85 Film Terms you Need to Know On Set

10-1

Going to pee

10-2

Going to poop

86 That/It

Cancel that / scratch that

Abby Singer or Abby

Second to last shot for the day

Action

Cameras are rolling and the scene that is being shot begins

ADR

Additional Dialogue Recording – the process of recording additional dialogue after recording the scene

AKS

an abbreviation used to refer to a miscellaneous collection of tools or equipment. Stands for “all kinds of stuff” or “all kinds of s***”

Apple Box

Small wooden box used to add height

Back In

Lunch break is over

Back To One

Directors will instruct actors and extras to ‘go back to one’, meaning go back to the original location of the top of the scene

Barn Doors

Go on a light to manipulate the direction and intensity of the light, when you open and close them they simulate barn doors

Blocking

Done before the cameras rolling, where you act out the movement or scene in front of the cameras before they are rolling (planning the shot and camera movement for the scene)

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