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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 camera angle | the point of view from which of the camera photographs its subject |
| close-up | a shot taken with the camera close to the subject so that only the subject fills the field of vision of the screen |
| continuity | the impression that the action on the screen flows smoothly without interruption |
| credits | the list of names and the functions of those involved in the production of the film |
| cut | and editing effect in which the instantaneous change from one shot to another is accomplished by joining the two shots together, so that one image replaces another instantly on the screen |
| dissolve | if one image is faded out while another is faded, for a short time the two images are superimposed on the screen |
| dolly or dolly shot | a small wheeled cart on which the camera is mounted on for portability, also called a tracking shot or trucking shot |
| editing | the process of selecting and arranging shots to form a cohesive wholeu by assembling shots in a particular order, trimming or extending them |
| establishing shot | usually a medium or long shot that sets the time and place for a film sequence, that introduces and important element or character in the story |
| extreme close-up | abbreviated ECU or ECS, such a shot may contain only the eyes or mouth of the actor |
| fade-out | the gradual disapperance of an image into darkness on the screen |
| fade-in | the converse effect of an image gradually emerging from darkness onto the screen |
| fast motion | if something is filmed at half the normal speed and projected at normal speed, the action filmed with appear speed up |
| frame | a single picture on a strip of film |
| long shot | the opposite of the close-up |
| medium shot | between the extremes of the long shot and the close-up |
| montage | the word is sometimes used to describe a style of films made by Eisenstein and other russians, the word in french means editing |
| motion | there are only 3 types of this in film, it can make a film more exciting |
| pan | pivoting of the camera from left to right |
| scene | a term used imprecisely in film, can refer to tableau, a place, or an action, preferred terms are shot and sequence |
| screenplay | the content of a film written in detail and separated into numbered sequences by a screenwriter |
| sequence | in the completed film a number of shots which together present some unified action such as a conversation, a fight, a chase, a journey |
| shot | the basic division of a film generally composed of a single run of the camera as it appears in the finished film |
| slow motion | if it even is filmed at a rate faster then normal and later projected at normal speed the even will take longer to occur than it did in reality |
| take | a single run of the camera during shooting |
| tilt | result of a a camera pivoting vertically while shooting causing the horizon in the picture to rise and fall |
| wipe | an editing effect between two shots. the first shot is gradually edged off the screen by the second shot along a visible line which may run from top to bottom, from side to side, or in almost any other pattern |
| zoom lens | continually adjustable between "wide-angle" and "telephoto" with a "normal" characteristic about midway in tis a adjustment |
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