Film Industry Words

Definitions

Production-the general process of putting a film together, including casting, set construction, costuming, rehearsals, and shooting; also refers to the middle stage of production which is preceded by pre-production and followed by post-production.

Distribution-The distribution of a film (or movie) is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience. This task may be accomplished in a variety of ways; for example, with a theatrical release, a home entertainment release.

Marketing-Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments.

Exhibition-An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items.

Audience-refers to spectators, viewers, participants - those who serve as a measure of a film's success; although usually audiences are viewed in universal terms, they can also be segmented or categorized.

Institution-institution - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose.

Digital-refers to filming on digital video using digital high-resolution cameras, rather than on traditional 35mm film.

Ownership-Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate or intellectual property. Ownership involves multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different parties. In the case of films, a person or a company has ownership to it and eveything that has to do with it.

Convergence-the occurrence of two or more things coming together.

Synergy-Synergy, in general, may be defined as two or more agents working together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently.


New Technologies-In the history of technology, emerging technologies are contemporary advances and innovation in various fields of technology. Various converging technologies have emerged in the technological convergence of different systems evolving towards similar goals. Convergence can refer to previously separate technologies such as voice (and telephony features), data (and productivity applications) and video that now share resources and interact with each other, creating new efficiencies.

Hardware-Hardware is a general term for the physical artifacts of a technology. It may also mean the physical components of a computer system, in the form of computer hardware.