SOCIALBILITTY • GLOSSARY DEPARTMENT

Exhibition, Media & Audience

Film, television, cinema, streaming, theatrical exhibition, trailers, media formats, audience delivery, and the ways completed entertainment reaches viewers.

Movie

A Movie is a motion picture: a sequence of moving images, usually accompanied by sound, created for theatrical exhibition, television, streaming, physical media, or other forms of public or private viewing.

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Television

Television is a system and medium for distributing and viewing audiovisual programming, including scripted series, news, sports, documentaries, unscripted programming, live broadcasts, and other content. Television programming may be delivered through broadcast, cable, satellite, streaming, or other distribution technologies and viewed on televisions, computers, mobile devices, and connected screens.

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TV

TV is a common abbreviation for television, referring either to the medium, its programming, or a television receiving/display device depending on context.

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Theater

An exhibitor of a movie and or film, usually a chain or a franchise, but not limed to Art Houses, which are smaller Mom and Pop theaters who run films which are much more unknown.

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Reel

A video or short clip, used to present a part of a of an actor, director, or cinematographer’s work. In the past reels were on an actual reel that was used on a film projector, nowadays reels are accessed on digital platforms such as, DVD and YouTube.

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Premiere

In the entertainment industry, the first showing of a Motion Picture, is a star studded event with Celebrities and or stars of the film that mingle with fans and the press to further promote the film before it opens wide in movie theaters. Sometimes labeled as the world premier, it can also include, Music, Television…

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Video

Video is electronically recorded, processed, transmitted, or displayed moving imagery, usually with synchronized audio. Video can refer to a recording, a file, a signal, or the broader medium used in television, digital cinema, streaming, social media, websites, and mobile platforms.

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Music Video

A Music Video is a short-form audiovisual production created to accompany, promote, interpret, or expand upon a recorded song or musical performance. Music videos may use narrative storytelling, performance footage, choreography, animation, visual effects, experimental imagery, or combinations of these approaches.

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