This phrase has been attributed to a director's cadence on a film set, because of the sequence required to capture the work of the actors on film. It has been attributed to D W Griffith.
From the Black and Blue -- on set -- blog, this is more practically what happens today on a film set:
"1st assistant director (AD): Roll sound!
"Boom Operator/Sound Mixer: Sound speed!
"1st A.D.: Roll camera!
"1st Assistant Camera (AC): Camera speed, hit it.
"2nd AC: [Calls out scene designation]. Marker!
"**Slate gets clapped, 2nd AC scurries away**
"Camera Operator: Set.
"Director: Action!"
The 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit popularized the phrase Toon. Toon commonly refers to characters in cartoons. There is also a role playing game called Toon.
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ABC sportscastor, Jim McKay
The verb "to be" is the main verb in a linking verb phrase, while any other action verb in the phrase indicates an action verb phrase. Linking verbs connect the subject to a subject complement, while action verbs show an action performed by the subject.
The phrase "word to your mother" was popularized by the rapper Vanilla Ice in his 1990 song "Ice Ice Baby." The phrase is used as a slang expression to affirm or emphasize a statement.
"Ahimsa Paramo Dharma" is a Sanskrit phrase that was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi.
G. Stanley Hall popularized te phrase in his research on puberty
The name Camera is actually a shortened version of the phrase Camera Obscura, which is Latin for Dark Chamber or Room. A camera obscura is a darkened room with a pinhole camera at the window.
The name Camera is actually a shortened version of the phrase Camera Obscura, which is Latin for Dark Chamber or Room. A camera obscura is a darkened room with a pinhole camera at the window.
The phrase "Johnny got his gun" was first popularized by the novel written in 1938 by author Dalton Trumbo. This novel was published in the year 1939.
Made can be an action verb in past tense as long as it is in a verb phrase.
this phrase represented teddy roosevelt cours of action for americans