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| 602 |
Walk-On |
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A minor role, usually without speaking lines.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 603 |
Walla |
Rhubarb |
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Background conversation. Historically, when a <A HREF="/glossary/S#script">script</A> called for "crowd unrest" or "murmuring", the <A HREF="/glossary/E#extra">extra</A>s would be required to mumble the word "rhubarb", as this produced the required effect.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 604 |
Wardrobe Department |
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The section of a <A HREF="/glossary/P#production">production</A>'s <A HREF="/glossary/C#crew">crew</A> concerned with costumes. Individual job titles include: <A HREF="/glossary/C#costume_designer">costume designer</A>, <A HREF="/glossary/C#costumer">costumer</A>, and <A HREF="/glossary/C#costume_supervisor">costume supervisor</A>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 605 |
Wardrobe Supervisor |
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The head of the <A HREF="/glossary/W#wardrobe_department">wardrobe department</A>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 606 |
Western |
Oater, Oat Opera |
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A movie set in the "Wild West" of the late 19th-century United States.<P><B CLASS=nice>On the web:</B> <A HREF="/List?genres=Western&&tv=on">List of Westerns at the IMDb.</A><BR><HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 607 |
Whip Pan |
Whip-pan |
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An extremely fast <A HREF="/glossary/P#pan">pan</A>, incorporating much <A HREF="/glossary/M#motion_blur">motion blur</A>. The term refers to the "whipping" action that the <A HREF="/glossary/C#camera_operator">camera operator</A> uses to move the <A HREF="/glossary/C#camera">camera</A>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 608 |
Widescreen |
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A movie which has an <A HREF="/glossary/A#aspect_ratio">aspect ratio</A> which is greater than academy ratio when projected.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 609 |
Wild Sound |
Wild Track, Wild Sound, MOS, Mit Out Sound |
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Scenes that are filmed without the sound being recorded at the same time. Dialog and/or <A HREF="/glossary/S#sound_effects">sound effects</A> may be dubbed in later.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%">
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| 610 |
Wilhelm Scream |
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Originally recorded as a sound effect for the film <a href="/title/tt0043469/"><i>Distant Drums</i></a> in 1951 and named after the character who yelped it out, this distinctive scream was archived in the Warner Brothers sound effects library, and was subsequently used in countless films, first simply as a generic stock scream, and later because sound supervisors and directors used it in their films (including <i>Star Wars</i>, <i>Indiana Jones</i>, <i>Toy Story</i> and <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i>) as a sort of touchstone or homage to earlier films. Though no specific documentation lists the identity of the screamer, sound designer <a href="/name/nm0123785/">Ben Burtt</a>'s research of Warner Brother's recording logs indicates that singer/actor <a href="/name/nm0941125/">Sheb Wooley</a> is likely the source, as he was one of the bit actors contracted to record sound effects for <i>Distant Drums</i>, and had been known to specialize in yells, laughs, and screams.
<P><B CLASS=nice>On the web:</B> <A HREF="http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/">Hollywood Lost And Found's History Of The Wilhelm Scream</A></p>
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| 611 |
Wipe |
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An <A HREF="/glossary/E#editing">editing</A> technique in which images from one <A HREF="/glossary/S#shot">shot</A> are fully replaced by the images of another, delimited by a definite border that moves across or around the <A HREF="/glossary/F#frame">frame</A>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 612 |
Word-of-mouth |
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Moviegoers can't help warning their friends to avoid or not miss the movie they saw recently. After an <A HREF="/glossary/O#opening_weekend">opening weekend</A> there's often enough feedback circulating from such warnings that it has a significant effect on how many more people go to see the movie. Negative word-of-mouth is often attributed to highly publicised movies doing poorly after the <A HREF="/glossary/O#opening_weekend">opening weekend</A>, while positive word-of-mouth can provide a poor <A HREF="/glossary/O#open">open</A>er with <A HREF="/glossary/L#legs">legs</A>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 613 |
Working Title |
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The name by which a movie is known while it is being made. This is sometimes different from the title with which it is <A HREF="/glossary/R#release">release</A>d.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 614 |
Wrangler |
Animal handler, vehicle wrangler |
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A person who is responsible for the care and control of entities used on a <A HREF="/glossary/S#set">set</A> that can't be spoken with. This person is typically a professional, certainly with expertise in handling the item, often with expertise in handling the item on a movie <A HREF="/glossary/S#set">set</A>.<P><B CLASS=nice>On the web:</B> <A HREF="/CrazyCredits?Ghostbusters+II+(1989)">Unusual Wrangler #1</A>, <A HREF="/CrazyCredits?Glitch!+(1988)">Unusual Wrangler #2</A>, <A HREF="/CrazyCredits?Look+Who%27s+Talking+Too+(1990)">Unusual Wrangler #3</A>, <A HREF="/CrazyCredits?Raising+Arizona+(1987)">Unusual Wrangler #4</A><BR><HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 615 |
Wrap |
Windup, Wind, Wind Roll and Print |
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To finish shooting, either for the day or the entire <A HREF="/glossary/P#production">production</A>.<P><B CLASS=nice>Fictional Movie(s):</B> <A HREF="/Title?0113161">Get Shorty (1995)</A><BR><HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 616 |
Writer |
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A general term for someone who creates a written work, be it a novel, <A HREF="/glossary/S#script">script</A>, <A HREF="/glossary/S#screenplay">screenplay</A>, or <A HREF="/glossary/T#teleplay">teleplay</A>. See also <A HREF="/glossary/W#writers_guild_of_america">Writers Guild of America</A>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 617 |
Writers Guild of America |
WGA |
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e Writers Guild of America is the sole collective bargaining representative for writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable, interactive and new media industries. It has numerous affiliation agreements with other U.S. and international writing organizations and is in the forefront of the debates concerning economic and creative rights for writers.<P><B CLASS=nice>On the web:</B> <A HREF="http://www.wga.org/">Official Home Page</A><BR><HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 618 |
Xerography |
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The technique using an electrostatic process to copy or transfer an image, commonly found in office copiers and used in cartoon production. <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%">
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| 619 |
XXX |
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An informal voluntary certificate for a <A HREF="/glossary/P#porno">pornographic film</A>, indicating large amounts of explicit sex. Contrast with <a href="/glossary/N#nc17:_no_one_17_and_under_admitted">NC-17</a>.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 620 |
Yarn |
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Slang for an apocryphal story.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
| 621 |
Zoom Shot |
Zoom, Zoom In, Zooming, Zoom Back, Zoom Out |
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<IMG SRC="http://i.imdb.com/Photos/CMSIcons/N/000/00/33/headshot.gif" HEIGHT="70" WIDTH="52" ALIGN=RIGHT>A <A HREF="/glossary/S#shot">shot</A> in which the magnification of the objects by the <A HREF="/glossary/C#camera">camera</A>'s lenses is increased (zoom in) or decreased (zoom out/back). There is a subtle difference between the results of a zoom shot and a dolly shot. In a zoom, the relative positions and sizes of all objects in the <A HREF="/glossary/F#frame">frame</A> remains the same, whereas in a dolly shot this will change as the <A HREF="/glossary/C#camera">camera</A> moves. <A HREF="/Name?Hitchcock,+Alfred">Alfred Hitchcock</A>'s much-imitated <A HREF="/glossary/S#shot">shot</A> in <A HREF="/Title?0052357">Vertigo</A> used a combination zoom in and dolly back, resulting in a dramatic change in perspective.<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%">
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| 622 |
Zoopraxis |
Zoopraxis-scope |
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early movie process developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, which involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, to create a sense that the objects projected were moving. <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="40%"> |
