Goof categories
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Anachronisms - E.g: a
cell-phone is used in a movie that takes place in the
middle-ages.
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Audio/visual unsynchronised
- E.g: someone is talking but his/hers lips aren't moving,
or someone plays the guitarr and the sound is of bongo-drums.
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Continuity
- E.g: someone is wearing pants, but in the next shot
the pants are gone and then back again in the following
shot.
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Crew / equipment visible
- E.g: the camera man stands infront of a mirror and
the mike man drops the boom mike infront of the camera.
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Error in geography -
E.g: someone is said to be in New Zealand and the statue
of liberty is seen in the background.
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Factual Errors - E.g:
someone states seriously that the world is flat, when
it in fact is round.
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Plot holes - The plot
doesn't make sense.
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Revealing mistakes -
E.g. someone hits a knife in another persons back and
the knife bends.
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Glossary
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Boom
Mike - A long pole with a microphone on the end.
The boom is extended out near the actors. Ideally, the
microphone at the end should be placed in the camera's
safe area. Person in charge: boom operator.
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Continuity
- The uninterrupted progress of related shots and scenes.
The appearance of performers, costumes and backgrounds
must match exactly from one shot to the next so that
the illusion of sequential filming is maintained. Person
in charge: script supervisor.
- Cameo
- A small yet significant part within a film, oftentimes
played by a famous actor. Cameos are not to be confused
with walk-ons, which are brief appearances by someone
famous.
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C
Stand - A stand used to hold lighting fixtures,
scrims, and flags in place during the production of
film and tape.
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Dolly
Tracks - A set of tracks upon which a camera
can be moved.
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Flare
- When the light source (e.g the sun) is pointed directly
at the camera, the optics of the lens often produce
in the image a haze, glow or aura known as flare.
- Prop
- Anything an actor touches or uses on the set; e.g. phones,
guns, cutlery, etc. Movie animals and all food styling
(food seen or eaten on set/screen) also fall into this
domain.
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Reaction
shot - A close shot of a person/persons reacting
to something that is said or done off the scene or in
a previous shot. A reaction shot may be used as a standard
continue device, such as cutting from one player speaking
to another who is reacting to his words, or as a cutaway
device, such as cutting away from the main action in
a boxing ring to the reaction of a spectator in the
audience, then returning to the main action.
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Scene
- A series of shots that take place in a single location
and that deal with a single action. The end of a scene
is typically marked by a change in location, style or
time.
- Shot - A single continuous
take, filmed in a single session from one camera setup
Types of shots
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ECU - Extreme close-up
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CU - Close-up
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MCU - Medium close-up
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MS = Medium shot
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LMS - Long medium shot
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FS - Full shot
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LS - Long shot
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ELS - Extreme long shot
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