The motion picture industry is driven by a large number of technologies and techniques, many of which are of keen interest to film buffs, but a little intimidating to newcomers to the field. We have gathered a collection of some important terms.

aspect ratio
crane shot
color temperature
CGI
daily rushes
depth of field
fast cutting
fast motion
film stock
film editing
hip hop montage
letterbox
montage
mise - en - scene
pan and scan
persistence of vision
point of view
replay
slow cutting
slow motion
stand - in
storyboard
timecode
tracking shot
voice - over
widescreen

See also film, film technique, film crew

Auteur Theory is similar to film history theory but auteur theory focuses on historical developments, rather than actual movies as Film History Theory does.