Movie clubs are groups of people who share an interest in a particular movie, moviemaker neighborhood, genre, etc.
Glossary
This is a glossary of the words, phrases and technical terms used throughout the Movie Meetinghouse website.
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- Movie Meetinghouse
- an online marketplace created to make the long-tail market work for independent movies on the web. Movie Meetinghouse is produced in Boston by Lynne, Lee and Christefano.
- distributor
- a person or company that distributes a movie to theaters or rental channels.
- movie
- a moving picture of any length, medium and format.
- movie club
- a group of people who share an interest in a particular movie, moviemaker neighborhood, genre, etc.
- moviemaker
- someone who is creatively or economically invested in movies.
- presenter
- a movielover who has become a movie promoter. Presenters can create a movie club at Movie Meetinghouse.
- venue
- a theater or other location capable of digital projection.
- Movie terms
- angelic bicyclist
- Whenever movie characters are seen blissfully riding a bicycle with eyes closed and arms outstretched like angels wings, there is a strong likelihood that they are about to collide with a massive object and be killed.
- dead man talking
- A character who dies before the end of a movie is still allowed to narrate the film, making you believe he or she survives as long as it moves the story forward.
- in the nick of heroism
- Bad guy corners victim and points his gun. A shot rings out. Bad guy smiles ironically, then slumps to the ground, dead. Audience and victim realize at same time that victim is still alive. Someone else shot the bad guy in the back. Who? Camera cuts to the unlikely shooter/hero, a nonviolent type who was not supposed to be at the scene and has never fired a gun before. He or she is still aiming the gun, in trembling outstretched hand.
- kinetic energy amplification phenomenon
- In scenes involving gunplay, the kinetic energy of the bullets will be enormously amplified as they strike the victim, enabling him to be hurled great distances and through objects. This phenomenon is particularly common around windows and balconies, especially in high-rise buildings.
