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| Organization where the parts relate to one another through repetition and variation of shape, color, rhythm, and direction of movement |
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| Standardized shape of the film frame; 1.85:1 |
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| Cue for suggesting represented depth; objects in the distance presented less distinctly than those in the foreground |
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| Lens that makes widescreen films using regular frame size |
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| Position of frame in relation to subject (high, low, straight-on) |
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| Process where artificial movement is created by photographing a series of objects, drawings; small changes in position create illusion of movement |
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| Relationship of frame's width to height (1.85:1) |
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| Organization where the film's parts are juxtaposed to suggest similarities, contrasts, concepts, emotions, and expressive qualities |
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| Sound that is not matched temporally with the movements; out of synchronization |
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| Presumed or actual author of a flim; director |
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| Continuity editing- imaginary line that passes from side to side through the nain actors |
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| Illumination cast onto figures in the scene from the side opposite the camera |
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| Pole that a microphone is place upon so that its position can change as action shifts |
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| View in which the frame is not level; objects in scene are slanted |
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| Uses a series of drawings on pieces of celluloid; illusion of movement |
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| Computer-generated imagery; using digital software systems |
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| Continuity editing- cut that presents continuous time from shot to shot but that mismatches the positions of figures or objects |
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| General term for manipulations of film strip by the camera and developing |
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| Framing in which the scale of the object shown is relatively large (neck-up) |
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| Ending of a narrative film reveals the effects of all the casual events and resolves all lines of action |
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| System of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action. Relies on matching screen direction, position from shot to shot. |
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| Difference between the brightest and darkest areas within the frame |
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| Change in framing accomplished by having the camera above the ground and moving through the air in any direction |
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| Editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring in different places |
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| Joining of two strips of film together with a splice |
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| Instantaneous shift from a distant framing to a closer view of some portion of the same space |
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| Use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps both the close and distant planes photographed in sharp focus |
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| Arrangement of misc-en-scene elements so that there is a considerable distance between the place closest to the camera and one farthest away |
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| Editing a scene and arranging the cut so that a bit of dialogue coming from shot A is heard under a shot that shows another character on another element in the scene |
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| World of the film's story |
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| Any voice, musical passage or sound effect presented as originating from a source within the film's world |
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| Music, noise and speech recorded from the event at the moment of filming |
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| Joining shots by mismatching temporal and spatial relations, a concentration on graphic relationships, violations of the axis of action |
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| Transition between two shots when the first gradually disappears and the second gradually appears |
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| Camera distance; shot scale |
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| Process of supplying finished film to the places where it will be shown |
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| Camera support with wheels, used in making tracking shots |
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| Process of replacing part or all of the voices on the sound track in order to correct mistakes or recorded dialogue |
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| Aspect of temporal manipulation that involves the time span presented in the plot and assumed to operate in the story |
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| The task of selecting and joining camera takes |
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| The shortening of plot duration achieved by omitting intervals of story duration |
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| Shot transitions that omit parts of an event, causing an ellipsis in plot and story duration |
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| The process of showing the finished film to audiences |
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| Adjustment of the camera mechanism in order to control how much light strikes each frame of film passing through the aperture |
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| Sound represented as coming from a physical source within the story space that we assume characters in the scene also hear |
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| Framing where the scale of the object shown is very large |
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| Framing where the scale of the object is very small |
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| Cut obeying the axis of action- first shot shows person looking off in one direction and second shows a nearby space containing what he/she sees |
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| A dark screen that gradually brightens or disappears (in,out) |
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| Illumination from a source less bright than the key light used to soften deep shadows in a scene |
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| Dark film- type of American film usually detective or thriller genres; low key lighting and a somber mood |
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| Strip of material upon which a series of still photographs is registered; consists of a clear base coated on one side with a light-sensitive emulsion |
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| Piece of glass or gelatin placed in front of the camera or printer lens to alter quality or quantity of light striking the film in the aperture |
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| Alteration of story order in which the plot moves back to show even that have already take place |
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