AN A-Z OF SCOTTISH FILM

Focus Puller:
The guy who gets all the girls. In fuzzy close-up.

Freeze frame:
A nightshoot in a Castlemilk bus stop.

Flightcase:
The bane of every trainee's life. Usually comes in a set of twenty.

French flag:
A fiddly device designed to keep sparks awake.

Freelance:
Unemployed; burger jockey; bar worker; call centre worker.

Fast lens:
What happens to your gear if you shoot east of the Trongate.

Fridge:
Switched off by sound, forgotten by location manager. Invoice to producer.

Follow Focus:
Camera crew says: invaluable. Line producer says: no.

Fluffer:
Alternative name for actor, as in fluffing your lines.

Filmflam:
The best Scottish film blog.

Food:
50% of a film crew's fee, the other 50% being tape.

F-stop:
Unit swear box.

Franchise:
Two corporates for Reid Furniture.

FilmFour:
Mythical source of finance in Scotland; see Rosslyn Chapel.

Finance Plan:
Six weeks at the call centre, credit card and dead rich auntie.

To be continued...