Comprehensive glossary of filmmaking terms, concepts, and techniques.
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The practice of excluding individuals from industry employment through informal employer coordination, historically the Hollywood Blacklist of 1947-1960.
Low-budget exploitation cinema shown in urban neighborhood theaters, known for sensational content and cheap production values.
The trade association representing major Hollywood studios that administers the voluntary US film rating system.
The period of Hollywood filmmaking from 1930 to 1934 before strict enforcement of the Production Code, when films were frank about sexuality, crime, and moral ambiguity.