the largest and most challenging category to reduce.
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A labor union representing film and television actors in the United States, known for its annual awards.
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to recognize outstanding performances in film and television.
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The Screen Extras Guild was a historical American labor union that represented film and television background actors from 1946 to 1992.
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A global trade magazine specializing in international film business and festivals.
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Screener codes are unique, time-sensitive digital credentials that provide access to pre-release or awards-consideration films for industry professionals.
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Any scheduled showing of a film, from test audience previews to critics’ press nights, informs edits and marketing.
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ScreenX extends the image onto 270-degree side walls, immersing audiences in a panoramic triptych beyond the proscenium.
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Script coverage is a professional evaluation summarizing and critiquing a screenplay.
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Script coverage is a standardized report that analyzes a screenplay's strengths and weaknesses, providing a summary and recommendation for industry decision-makers.
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A specialist hired to revise and polish an existing screenplay under tight deadlines.
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A script editor is a professional who works directly with screenwriters to develop and refine a screenplay's story, structure, and characters.
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A screenwriting competition connecting writers with industry professionals.
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Script registration is the act of filing a copy of a finished screenplay with an official organization to create a time-stamped record of the author's claim to the material.
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A scriptment is a hybrid pre-writing document, most famously used by director James Cameron, that blends the detailed prose of a story treatment with the formatting and key dialogue of a screenplay.
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SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) was a digital cinema sound format developed by Sony that competed with Dolby and DTS, notable for supporting up to eight channels of audio.
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The period when a film becomes available on a secondary distribution platform after its first exclusive run.
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Section 168(k) is a U.S. tax code provision that allows film producers and investors to immediately deduct the full production cost of a film, creating a powerful financial incentive.
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The Section 181 deduction is a U.S. federal tax incentive allowing investors to deduct the cost of a qualified film or television production in the year of investment.
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A secure screener is a digital copy of a film distributed for preview purposes, protected by anti-piracy measures like watermarking and restricted access.
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A Sensitivity Consultant is a specialist who reviews a film's script and production elements to identify and provide feedback on potentially insensitive, biased, or harmful portrayals of marginalized groups or sensitive subject matter.
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A sensitivity reader is a person hired to review a script or manuscript for unintentional stereotypes, biases, and inaccuracies related to marginalized communities.
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A Sentient Rights Disclaimer is a theoretical legal or ethical statement in a film's credits acknowledging the rights and contributions of a sentient artificial intelligence involved in its creation.
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Sentiment analysis is the automated process of using natural language processing to identify and categorize opinions expressed in text as positive, negative, or neutral.
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A set visit is an organized trip to an active film or television production set, typically for promotional purposes or professional observation.
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Sheffield DocFest is the UK's leading documentary festival and one of the world's most important industry events for non-fiction storytelling in all its forms.
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A short turn is a work period where a cast or crew member is given less than the contractually required rest time between shifts.
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A showrunner steers a series’ creative arc while juggling budgets, schedules and studio politics in an era of peak-TV overflow.
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A showrunner contract is a complex employment agreement that outlines the compensation, duties, and creative control of the head writer and executive producer of a television series.
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Enterprise file acceleration and orchestration used for moving large media securely between sites and clouds.
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Now known as AFI DOCS, the Silverdocs Documentary Festival was a prestigious event and filmmaker development program dedicated to showcasing and nurturing non-fiction cinema.
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A simplified audio track is a special audio mix designed to make film and television content more accessible for viewers with sensory sensitivities.
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A Simulcam Supervisor is a visual effects specialist on set who oversees the real-time compositing of live-action actors with pre-rendered CGI elements directly in the camera feed.
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A short promotional video highlighting a project’s most compelling elements to attract stakeholders and audiences.
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Skip Intro is a streaming feature that allows viewers to bypass opening credits and jump directly into the main content.
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Skip rate is the percentage of viewers who click the 'Skip Ad' button on a pre-roll or in-stream video advertisement.
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A funding arrangement pooling multiple films to diversify investment risk
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A film that achieves unexpected success long after its initial release.
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Slow fashion is an approach to clothing production and consumption that values quality, longevity, and traditional craftsmanship over speed and disposability.
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A systematic review of blockchain code to identify vulnerabilities and ensure correctness.
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A Snapchat geofilter is a location-based graphic overlay used as an experiential marketing tool for film premieres, theatrical releases, and fan events.
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Unpublicised or lightly promoted advance screenings gauge audience buzz and generate FOMO-driven chatter.
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Sneaker resale is the specific, multi-billion dollar secondary market dedicated to the buying and selling of collectible and limited-edition sneakers.
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Social commerce integrates buying and selling directly within social media platforms.
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Social listening is the practice of tracking and analyzing conversations and trends related to a film across social media and the internet to derive strategic insights.
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A coordinated effort using social platforms to promote a film and engage audiences online.
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Social, Creator, and Fan Tokens
Social, creator, and fan tokens are forms of cryptocurrency that allow artists and brands to monetize their communities and offer fans new ways to engage.
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A soft greenlight is a conditional, preliminary approval for a film project that allows development to continue with a specified budget but does not yet commit to full production.
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A soft hold is a tentative, non-binding booking for a cast member, crew member, or piece of equipment.
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Soft money in film financing refers to capital sourced from government incentives like tax credits, rebates, and grants, which does not have to be repaid from the film's profits.
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A soft open is a limited early release of a film to test audience response before wide distribution.
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A soundtrack sampler is a short, promotional compilation of clips from a film's official soundtrack, released before the movie to generate interest in its music.
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