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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Hollywood Slang
nofilmschool.com: If you want to navigate the backlot like a pro, you'll need to master the slang. From quirky equipment names to cryptic production terms, here's your ultimate guide to cracking the code of Hollywood-speak.
With CMU in the school of drama having its own lingo and language I was curious to learn how Hollywood slang was different from theatrical slang. I've only ever briefly worked in the film industry or tangentially to it so the slang in the film world is not something I'm incredibly familiar with and due to this this article was a good refresher and educational tool for me. a lot of these pieces of slang translate over to the theatrical world such as a beat, stinger, sides, table read ect.It was very important to me to take time when reading this article to get the pieces of slang and lingo that are not in the theatrical World in my brain as I know I will encounter them either through working with people that came from film or through working on film myself. Every industry comes up with slang or shorthand Hollywood is no different although some of these terms are interesting and I'd love to know the history behind them.
This article was particularly interesting because I was so unfamiliar with many of these terms, despite my expectation that I would be well attuned to these words. Some that shocked me were boilerplate (I had no idea what that was,) C-47 (why can’t we just call it a clothespin?,) development hell (in theatre world we just call it hell I think,) honeywagon (I feel like we could come up with something better. Poopy-on-the-move? I don’t know I’m just spitballing,) Martini shot (I was not familiar with this double meaning,) and the Texas switch (I thought this was just called switching.) This text was super helpful as I am now heading into the filming process for my own short film, and now, knowing some lingo, I will sound so professional and impress my cast and crew. Like “That’s a hot set, okayyyyy”
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With CMU in the school of drama having its own lingo and language I was curious to learn how Hollywood slang was different from theatrical slang. I've only ever briefly worked in the film industry or tangentially to it so the slang in the film world is not something I'm incredibly familiar with and due to this this article was a good refresher and educational tool for me. a lot of these pieces of slang translate over to the theatrical world such as a beat, stinger, sides, table read ect.It was very important to me to take time when reading this article to get the pieces of slang and lingo that are not in the theatrical World in my brain as I know I will encounter them either through working with people that came from film or through working on film myself. Every industry comes up with slang or shorthand Hollywood is no different although some of these terms are interesting and I'd love to know the history behind them.
This article was particularly interesting because I was so unfamiliar with many of these terms, despite my expectation that I would be well attuned to these words. Some that shocked me were boilerplate (I had no idea what that was,) C-47 (why can’t we just call it a clothespin?,) development hell (in theatre world we just call it hell I think,) honeywagon (I feel like we could come up with something better. Poopy-on-the-move? I don’t know I’m just spitballing,) Martini shot (I was not familiar with this double meaning,) and the Texas switch (I thought this was just called switching.) This text was super helpful as I am now heading into the filming process for my own short film, and now, knowing some lingo, I will sound so professional and impress my cast and crew. Like “That’s a hot set, okayyyyy”
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