Lock Down / Lock Up
A system to control a Live Set. When a set is in lockdown, people cannot come onto the set until the shot is over and the AD yells, “Cut!”
Look Up Table / LUT
A digital file that transforms the color and tone of your image. It can convert colors and details in a source file to a new destination state. For example, you can use a LUT to convert a modern digital photo to the color and tone of older film stock.
Lower Thirds
Any graphic or animation in the lower third of the video frame. Usually, this would be a name and occupation card.
Magazines for Film
A camera magazine is a light-tight chamber or pair of chambers designed to hold and move film stock before and after it has been exposed in the camera. In most movie cameras, the magazine is a removable piece of equipment.
Makeup Assistant
A person who assists the Key Makeup artist, who typically does makeup on the actors hired as featured extras or day players.
Match Cut
An editing technique wherein one shot cuts to another with a similar composition or theme – for example cutting from the wheel of a car to a round frying pan.
Meal Break
Once everyone has worked for six hours, a minimum of 30 minutes must be provided for a Meal Break. The 30 minutes does not start until the last person has been served lunch. See also, Last Man call.
Meal Penalty
A penalty, which occurs on some jobs if the crew is not fed within a certain amount of time. See also, Last Man call.
Minus Optical Sound (MOS)
Standard filmmaking jargon abbreviation for footage without sound or no synchronous audio track recorded. MOS is an acronym representing a variety of meanings including Mit Out Sound.
Morph Cut
An editing effect in Adobe Premiere, which blends frames, allowing an editor to mask a cut between two shots of the same composition.
