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19 Cards in this Set
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silent film speed
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Variable (hand cranked), 16-20 frames per second (FPS). Variable exposure and projection sound.
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film speed
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Fixed at 24 FPS using electric camera and projectors. Soundtracks require constant speed. Gate weave is caused by showing silent film in a fixed-speed projector: the film is out of sync with the gate or aperture of the projector.
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title card
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a shot consisting only of words
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saccade
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a small, rapid, jerky movement of the eye, especially as it jumps from one point of fixation to another. brief saccades are characteristic of REM sleep, during which dreams occur.
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camera
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just like the human eye, a camera receives images in the form of light. these images are recorded on film.
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film
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a strip of plastic (the base) coated with light-sensitive chemicals (the emulsion)
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exposure
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the amount of light that hits the film
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underexposure/overexposure
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too little light/too much light hits the film
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intertitles
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title cards int he middle of a film.
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subtitles
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words double-printed over the bottom of a shot
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shot
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a continuously exposed piece of film (no cuts)
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cuts
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an instantaneous transition from one shot to another; the point at which one shot ends and another begins.
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jump cut
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a straight cut that seems mismatched. it jumps abruptly from one scene or idea to another.
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fade in
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a transition in which the image appears evenly out of a black field.
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match cut
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a cut over which the action appears to continue seamlessly
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dissolve
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a superimposed fade in and fade out whereby one image gradually vanishes while another gradually appears
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montage
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the way shots are put together. "there are only two things in film: montage and mise-en-scene."
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mise-en-scene
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everything included in a shot: lighting, set design, costume, blocking, direction (acting), continuity
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film gauge and its relationship to graininess
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Film stock is available in a number of gauges, or widths. Wider gauges project a sharper image, while smaller gauges tend to be grainier. 35mm is standard film gauge.
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