Some of your favourites
As voted for by the public who can never be wrong.
G for Gaffer Tape
Holding the film industry together since 1959. Where would be without it?
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R for Rear Projection
Mastering this quite simple technique allowed cinematographers to put their stars in previously unimaginable situations.
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T for Glorious Technicolor!
In the Wizard of Oz (1939) Dorothy left the monochrome behind and stepped out into a brave new world of colour cinema.
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W is for Wilhelm Scream
If you don't recognise this phrase, you've almost certainly heard the scream it describes.
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V for Vox-Pop
Lazy, cheap journalism getting the 'man on the street' to do your job for you with often hilarious consequences.
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X is for X Rated
The history of cinema classification is long and complicated. But you need to know your R from your X.
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Z is for Zolly
Made famous by 'Jaws' (1975), the 'Dolly Zoom' was first used in Alfred Hitchcok's 'Vertigo' (1958).
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