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Translation glossary: Film terms

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Spot MeterA type of meter for taking a Reflective Light Reading with a short telescopic sight that enables you to take a very specific reflective reading of a 
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SpreaderA piece of gear consisting of three arms on a central hub attached to the bottom of a tripod to keep the legs from collapsing outwards. 
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Spring LockA round springloaded clamp that goes on the end of a rewind to allow several reels to turn together. 
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SprocketThe teeth on a roller designed to engage with the perforations in film. Sometimes sprocket holes are referred to as sprockets too. 
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Sprocket HolesThe same as Perf. 
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SpunSpun glass diffusion material. see Diffusion. 
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Squawk BoxA small amplified speaker used on an editing bench and receiving sound from the Sound Reader. 
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SteenbeckA popular brand of flatbed. The word is sometimes used interchangeably with flatbed. 
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Stingeran endearing term, used by electricians, for an extension cord. Not a very commonly used term on the whole. 
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StreamerA grease pencil mark on the workprint indicating either a fade or a dissolve, called so because when projected it resembles a streamer trailing acros 
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Stripe35mm mag stock that contains a stripe of magnetic tape rather than the complete coating found on Fullcoat. Stripe mag will also have a balance stripe 
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Super 16A format using single perf 16mm film on which a wider image is exposed than is the case with regular 16mm, using the area that would normally have th 
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Super SpeedJust a fancy way for Zeiss to describe a fast prime lens, typically with a Tstop of 1.3. 
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SuperimpositionThe same as Double Exposure, but often used expressly to describe a double exposure done through optical printing, as in superimposed titles, etc. 
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SyncThe degree to which sound and picture are lined up, insync being lined up exactly, and outofsync not so exactly. It can be applied to any specific so 
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Sync Mark1.: The point at which the clapsticks come together at the beginning of a shot, and the accompanying sound on the sound track. 2.: An “X” mark on a s 
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Sync SoundSync sound is sound recorded while shooting picture. Usually it involves footage of people speaking, and is thus sometimes called lip sync. It must b 
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SynchronizerA very helpful tool of the editing room, a synchronzier is a device with a center axle and several sprocketed wheels attached to it. The wheels are c 
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SyncingThe actual lining up of sound and picture before editing a sync sound film. This also involves cutting the excess sound between takes, and adding fil 
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TStop Similar to an FStop, some lenses, particularly zoom lenses, will have fstops on one side of the aperture ring and tstops on the other. To differ 
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TachometerA gauge on a camera measuring the film speed when the camera is running. 
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TailThe end of a shot or a roll is called the tail. 
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Tail SlateSometimes it is necessary to mark a shot at the end rather than at the beginning. When this is done it is called a tail slate. It is customary to cal 
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TakeMultiple versions of the same shot are called takes. 
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Take Up ReelAn empty reel, used on a projector to gather up the film after it has passed through the movement. 
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Take Up SpoolAn empty spool in a camera used to gather up the film after it has passed through the movement. 
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Tape SpliceA method of joining two pieces of film so they can be projected as one continuous piece. Tape splices are used in the editing stage. To cut the negat 
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TelecineA machine for transferring film to video. 
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TelephotoUsed as an equivalent to Long Lens, but for those who wish to be overly exact, a telephoto lens is a long lens that is physically shorter than its fo 
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The CallThis is the sequence of directions that begin a take, typically: “Roll Sound!” “Roll Camera!” “Mark it!” “And... Action!” 
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The GroundglassA flat surface of etched glass in the viewfinding system of a camera that is the same distance from the lens as the film plane. 
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The MovementThe parts of a camera or projector that move the film intermittently: the pulldown claw, the rollers before and after the loops, and the gears connec 
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The SlateA board with two hinged sticks attached. The slate is used to record a scene number and sync point (via the clapstick) at the beginning of a shot. 
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The Sticks1.: The tripod or the tripod legs. 2.: The clapper on the slate. 
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The Taking LensOn a turret, the lens that is actually in front of the gate, producing an image on the film. 
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TieIn Kit A device for bypassing the fuse box and electrical wiring of a location by tapping power directly from the mains. 
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Tight WindA handy attachment sometimes found on an editing bench on the right rewind, used to wind film onto a core and giving it a very smooth edge. It can be 
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Tight Wind HubA tight wind is useless without it. This is the hub that holds a core on the spindle of a rewind. 
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TiltA vertical camera move on an axis, up or down. Not to be used interchangeably with pan. It is not really correct to say “pan up” or “pan down,” when 
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Time LapseTime lapse is when single frame shooting is used to dramatically speed up the action over the course of a long period of time. Typically it is a proc 
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Timed PrintUnlike a One Light Print, this is a print where the timer has gone through and timed every shot. 
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TimerThe person at the lab who goes through your film, shot by shot and selects the printing lights. 
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TimingThe lab’s process of selecting printing lights to for the proper redition of exposure and color when making a print. The term is a little consuing, a 
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Timing Lights or Printing LightsThese are the lamps of the contact printer at the lab. Their brightness can be controlled, which is measured in a scale of 1 to 50, 1 being the darke 
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Timing ReportA list of the timing lights and corresponding footages the lab used in making your print. The timing report can be very helpful for analyzing the foo 
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To tell if a piece of film is AWind or BWind hold it up with the emulsion facing you. If it is AWind the image will read correctly, if it is BWind it will be mirror image. AWind and 
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Tone1.: A 1,000 Hz sine wave used at the beginning of a tape to provide consistent volume when transferring sound. 2.: Room Tone. 
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Tracking ShotA tracking shot is one where the camera is placed on a dolly and is moved while filmming. Also known as a dolly shot. 
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Trim Bin or Editing Bin or BinA trim bin is a bin on wheels lined with a fabric bag and topped off with a frame with a row pins on which to hang film while editing. Oddly enough, 
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TrimsTrims are outtakes of a few frames, usually a foot or less. To keep them from getting lost they are usually stored separately from longer outtakes, e 
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