Movies Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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French hours n. During Phone Booth, no lunch breaks were taken because all of the staff agreed not to take lunch breaks (food was simply available for crew to grab and eat when they could) versus normal movies where there a very specifically set times or hour metrics that determine exactly when each meal must occur and the entire production stops while the crew eats. In short, French Hours mean moving more quickly and more efficiently while still retaining the same quality. [English United States Business Movies] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2004)

fright puppet n. To drive almost anywhere here this week is to run a gantlet of advertising for movies about killing.…A fright puppet from Universal’s “Dead Silence” peers menacingly from a construction-site wall by a children’s center in Santa Monica. [English Entertainment Movies New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 25, 2007)

gorno n. Dubbed gore pornography, or gorno for short, this sickening new sub-genre depicts torture, suffering and drawn-out death that tests the staying power of audiences as much as the victims. Sex has nothing to do with it, but, like porn, it’s all about visual thrills. It’s all about the gore—the more gruelling the better. [English Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2007)

half apple n. The production team is slowly picking up the lingo, so that last night when Chad asked for a “Half apple” I actually knew 1. what he was talking about 2. where it was and 3. where he needed to put it. That’s amazing! Okay, so maybe apple boxes was a bad example, but the amount of “white knowledge” we’re all picking up on this movie is what keeps us going when the going gets tough. Or cold. [English Entertainment Movies Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2004)

hero house n. Schroeder narrowed his search to the cul-de-sac on Green Mill Avenue, which offered a large “elbow curb,” as the industry calls it, allowing for wide-angle shots of the three “hero houses,” the term for residences that appear regularly on a production. [English Entertainment Movies Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 11, 2007)

hixploitation n. Plenty of movies—from comedies to dramas to horror films—have played profitably off these Yankee fears. To some extent, naturally, a bad rap for the South is justified, given its history of slavery, Jim Crow laws and attempts to squash the Civil Rights Movement that often included murder. On the other hand, movies are giving people a South that vanished decades ago, lazily assuming that these familiar images alone are enough to give some folks the creeps. There’s even a term for movies that trade in southern stereotypes—"hixploitation.” [English Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2007)

Hollywood no n. Nothing is more frustrating for a filmmaker than the “Hollywood No,” which is silence. It is debilitating and insensitive. [English Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Sep. 29, 2004)

hummer n. Hummer. Derogatory term for a composer who doesn’t prefer to notate his own music, with the implication being that he merely hums his parts for others to orchestrate. [English Entertainment Movies Music Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2008)

hypergonar n. Chrétien’s “hypergonar” adapters made use of an optical trick called anamorphosis, whereby a curved lens placed in front of an ordinary camera could squeeze a large field of vision into the frame. Another lens, affixed to the projector, would reverse the process, spreading out the image onto an extended screen. [English French Entertainment Media Movies] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2004)

hyphenate n. Writers are free to negotiate for higher pay, and people who produce or co-produce—called “hyphenates” in industry parlance—earn more. [English Entertainment Movies Television Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2007)

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