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Angle: Camera's angle of view relative to subject. High angle show from above; low angle show from below; Tilt (Oblique) angle shot by fixed, tilted camera creating a diagonal (These various angles can symbolize/represent various emotional or psychological responses)
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Back Light: Minor lights used to light the space between the back of the set and the characters to separate them from the background, delineates important features, creates illusion of depth
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blockbuster: a film which does extremely well at the box office
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Boom (Crane): Mounted camera/cinematographer moves any direction through space
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box office: the place that sells tickets at the cinema or theatre
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close up: a camera shot which is filmed close to the subject of the shot
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Credits: Who produced, directed, acted, and performed jobs of film's crew, contributors
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Cut: Simple break where two shots are joined together. Jump-cut: abrupt transition between shots, sometimes deliberate, disorienting in terms of continuity of space and time. Crosscutting: Cutting back and forth between two or more separate scenes suggesting simultaneity and eventual convergence of the actions (heightens tension and adds suspense)
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Dialogue: The spoken lines
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director: a person that guides the filming and acting in a film
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Dissolve: Simultaneously fading out on one shot while fading in on the next so the first shot gradually disappears as the second appears; during the dissolve, tow shots with be briefly superimposed.
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Dolly (tracking/trucking): Moving/mounted camera follows action; may b e on tracks for smother movement
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Establishing Shot: gives the setting and context of the action. OFTEN at the beginning of a film and/or many scenes
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extra: someone who is in a movie but is not one of the main characters
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Fade: Gradual darkening of the image until it becomes black (fade-out) or gradual brightening of a darkened image until it becomes visible; gains proper brightness (fade-in)
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Fill Light: Weaker light sources fill in the shadows cast by the key light
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Film buff: a person who enjoys and knows about films
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Film Treatment: Description of film in narrative (story) from as if the writer were seeing the film.
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Frame: Dividing line between the edges of the screen image and the enclosing darkness; single photograph from the filmstrip; "word"
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Freeze Frame: Single frame is reprinted a number of times on the filmstrip; when projected, it gives the illusion of a still photograph
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Iris: Rare in contemporary cinema, but used as a major transition in silent film; a masking device (adjusted diaphragm or iris) placed over the camera lens will gradually open (iris-in) or close (iris-out) to widen or narrow the filed of view. This is surrounded by blackness.
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Key Light: Chief, directional light sources- above, front, side, rear
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lens: the part of the camera through which the image is captured
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Music: Musical score written by film's composer functions as commentary on action; directs audience's attention to specific characters or details, info about action, establishes mood
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Outtakes: Shots, pieces of film not used in the final cut; leftover footage
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Overexposure: Too much light enters camera aperture; bleached out images
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Pan: Fixed camera revolves horizontally from left to right or vice versa
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period piece: a film that takes place in an historical period
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Rough Cut: Crudely edited footage before editor tightens up slackness between shots; a kind of rough draft
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Rushes/Dailies: Selected footage of previous day's shooting, usually evaluated by director and cinematographer before start of next day's shooting
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script: the written words that the actors speak in the film
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Sequence (Scene): Number of interrelated shots unified with the common concern, location, etc; action takes place in a single space at a single time. The film's smallest dramatic unit. "paragraph"
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Shooting Script: Shot-by-shot description of the film with action/camera directions down one side, sound directions down the other; written breakdown of movie story into its individual shots, often containing mechanical instructions. Used by director and staff to film.
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Shot: Basic unit of film structure; an unbroken strip of film made by an uninterrupted running of the camera. "sentence"
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Sound Effects: Aural (relating to the sense of hearing) atmosphere, sounds added to provide realism (Natural Sound/Wild Sound)
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Storyboard: A series of sketches that lays out the set-ups of the shots. Pre-visualization technique; shots sketched in advance like a comic strip. Drawings of each shot in the script identifying kind, angle, brief description and length in seconds of the shot.
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stunt person: a person who acts out the dangerous scenes in a movie in place of the real actor
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Synchronous Sound: Image and sound correspond; recorded simultaneously, or seem so in the finished print. Sound appears to derive from an obvious source in the visuals. (Miking of dialogue always takes precedence determining actual mike positions Overal realism and directionality of sound if combined with "star miking".
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Three-Point Lights: Standard lighting setup referring to the dominant sources of illumination
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Underexposure: Insufficient light enter camera aperture (opening); dark images
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Voice Over Narration: spoken commentary, often used to convey a character's thoughts or memories
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Wipe, Fllp Wipe: Somewhat dated transition in which second shot appears to puh/pull the first shot off the screen.
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Zoom: Fixed camera; entire scene magnified equally often plunging viewer in or out of scene rapidly as focal length of lens is changed. Zoom in, Zoom out (telephoto lens)
