Lekcja 8 – Lunch
Lekcja 8 – Lunch
Time for a break? Here are some terms you may find off set (US).
1. First meal – A meal break, provided by a caterer, that is required six hours from the initial crew call time. Generally called “lunch,” even if the shooting day begins at noon and it is served at 6 p.m.
Note: A shooting day is always called a “day” – even if it begins at night.
Caution: There is an unwritten protocol regarding how stars, cast, crew and background artists line up for lunch, which must be observed.
2. “Good morning” – The universal initial greeting of the shooting day among the film crew – even if it's an evening call.
3. Second meal – Another sit-down meal, although often pizza or fast food, served six hours after the end of first meal. There is no “dinner.”
4. Craft Service – Provides snack foods throughout the day such as donuts, sandwiches, soft drinks, etc. The name comes from the crafts (electric, grip, property, etc.) that it services.
5. Breakfast – Normally served from a catering truck, from a limited menu. If no breakfast is provided (this can occur at a distant or confined location), the cast or crew is requested to report to the set “having had.”
6. Meal penalty – A fine paid to the cast and crew if there's a failure to break for lunch on time.
Some items you should NOT expect to find at lunch:
7. Apple, half apple, quarter apple – Short for apple box, a wooden box which comes in three sizes, the largest being the full apple at 8x12x20” (20x30x50cm). Used to elevate actors, crew or objects.
Note: Apples can also be described by their positions: #1 is flat or “Texas”; #2 is on its side or “California”; #3 is upright or “New York”.
8. Pancake – A flatter cousin of the apple, used to boost an actor. Together, these devices are sometimes referred to as “manmakers” – but usually not in the vicinity of the actor standing on one.
Example of use: “A four-inch pancake for Mr. Smith.”
9. Beef – The power of a light.
Example: “Give me some beef on the baby.” A “baby” is a small, 500-1,000 watt spotlight typically used for close-ups and angle shots.
10. Banana – A “banana in” or “banana out” (or banana left or right) is an order for the actor to move along a curved path to or from the camera (or a curved path left or right). The technique used to avoid blocking whatever should be seen behind the actor.
Example: “Could you just banana left as you walk away?”
11. Cookie – Properly termed cucoloris, it’s a sheet of metal with random, irregularly shaped holes in it, used to break up the light. Said to derive from a Greek word meaning “breaking of light”.
12. Pork chop – A detachable footrest used on a dolly, shaped like the cut of meat from which it gets its name.
13. Honeywagon – A mobile toilet truck or trailer.
Adapted by Patricia Koza from:
Internet Movie Database Online Film Glossary
www.imdb.com/glossary
BFI Screenonline Glossary
www.screenonline.org.uk/educationglossary.ntml
Film job profiles
www.skillset.org/film/jobs/
A Glossary of Film Terms by Joel Schlemowitz
The New School (New York) Film Production Department
http://cepa.newschool.edu/~schlemoj/film_courses/glossary_of_film_terms/
Glossary of Film Terminology
The Acting Website
http://www.theactingwebsite.com/item.do?item=3481
Kompendium terminologii filmowej
Wit Dabal & Piotr Andrejew
Aeroscope, Warsaw. 2005.
