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Negative: (
1) For a black-and-white image those tonal values which are
the opposite of those in the original subject. (2) For a color
image, those color values which are the complement of those
in the original subject. (Film Editing)
Nets: A bobbinet
on a frame used to cut lighting intensity by either a half stop
or full stop. (Grip/Lighting)
Neutral Density (ND): Colorless
filters that reduce the amount of light in controlled degrees.
(Camera/Lighting)
Noir: Usually refers
to the classic black and white film noir style used in detective
mysteries, typically employing hard lighting and dark, low key
lighting. (Camera/Lighting)
Noise: In audio systems,
noise is the electrical interference or other unwanted sound
introduced into the system (i.e. hiss, hum, rumble, crosstalk,
etc). (Sound)
Notch: A recess on
the edge of a piece of film which automatically triggers a mechanism
effecting some modification of the duplication process, commonly
a change of exposure light intensity. (Film Editing)
NTSC: National Television
Standards Committee. The organization that sets the American
broadcast and videotape format standards for the FCC. Color
television is currently set at 525 lines per frame, 29.97 frames
per second.
O
Obie: An
eyelight mounted on the camera. (Lighting)
Octave: The interval
between two sounds having a basic frequency ratio of 2 to
1. (Sound)
Offline: The videotape
editing process whereby the final edit list is compiled, usually
in a more inexpensive edit room, in preparation for the on-line
edit. (Video)
Off-Scale: Outside
the range of the standard light values of a printer. (Laboratory)
One-Light Print: A
print made with a single printer light setting for all shots
in the film being printed. A common method to produce a 'daily'
color print. (Laboratory)
Online: The videotape
editing process that creates the final video edit master,
including effects, from the offline edit list. (Video)
Opacity: The ratio
of the amount of light falling on a surface to the amount
of light which is transmitted. (Lighting)
Opaque Leader: Any
strip of flexible, optically opaque material used to space
picture in A/B roll film cutting and editing. (Film Editing)
Optical Effects: A
laboratory or print procedure in which shots are modified
by use of an optical printer. These are most commonly seen
as fades and dissolves, however, it can include a wide range
of special effects procedures. (Laboratory)
Optical Printer: A
printer in which an image of the original is transferred to
raw film stock by means of light and a lens system. (Laboratory)
Optical Sound: A
sound track in which the recording uses variation of a photographic
image.
Optical Stereo: A
film recording system replayed by scanning the stereo tracks
by means of a photo cell lamp.
Outgoing Scene: The
first scene of a dissolve or wipe effect which changes into
the second, or incoming scene.
Out-Take: A take
of a scene which is not used for printing or for the final
assembly of a film.
Overlapping and Matching Action: Repeating
part of the action in one shot at the beginning of the next
shot, or covering the action with two or more cameras, then
matching the overlaps on the editing table for the purpose
of making a smooth cut on action. (Film Editing)
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