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32 Cards in this Set
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angles
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camera angle relative to subject
oblique-tilted camera |
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auteur theory
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emphasizes the director as the major creator of the film as an art
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avant garde
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in the front ranks
minority artists who's unconventional daring and obscure style |
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cinema verite
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direct cinema
way of filming documentary with little or no interuption |
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classical cinema
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type of film that follows the classic paradigm from the mid teens til the 1960s
emphasisized story, star, and production value rarely strayed away from characters |
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classical cutting
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DW Griffith's way of using shots and sequences to build emotion instead of just for physical use
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closed forms
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self concious way of framing a certain scene or subject
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cover shots
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extra shots in case a scene needs more continuity
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cross cutting
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alternating shots often from different locales suggesting they are taking place at the same time
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deep focus shots
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all distances and planes are in focus
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dolly
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shot from a moving vehicle
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expressionists
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style of film making
lyrical distorted to create an artistic self expression |
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fast/slow stock
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fast produces grainy image and is effected by light
used by docs who use available lighting slow used to create sharp crisp image not effected by light |
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film noir
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black cinema
despairing universe and black life low key high contrast lighting |
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formalistic
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uses an aesthetic style that appeals not to the subject matter but the symbolism
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full shot
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includes the human body in full
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high contrast light
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harsh and dramatic shafts of lights and darks
horrors and melodramas |
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high key lighting
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emphasizing bright illumination with no conspicuous shadows.
comedies musicals |
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jump cut
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abrupt transition between shots
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long shot
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takes up space that could be around the size of a theater stage
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low key lighting
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diffused shadows and pools of light
mysteries thrillers |
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lyrical
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emphasizes the beauty of the medium and filled with emotion
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master shot
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an uninterrupted shot taken from full or long shot that contains an entire scene
closeups are taken later and edited in |
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mise en scene
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visual theme
the way the cinema encompasses the staging and shooting of the movie |
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motifs
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recurring theme technique or object throughout a film
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overexposure
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too much light entering the lens gives us a distorted image
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realism
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a way of objective filming that emphasizes authentic reality
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rites of passage
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narratives that deal with a persons stage of development
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telephoto lens
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ability to zoom
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thematic montage
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type of editing in which two scenes are connected in accordance to theme and not necessarily continuous nature
mostly used in documentaries |
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three shot
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medium shot featuring three actors
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wide angle lens
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widens the area of filming
used for deep focus |
