Beat
Encyclopedia
Film
- Beat the smallest unit of dramatic action in a play
- Beat (2000 film)Beat (2000 film)Beat is 2000 American drama film written and directed by Gary Walkow, concerning the period of writer William S. Burroughs's life that he spent with his wife, the late Joan Vollmer, leading up to her accidental murder in 1951....
, a film about writer William Seward Burroughs - Beat (1998 film)Beat (1998 film)thumb|250pxBeat is a Japanese movie released in Japan in 1998, directed by Amon Miyamoto, set in the 60's in Okinawa. It was screened at critics week at the 1998 Venice film festival...
, a 1998 Japanese film - Directorial beatDirectorial beatA directorial beat is an exchange of behaviours between characters in a script. It usually takes the form of action-reaction. Each scene beat by beat, with the characters progressing the action in this, the smallest element of story structure....
, an exchange of behavior between characters in a screenplay
Music and acoustics
- Beat (music)Beat (music)The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level . In popular use, the beat can refer to a variety of related concepts including: tempo, meter, rhythm and groove...
, the basic time unit of a piece of music - Beat (acoustics)Beat (acoustics)In acoustics, a beat is an interference between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as periodic variations in volume whose rate is the difference between the two frequencies....
, volume fluctuations due to interference between sounds of different frequencies - Beat musicBeat musicBeat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul...
, a rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s - Beat (King Crimson album)Beat (King Crimson album)Beat is an album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982.Of King Crimson's thirteen studio albums, this is the only album that does not have a title track, although its title is included in the name of the song "Heartbeat"....
- The Beat (band)The Beat (band)The Beat are a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity and sociopolitical topics....
, a ska band - Beat (band)Beat (band)Beat were a Finnish band who represented their country in Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The group performed the song Fri? in Swedish and finished 21st out of 22 countries, scoring 8 points. The group was composed of members Janne Engblom, Kim Engblom, Tina Krausen and Tina Petersson.The song was...
, a Finnish band - "Beat" (song)Beat (song)"BEAT" is the fourth single from Japanese pop singer Kaela Kimura. It was released as the second single from her album, Circle, on October 5, 2005. It peaked at #7 on the Oricon charts....
, a song by Kaela Kimura - Beats by Dr. DreBeats By Dr. DreBeats By Dr. Dre is a brand of headphones and loudspeakers marketed by hip-hop/rap musician Dr. Dre and Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records chairman Jimmy Iovine under Beats Electronics LLC. There are six versions of the headphones and six versions of the earphones, which are manufactured and...
, a brand of headphones
Areas of territory
- Beat reportingBeat reportingBeat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism that can be described as the craft of in-depth reporting on a particular issue, sector, organization or institution over time. Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with the topic, allowing...
, a subject of coverage by a journalist - Gay beatGay beatIn Australia, the term beat is used to refer to an area frequented by gay men and non-gay-identifying men who have sex with men who are cruising for casual sex, and where sexual acts occur. This use of the word parodies the beat walked by a police officer or a prostitute...
, an area frequented by gay men for the purpose of casual sex - Beat (police)Beat (police)In police terminology, a beat is the territory and time that a police officer patrols. Beat policing is based on traditional policing and utilizes the close relationship with the community members within the assigned Beat to strengthen Police effectiveness and encourage cooperative efforts to make...
, the territory and time that a police officer patrols - Forest beat, in forestry administration, a divisional subunit of a Forest rangeForest rangeA forest range is a term used to signify an area containing one or more demarcated and protected or resource-managed forests, for administrative purposes...
Video games
- Beats (video game)Beats (video game)Beats is a rhythm-based video game for the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system. It was released in 2007 at the PlayStation Store.-Description:...
, a video game for PlayStation Portable - Beat (video game character), a character from Jet Set Radio
- Beat, a robot bird in the Mega Man series
- Beat, a character from Eternal SonataEternal Sonatais an original role-playing video game created by Tri-Crescendo. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe...
- Beat, a character from The World Ends with You
See also
- Beat GenerationBeat generationThe Beat Generation refers to a group of American post-WWII writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired...
, writers of beat poetry and other beat literature - The Beat (disambiguation)
- Downbeat (disambiguation)Downbeat (disambiguation)Downbeat, down beat or Down Beat may refer to:*Downbeat, the first beat of a measure in music. This terms originated from orchestral conducting, where the lowest point on the baton signals the first downbeat in a given measure...
- On the Beat (disambiguation)
- BeetBeetThe beet is a plant in the Chenopodiaceae family which is now included in Amaranthaceae family. It is best known in its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is the purple root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet...
, a plant