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Extras |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
the more necessary it is to rely on the abilities of the players |
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long shot |
keeps entire performers entire body within the frame |
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frame |
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 |
a style of film-making in which aesthetic forms take precedence over the subject matter as content |
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edited |
the joining of one shot with another |
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close-up |
a detailed view of a person or object this only a shot of their head |
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medium shot |
a shot of them from the knees or waist up |
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pans |
"panorama" this is a revolving horizontal movement of the camera |
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extreme close-up |
a minutely detailed view of an object of an object or person |
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two shot |
a medium shot featuring two actors |
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misse en scene |
the arrangement of visual weights and movements within a given space |
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dubbed |
the addition of sound after the visual have been photographed |
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low-angle shots |
the shot of which an actor is shot from below |
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intercut |
the alternating of a shot from two sequences |
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lenses |
the piece of the camera |
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filters |
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 |
a variation of a specific shot |
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point of view shots |
any shot that is taken from the vantage point of a character in the film |
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persona |
and actor public image based on their past roles |
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majors |
the principle production studios of a given era |
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personality star |
tends to play only those roles that fit a preconceived image |
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actor star |
actor that can play a greater variety |
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iconography |
the use of a well know cultural symbol or complex of symbols in an artistic representation |
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left-wing |
as set of ideological values |
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archetypes |
an original model or type after which similar things are patterned. well know stories |
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genre |
a recognizable type of movie |
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expressionistic method |
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 |
an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation. |
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cinema |
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convention |
Conventions are like the main theme of the film or the main event that revolves around the story |