Film Terms

Front 1

Close up

Back 1

This is a framing in which a persons head, seen from the neck up,or an object with comparable size fills most of the screen

Front 2

Medium close up

Back 2

A framing in which a human figure from the chest up would fill most of the screen

Front 3

Medium shot

Back 3

A framing in which a human figure from the waist up would fill most of the screen

Front 4

Medium long shot

Back 4

A framing in which a human figure from the shins to the head would fill most of the screen

Front 5

Long shot

Back 5

A framing in which a standing human figure would appear nearly the height of the screen

Front 6

Shot

Back 6

In the finished film, one uninterrupted image, whether or not there is mobile framing

Front 7

Editing

Back 7

In filmmaking, the task of selecting and joining camera takes. In the finished film, the set of techniques that governs relations between shots

Front 8

Cut

Back 8

1.in film making the act of joining two strips of film together with a splice.

2. In a finished film, an instantaneous change from one framing to another

Front 9

Narrative transitivity vs Narrative Intransitivity

Back 9

One thing following another, equilibrium then disturbance bringing a chain of events then normal vs gaps and interruptions of narrative

Front 10

Identification vs Estrangement

Back 10

Empathy, emotional identification with a character vs direct address, multiple and divided characters, commentary (mismatch of voice, "real people" in fiction, and breaking fourth wall)

Front 11

Transparency vs Foregrounding

Back 11

"Language wants to be overlooked" vs making the mechanics of the film visible and explicit, bring viewer into awareness of camera and film

Front 12

Simple Diegeisis vs Multiple Diegeisis

Back 12

a unitary homogeneous world vs heterogeneous worlds, rupture between different codes and channels (worlds exist with in worlds or a break in the code of the world)

Front 13

Closure vs Aperature

Back 13

A self contained object, harmonized within its bounds vs open-ended-ness, over-spill, intertextuality- allusion quotation and parody (instead of pastiche and references being "bonus" they are integral to understanding the film)

Front 14

Pleasure vs Un-pleasure

Back 14

Entertainment, aiming to satisfy the spectator vs provocation aiming to dissatisfy and change the viewer

Front 15

Fiction vs reality

Back 15

Actors wearing make-up, acting a story vs real life, the breakdown of representation and truth (Fiction = mystification = Bourgeoisie ideology)