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angle of framing |
the position of the frame in relation to the subject it shows; above it, looking down; horizontal, on the same level; below it, looking up |
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following shot |
a shot with framing that shifts to keep a moving figure onscreen |
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internal diegetic sound |
sound represented as coming from the mind of a character within the story space. Although we and the character can hear it, we assume that the other characters cannot |
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jump cuts |
an elliptical cut that appears to be an interruption of a single shot. Either the figures seem to change instantly against a constant background, or the background changes instantly while the figures remain constant |
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medium close-up |
a framing in which the scale of the object shown is fairly large; a human figure seen from the chest up would fill most of the screen |
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medium long shot |
A framing at a distance that makes an object about 4 or 5 feet high appear to fill most of the screen vertically |
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mise-en-scene |
all of the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed: the settings and props, lighting, costumes, and makeup, and figure behavior |
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montage |
1 a synonym to editing 2 emphasizes dynamic, often discontinuous, relationship between shots and juxtaposition of images to create ideas not present in either shot by itself |
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motif |
an element in a film that is repeated in a significant way |
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nondiegetic sound |
sound, such as mood music or a narrator's commentary, represented as coming from a source outside the space of the narrative |
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off-screen sound |
simultaneous sound from a source assumed to be in the space of the scene but outside what is visible onscreen |
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180 degree system |
the continuity approach to editing dictates that the camera should stay on one side of the action to ensure consistent left-right spatial relations between elements from shot to shot |
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rear projection |
a technique for combining a foreground action with a background action filmed earlier. The foreground is filmed in a studio with a screen; the background imagery is projected behind the screen |
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shot reverse shot |
two or more shots edited together that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation |
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sound bridge |
at the beginning of one scene, the sound from the previous scene carries over briefly before the sound from the new scene begins |
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telephoto lens |
a lens of long focal length that affects a scene's perspective by enlarging distant planes and making them seem close to the foreground planes |
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three-point lighting |
using three directions of light in a scene, backlighting, key light, and fill light |
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synchronous sound |
sound that is matched temporally with the movements occurring in the images, as when dialogue corresponds to lip movements |
