Industry
IATSE is the dominant 'below-the-line' labor union representing the majority of technicians, artisans, and craftspeople in the entertainment industry.
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Film Terms Starting With I
78 entries in the Movie Wiki begin with I, listed alphabetically with a one-line definition each. Open any of them for the full explanation.
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Definitions of Film Terms Starting With I
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Industry
The IDFA Forum is the world's largest and most influential co-financing and co-production market for documentary films, serving as the industry centerpiece of the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam.
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Pop Culture
A media phenomenon centered on manufactured pop stars and fan engagement practices.
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Filmmaking
An Input Device Transform that maps camera-native footage into a standardized working color space.
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Industry
The IFCO (Irish Film Classification Office) is the state body responsible for classifying films and video games in Ireland.
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General
An Ignite Talk is a rapid presentation format featuring twenty slides that auto‑advance every fifteen seconds.
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Pop Culture
An image macro is a popular type of internet meme consisting of a picture with text superimposed on top, often using a film still or screenshot as the base image.
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Filmmaking
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, projectors, and theaters known for its massive screens and immersive audio, creating a premium viewing experience.
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Industry
IMAX Enhanced Audio is a consumer technology standard that uses a special version of the DTS:X codec to replicate the sound experience of an IMAX theater at home.
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Genres
IMAX film is a proprietary large‑format system that uses 70 mm film run horizontally to deliver ultra‑high resolution and immersive image quality.
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Industry
IMDb Pro is the premium subscription service of the Internet Movie Database, designed as a professional resource for people working in the entertainment industry.
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Filmmaking
IMF App #5 is a specification within the Interoperable Master Format standard for creating the highest-quality master files intended for theatrical distribution.
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Industry
An IMF delivery spec is a set of technical requirements for packaging a film into the Interoperable Master Format, a modern system for global distribution.
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Filmmaking
Immersive Audio Bitstream (IAB)
A standardized digital container for delivering multi‑channel object‑based audio in film and broadcast.
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Characters
The immortal wanderer is an archetype of a being who lives forever, traveling through the ages as a lonely observer of human history and the fleeting nature of life.
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Industry
A tamper-resistant data record where entries cannot be altered once committed.
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Filmmaking
French Impressionist Cinema was a 1920s avant-garde film movement that emphasized psychological exploration and the subjective experience of characters through innovative visual techniques.
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Filmmaking
An improv show is a live comedic performance where the scenes are created spontaneously, and its techniques are a fundamental tool in modern filmmaking.
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Filmmaking
The spontaneous creation of dialogue, movement, or action without a fixed script.
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Filmmaking
'In the Can' is a film industry idiom that means a scene, a day's worth of shooting, or the entire film has been successfully filmed and recorded.
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Filmmaking
The traditional animation process of drawing intermediate frames between key poses.
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Filmmaking
Any visual effect achieved directly during principal photography without post production.
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Filmmaking
In-Camera VFX (ICVFX) is a virtual production technique that uses real-time 3D environments displayed on LED walls as a direct replacement for greenscreen.
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Storytelling
The inciting incident is the pivotal event in Act One that disrupts the protagonist's ordinary life and launches the story's central conflict.
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Industry
An inclusion rider is a contractual clause that an actor or filmmaker can require in their contract to ensure a certain level of diversity in casting and production hiring.
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Industry
Inclusive casting is the practice of casting actors from underrepresented or marginalized groups in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, or disability are not essential to the character's identity.
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Characters
An Incorporeal Companion is a character archetype who is not physically present but serves as a guide, conscience, or confidant to a protagonist.
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Industry
An independent film is a motion picture produced and financed largely or entirely outside of the major Hollywood studio system.
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Industry
Awards celebrating independent filmmakers and low-budget productions, held annually in Santa Monica.
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Genres
A film produced outside the major studio system, often with lower budgets and artistic freedom.
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Industry
An Indiegogo launch is a crowdfunding campaign on the Indiegogo platform, which offers both flexible and fixed funding options for a wide range of projects.
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Genres
The Indonesian New Wave signifies the vibrant rebirth of the nation's film industry after the fall of the authoritarian Suharto regime in 1998, characterized by new creative freedoms and a surge in thematic and stylistic diversity.
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Filmmaking
INFiLED is a leading manufacturer of high-resolution LED display panels widely used for creating immersive digital environments in virtual production studios.
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Industry
An individual who leverages social media following to shape audience opinions and behaviors.
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Pop Culture
An influencer collab is a partnership between two or more content creators to produce joint content, leveraging each other's audiences for mutual growth.
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Pop Culture
Influential 100 is an annual ranking celebrating the one hundred most impactful voices in cinema and culture.
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Characters
The innkeeper is a character archetype, particularly in fantasy and historical genres, who provides shelter, information, and a meeting place for travelers and adventurers.
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Characters
An Innocent Bystander is a character who is not involved in the central conflict of a story but gets caught up in the action, often to raise the stakes or serve as a victim.
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Filmmaking
An insert is a close-up shot of a specific object or detail that is edited into a scene to draw the audience's attention to its importance.
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Filmmaking
An insert shot is a close-up shot of a detail within the scene, often used to emphasize a specific object or action.
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Genres
An Instagram aesthetic is a curated visual style that serves as a microcosm of how a film's distinct look is crafted through cinematography and color grading.
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Pop Culture
A short-form video feature on Instagram used for dynamic movie teasers and fan challenges.
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Pop Culture
An insult comedy film is a subgenre of comedy where the humor is primarily derived from characters mocking, ridiculing, and creatively insulting each other.
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Filmmaking
"INT." is the standard abbreviation for "Interior" used in a screenplay's slugline to indicate that a scene takes place inside a location.
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Industry
Intellectual Property Clearance
Intellectual property clearance is the legal process of ensuring every element seen and heard in a film has the necessary permissions for use, preventing copyright infringement lawsuits.
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Industry
In filmmaking, intellectual property rights are the legal permissions required to base a motion picture on a pre-existing work or a real person's life story.
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Storytelling
An interactive cue is a visual or auditory signal within an interactive film that alerts the viewer that a user choice moment is about to occur.
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Storytelling
An interactive story is a form of narrative media where the viewer makes choices that actively influence the plot's direction and ultimate outcome.
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Filmmaking
"INTERCUT" is a screenwriting device that weaves two or more separate scenes together, cutting back and forth between the parallel actions.
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Filmmaking
An editing technique alternating between parallel scenes to build thematic or dramatic connections.
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Genres
Intermediality is a concept in media theory describing the way different media forms, such as text, painting, or video games, interact and are represented within a single film.
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Industry
An intermission is a scheduled break in the middle of a long film, during which the projection is paused to allow the audience to stretch, use restrooms, and visit concessions.
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Characters
Internal conflict is a psychological struggle within the mind of a character, often involving a clash between their desires, beliefs, duties, or fears.
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Filmmaking
An internegative is a negative copy of a motion picture made from a master positive, used for creating release prints for theatrical distribution.
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Pop Culture
An internet sensation is a person, character, or phenomenon that achieves significant fame and popularity primarily through online channels and viral sharing.
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