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CINEMATIC TERMS B
BannedThe blocking of a film's release (in a theatre showing or on
video) by either the government or an official movie classification board, for political, religious, sexual, or social
reasons; see also censorship.
BalanceWithin a film's visual frame, refers to the composition,
aesthetic quality, or working together of the figures, light, sound, and movement.
Black and whiteSimply means without color; before the
invention of color film stock , all films were black and white ;monochrome (literally meaning "one color") usually refers to a film shot in black and white, although it can refer to a film shot in shades of one color; grainy B&W is often used to convey authenticity; abbreviated as BW, B/W, and B&W; contrast to color .
black or dark comedyA type of comedy fi lm , first
popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s in which normally serious subjects, such as war, death, dismemberment, misery, suffering, or murder, are treated with macabre humor and satire through iconography, dialogue, and the characters; settings may include cemeteries, war rooms, funerals
Bowdlerize(d)Refers to purging anything considered disturbing, vulgar, or
adult in content in order to make it sanitized for mass market consumption and appropriate for children; originally a literary term derived from the name of Englishman Thomas Bowdler who published a 'censored' Family Shakespeare version in the early 1800s.
Back lotAn area, on studio property, in an openair, outdoor
space away from the studio stages, where reallife situations with back grounds are filmed; contrasted to on-location shoots that are more expensive; various studios in the Los Angeles area offer back lot tours.
backlightingThis phenomenon occurs when the lighting for the shot is
directed at the camera from behind the subject(s), causing the figure(s) in the foreground to appear in semidarkness or as silhouettes, or highlighted; with backlighting, the subject is separated from the back ground.
Back dropRefers to a large photographic backing or painting for the
back ground of a scene (a view seen outside a window, a landscape scene, mountains, etc.), usually painted on flats(composed of plywood or cloth); a large curved backdrop is known as a cyclorama; backdrops were more commonly used before the current trend toward on- location shooting and the use of blue screens.
Back projectionA photographic technique whereby live action is filmed in front
of a transparent screen onto which back ground action is projected. Back projection was often used to provide the special effect of motion in vehicles during dialogue scenes, but has become outmoded and replaced by blue screen (or green screen) processing and traveling mattes; also known as rear projection or process photography (or shot); contrast to matte shot.
Barn doorsThe black metal folding doors an all four sides of a light that can be bent back and 4 on their hinges to control where the
light is directed.
bootlegAn illegally copied, unauthorized, and/or distributed version
of a copyrighted film/video/DVD, often of secondrate quality; also termed pirated .
Box-officeThe measure of the total amount of money or box-office
receipt by moviegoers to view a movie; usually divided into domestic grosses (unadjusted and adjusted for inflation), and worldwide grosses; films with great boxoffice results or a strong and outstanding performance are often termed.