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

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mocapography n. The movie, which opens in November, was filmed in something called “mocapography” using a multitude of digital cameras doing motion capture. Stars Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone and Crispin Glover moved around on a small stage, wearing dotted body suits, and Gaiman says it was like watching “the cast of Tron doing Shakespeare in the round.” [English Movies Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 27, 2007)

movietisment n. Combs, who produced and stars in a three minute version of the commercial, refused to edit the video and instead released it online.…The so-called “movietisment” details Combs’ encounter with a glamorous model played by model Jessica Gomez in a hotel lobby in New York. [English Advertising Entertainment Movies New or Nonce] [full cite] (Sep. 19, 2007)

MTA n. You’ve seen them in commercials, soap operas, even the movies. They’re MTA’s—models-turned-actresses. [English Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Aug. 25, 2004)

mumblecore n. I think that there are a bunch of us coming up now who have many of the same influences, and the same anti-influences, i.e. some of the crummier aspects of the indie scene that we’d all like to bury. My new film, “Mutual Appreciation,” premiered at South by Southwest, and there was some talk there of a “movement” just because there were a bunch of performance-based films by young quasi-idealists. My sound mixer, Eric Masunaga, named the movement “mumblecore,” which is pretty catchy. I quite liked those other films that I saw, but I think it’s probably a little reductive and silly to actually group any of them together. [English Arts & Literature Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2007)

nuke the fridge v. phr. In TV land, this phenomenon is known as “jumping the shark”: the moment when a once proud series swan-dives into putridity. It’s a reference to a dreadful, late-era episode of “Happy Days” in which a water-skiing Fonz lofts himself over the fin of a great white. But Indy fans were so demoralized, they coined a new phrase just for movie-franchise meltdowns. Ergo: “nuking the fridge.” [English Entertainment Movies New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 29, 2008)

page 75 n. In a typical Hollywood screenplay, there comes a moment just before the third act when the protagonist is faced with certain defeat. It is the part of the film in which the bad guys gain crucial ground after a series of valiant efforts to the contrary have proved futile. The dark heart of the narrative arc, this moment of failure represents a loss so profound that the viewer (or reader, as the case may be) is meant to abandon all hope of a tidy resolution. Well, almost. The convention goes by different names, depending which guru you consult. Some call it a “low point,” others a “dark night of the soul.” But most commonly it is known, in the subtle Hollywood producer parlance, as “page 75.” [English Movies Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 28, 2008)

phillum n. If you are looking for a “timepass phillum” this weekend, pass on this one. “Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar” is not only an intelligent film but a film that will make the willing viewer think. [English India Entertainment Movies] [full cite] (Oct. 28, 2007)

pickle shot n. But eventually he skateboards past a bush that reveals his private parts—at least in outline—for what Hollywood insiders call the “pickle shot.” No spiky hair down there. [English Body Movies Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 22, 2007)

pillarboxed adj. Most people will watch a feature film letterboxed but if, in the future, you fork out the money for a 16:9 set Im sure you would be dissapointed if the picture was “pillarboxed.” The 14:9 is not squashed per say—it is full frame 16:9 cropped so you only lose a portion of the edges of frame whereas the height is left alone. [English United Kingdom Media Movies Television] [full cite] (Jun. 24, 2007)

plant the flag v. phr. With an average of nearly 12 movies opening every week, claiming prime big-screen real estate as far in advance as possible is crucial.…“We had to ask ourselves whether it made sense to open against another comedy—albeit one that skewed a little more female—or against an action movie that felt more urban and ethnic and had less star power,” said Rob Moore, Paramount’s president of worldwide marketing and distribution.…In Hollywood jargon, the scheduling practice is known as “planting the flag.” [English Movies Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2007)

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