Film

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Abstract Form

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A type of filmic organization in which the parts relate to one another through repetition and variation of such visual qualities as shape,color,rhythm,and direction of movement

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Academy Ratio

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In the original ratio, the frame was
1.33:1
later the width was normalized at 1.85 times the height (1.85:1)

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Aerial perspective

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A cue for suggesting depth in the image by presenting objects in the distance less distinctly than those in the foreground

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Anamorphic lens

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A lens for making widescreen films using regular Academy ratio frame size.The camera lens takes in a wide field of view and squeezes it onto the frame and a similar projector lens unsqueezes the image onto a wide theatre screen

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Angle of framing

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The position of the frame in relation to the subject it shows:above it,looking down(a high angle) also called camera angle

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Aspect Ratio

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The relationship of the frames width to its height

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Association Form

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A type of organization in which the films parts are juxtaposed to suggest similarities,contrasts,concepts,emotions

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Asynchronous sound

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Sound that is not matched temporally with the movement occurring in the image as when dialogue is out of synchronization with lip movements

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Auteur

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The presumed or actual author of a film,usually identified as the director also sometimes used un a evaluative sense to distinguish good filmmakers from bad ones

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Axis of action

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In the continuity editing system the imaginary line that passed through the main actors or the principal movements, See the 180 system

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Backlighting

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Illumination cast onto the figures in the scene from the side opposite the camera usually creating a thin outline of highlighting on those figures

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Boom

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A pole on which a microphone can be suspended above the scene being filmed and that is used to change the microphone position as the action shifts

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Canted framing

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A view in which the frame is not level;either the right or left side is lower than the other causing objects in the scene to appear slanted out of an upright position

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Categorical form

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A type of filmic organization in which the parts treat distinct subsets of a topic

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Cel animation

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Animation that uses a series of drawing on pieces of celluloid called cels for short

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CGI

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Computer-generated imagery using digital software systems to create figures setting or other material in the frame

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Cheat cut

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In the continuity editing system a cut that presents continuous time from shot to shot but mismatches the positions of figures or objects

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Clos up

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Neck up

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Closure

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The degree to which the scale of the object shown is relatively large;most commonly, a person head seen from the neck up or an object of a comparable size that fills most of the screen

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Continuity editing

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A system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action

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Contrast

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the difference between the brightest and darkest area within the frame

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Crane shot

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A shot with a change in framing accomplished by placing the camera above the subject and moving through the air in any direction

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crosscutting

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the joining of two strips of film together with a splice

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Cut-in

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An instantaneous shift from a distant framing to a closer view of some portion of the same space

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Deep focus

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A use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps objects in both close and distant places in sharp focus

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Deep Space

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An arrangement of miss-en-scene elements so that there is a considerable distance between the place closets to camera and the one farthest away

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Depth of field

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The measurments of the closest and farthest planes on front of the camera lens between which everything will be in the sharp focus

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Dialogue overlap

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Editing,arranging the cut so that a bit of dialogue coming from shot A is heard under a shot that shows another character or another elements in the scene

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Diegesis

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In a narrative film the world of the films story the diegesis includes events that are presumed to have occurred and actions and spaces not shown onscreen

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Diegetic sound

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Any voice musical passage,sound effect from a source within the films world

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Digital intermediate

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A strip of film is developed and scanned frame by frame to create a digital copy of sequences or a whole movie