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47 Cards in this Set
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Frame
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Still Picture from footage. 24 frames per second (silent films 16f/s)
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Shot
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a series of frames in one uninterrupted run of the camera, also called a take
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Scene
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A series of shots with action in one location
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Sequence
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A series of shots or scenes that make up a stretch of action
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Transition
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straight cut or or jump cut: splicing 2 strips of film together to make a change in camera angle of area.
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Dissolve
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The first shot gradually disappears while the second gradually appears
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Fade in
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Gradual emergence of shot out of darkness
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fade out
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Shot gradually disappears into darkness
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wipe
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a line appears to pass across the screen, eliminates the first shot, and replaces it with another
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High angle
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the camera looks down on a subject
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low angle
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camera looks up at a subject
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flat angle
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camera is on the same level as the subject
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long shot
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shows the subject at a distance
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medium shot
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subject is relation to some surroundings
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close up
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a close shot that reveals detail
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extreme close up
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shows an object filling the screen
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Stationary or static camera
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camera does not move from tripod
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pan
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tripod stays in place
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A swish pan
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very fast pan
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tilt
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camera stays in place, but camera moves up and down
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zoom
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camera stays in place, but the lens moves in and out
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mobile camera
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Camera moves
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dolly
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camera moves on a dolly (wheels)
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Tracking
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camera moves on a track,following the action
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crane
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camera moves above the ground through the air, often mounted on a hydrological arm
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Handheld camera
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camera moves with camera operators body
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normal lens
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shows objects as the eyes see them
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telephoto lens
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enlarges distant planes to make them seem close to the fore ground
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wide angle lens
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distorts image, rounding the edges
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depth photography (deep focus)
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foreground, middle ground, background are all in focus
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soft focus
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part or all of the image is hazy
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rack focus
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shifting the area if sharp focus from one person or object to another within the same shot; also called focus pulling
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zoom
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lens zooms in to make an obkect or person bigger, or zoom out to enlarge the area being shown
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high key
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over exposed, lighted above, gives a washed out effect
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low key
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underexposed; lighted from below; creates deep shadows
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synchronous sound
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sound that is matched with the movement on the screen
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asynchronous sound
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sound that is not matched with the movement on the screen
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voice over
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a type of asynchronous sound in which the narrator is heard commenting on the action of the film
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iris in/iris out
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image circles in or out to move from one scene to the next (think of looney tunes)
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freeze frame
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a single image (frame) is frozen, making the image still
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long take
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a shot that continues for an unusually long time with one camera
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cross cutting
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editing that alternates shots of 2 or more lines of action occurring in different places
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American montage
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a method of editing that shows time through a blending of events, often through dissolves
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Sergei Einstein's theory
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editing that puts several shots together to emphasize dynamic startling images and visual conflict. It often offers juxtaposed shots for comparison and shock
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auteur
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the "author" of a film
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genre
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a type of film with certain recognizable conventions
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motif
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a recurring image or sound in a film
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