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Film crews have their own language, their own meanings for words. And we have a rich set of aphorisms which often only make sense within film, or have a unique meaning when on set.


Relax: It's only a movie!

Relax: It's only A Movie #2
A graphical variation on a popular design.

Relax: It's not EVEN a movie
For those of us who work in television, commercials or short films, remember, it's not even a movie.

IIWII :: It Is What It Is
When it ain't what it's supposed to be, IIWII.

It's All About ME!
It's rarely said on a set, but this thought sometimes underlies the actions of actors, even crew.

But what I really want
to do is Direct

Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick 2
The balance of objectives; you can't have them all.

Was that my Outside Voice?
Sometimes we speak thoughts that were best left private.

Filmmaker's Dictionary: Outside Voice
Sometimes you can't help but blurt it out.

Filmmaker's Dictionary: It's All Good!
When things are rotten, buck up and repeat after me, "It's all good."

Cinematic Immunity
An exemption from rules governing set etiquette and general crew behaviour enjoyed by certain priveleged individuals.

Filmmaker's Dictionary: Homage
Homage: n., Etymology: Old French - theft, larceny

Filmmaker's Dictionary: bertuzzi
The shot that came out of nowhere; a reference to an infamous sucker punch by a hockey player of that name. eg: “This was the martini but a bertuzzi came up so now it’s the abby.”

Filmmaker's Dictionary: Roll Sound!
An incantation, cast by an Assistant Director, and having multiple effects -- not all intended.

Filmmaker's Dictionary: Fraturday
A shooting day that begins with a Friday evening call time and ends with a Saturday morning wrap.


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