THE MEANING OF BELOW-THE-LINE
Below-the-line is a term used to differentiate the people who provide craft and technical services for a movie or TV production (such as editors, camera operators, make-up artists, and boom operators) from the above-the-line people who are charged with the creation of the production (such as directors, producers, and writers).

The terms “above-the-line” and “below-the-line” appear most frequently in movie budgets. On the budget sheet the costs associated with above-the-line people are listed and tallied. Then a thick black line is inserted and the costs associated with below-the-line people are listed and tallied under it. The line, itself, is sometimes facetiously referred to as “the demarcation line between power and no power.”



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Note added at 44 mins (2011-04-14 20:30:31 GMT)
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"центральные фигуры кинопроцесса"

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Note added at 48 mins (2011-04-14 20:34:54 GMT)
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или "ведущие участники процесса создания фильма"

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"творческие руководители"

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may be too late, but better than never:

создатели фильма