I read the script. I'm satisfied now. It's going into production...if only in my head.

Adding to the lingo. Got them from screenwriting.info

Option
The securing of the rights to a screenplay for a given length of time.
PAN
A camera direction indicating a stationary camera that pivots back and forth or up and down.
Back Door Pilot
A two-hour TV movie that is a setup for a TV series if ratings warrant further production.
FREEZE FRAME
The image on the screen stops, freezes and becomes a still shot.
M.O.S.
Without sound, so described because a German-born director wanting a scene with no sound told the crew to shoot "mit out sound."
Green Light
A project OKed for production. (Everyone's favorite)

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B itch work- this is what film student told me being a PA was, while I was on a set as a PA.

Panning does not indicate a vertical movement. That's a tilt.

And as long as we're on the topic of vertical/horizontal movement, you might as well throw in a boom too, which is moving the entire camera as opposed to simply rotating on an axis (like you do in a pan/tilt). See: boom cranes, boom pole.

Yeah, except a boom pole is for a mic

And as long as we're going to talk about boom poles, we should probably also mention that pole vaulting looks like the funnest track and field event. Though, I can't say I've really watched a whole lot of track and field events in my day.

Hm. I was pretty sure "boom" was a term for any sort crane no matter what was on the end. Camera, construction materials, mic, whatever...

I could be wrong though.

I think you're right, brain. I'm pretty sure it's used in a lot of different industries. For us though, the term is only really meaningful when talking about boom poles, camera boom cranes, the physical camera maneuver of booming up/down/left/right/etc.

Though if we want to get a thread going about construction materials, I'm sure there are some who would be into it.

You only boom up and down; side to side is a dolly.

Another common term for side to side is a truck, but all these terms make my head spin. Pointing and grunting often works.

"Deep Six It"-Meaning to get rid of...
"Woof"-Simply meaning to stop
and the most important word in all of film and television...LUNCH!

Speaking of booms, a jib boom adds like 50% production value, FYI.

Ok, maybe not 50%, but they're still *****in.