Film Chapter 6

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Extras

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these actors are used primarily to provied a sense of crowd as in cast of thousands players of this type are used as camera material like a landscape or a set

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Nonprofessional Performers

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these are amateur players who are chosen not because of their acting ability which can be negligible but because of their authentic appearance they look right for a given part

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Trained Professionals

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tihese stage and scree performers are capable of playing a variety of roles in a variety of styles the majority of actors fall under this category

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Stars

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these are famous performers who are widely recognized by the public their drawing power is one of the main attractions of the film or stage play.

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star system

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was developed and has been dominated by the american cinema though its hardly unique to movies virtually all the performing arts have exploited the box office popularity f a charismatic performers

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realistic

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the more necessary it is to rely on the abilities of the players

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long shot

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keeps entire performers entire body within the frame

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frame

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the dividing line between the edges of the screen image and enclosing darkness of the theater. can also to a single photograph from the filmstrip

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formalistic

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a style of film-making in which aesthetic forms take precedence over the subject matter as content

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edited

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the joining of one shot with another

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close-up

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a detailed view of a person or object this only a shot of their head

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medium shot

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a shot of them from the knees or waist up

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pans

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"panorama"

this is a revolving horizontal movement of the camera

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extreme close-up

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a minutely detailed view of an object of an object or person

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two shot

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a medium shot featuring two actors

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misse en scene

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the arrangement of visual weights and movements within a given space

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dubbed

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the addition of sound after the visual have been photographed

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low-angle shots

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the shot of which an actor is shot from below

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intercut

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the alternating of a shot from two sequences

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lenses

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the piece of the camera

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filters

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pieces of glass or plastic placed in front of the camera lens that distort the quality of light entering the camera and hence the movie image

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takes

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a variation of a specific shot

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point of view shots

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any shot that is taken from the vantage point of a character in the film

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persona

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and actor public image based on their past roles

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majors

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the principle production studios of a given era

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personality star

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tends to play only those roles that fit a preconceived image

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actor star

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actor that can play a greater variety

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iconography

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the use of a well know cultural symbol or complex of symbols in an artistic representation

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left-wing

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as set of ideological values

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archetypes

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an original model or type after which similar things are patterned. well know stories

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genre

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a recognizable type of movie

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expressionistic method

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a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world.

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subtext

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an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation.

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cinema

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convention

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Conventions are like the main theme of the film or the main event that revolves around the story