MOVIES: Film Terms
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Genre
1 - -groups of movies that tell similar stories with similar characters in similar settings.
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Horizon of Expectation
2 - -the set of knowledge needed to know what is going on in a movie.
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Horizon of Expectation
3 - -tells the class of the film, mood of the story, and how it will be told.
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Auteur films
4 - -films that are conceived as art films and associated with the style of particular directors and not with mass market films
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A Frame is a
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-single image on a strip of film. When a series of frames are projected onto a screen in quick procession (only 24 fps), an illusion of movement is created
2.the size and shape of the image on screen when projected
3.the compositional unit of film design -
Framing is the
6 - -use of edges on the film to select and to compose what will be visible on film.
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A Close Up involves
7 - -framing in which the scale of the object shown is relatively large, most commonly a person's head seen from the neck up.
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A Diegetic Sound is
8 - -any voice, musical passage, or sound effect presented as originating from a source within the film's world.
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A Non-Diegetic Sound is
9 - -a sound represented as coming from outside the space of the narrative, such as mood music or a narrator's commentary.
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Camera Angle is the
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-position of the frame in relation to the subject it shows.
-A high angle is when the camera is looking down.
-A low angle is when the camera is looking up. -
Deep Focus is
11 - -the use of the camera lens and lighting to keep both the close and distant panes in deep focus.
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Pan is the
12 - -movement of the camera from left to right or vice versa on a stationary tripod.
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On the screen, a Pan will
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-produce a mobile framing which scans the space horizontally.
-Pan is not to be confused with tracking spot. -
Tilt is a
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-camera movement created by swiveling upward or downward on a stationary support.
-It produces a mobile framing that scans the space vertically. -
A Shot is
15 - -one uniterrupted image with a single static or mobile framing.
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A Take is the
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-the SHOT produced by one uniterrupted run of the camera.
-One shot in the final film maybe chosen from among several "takes" of the same action. -
A Tracking Shot is
17 - -a mobile framing that travels through space forward, backward, and laterally.
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Shot/Reverse Shot
18 - -two or more shots edited togehter that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation
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Eyeline Match Shot
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-is where the first shot shows a person looking off in one direction and the following shot shows a nearby space containing what he or she sees.
-obeys the axis of action principle -
Backlighting
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-lighting cast onto figures from the side opposite of the camera.
-creates a thin outline of light on the figures' edge. -
Key Light
21 - -in the three-point lighting system, the key light is the brightest light in the scene.
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A Fill Light
22 - -is lighting originating from a source less bright than the key light.
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Fill lighting is often used
23 - -to soften deep shadows and illuminate areas not covered by the key light.
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Three-Point Lighting is a
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-common arrangement using three directions of light on a scene.
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A Zoom Lens is a
25 - -lens with a focal length that can be changed during the shot.
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Zoom Lens continued:
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-a shift towards the telefoto range enlarges the images and flattens its panes toghether. This gives the impression of moving into the scene's space.
-A shift toward wide angle gives the impression of moving away from a scene's space. -
Mise en Scene is the
27 - -arrangements of visual weights and movements within a given space.
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In Movies, Mise en Scene is
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- is defined by the frame that encloses the image.
-Cinematic Mise en Scene encompasses both the staging of the action and the way it is photographed. -
Extreme Close Up is a
29 - -more extreme version of Close Up. This technique focuses almost entirely on an object or important body part.
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Rack Focusing/Selective Focusing involves the
30 - -the blurring of focal planes in sequence, forcing the viewer's eye to travel with those areas of an image that remains in sharp focus.
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The Purposes of the Pan camera movement is to
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1. Provide an all encompassing view of the scene
2.Lead the audience to a particular person or place
3.Follow a person or vehicle across a distant scene.
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A Dissolve Shot involves
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-the slow fading of out of one shot and the gradual fading in of its succesor.
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CinemaScope was a
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-widescreen move format used from 1953 to 1967.
They were replaced by anamorphic lenses that had a 2:66:1 aspect ratio, twice that of the CinemaScope (1:33:1).
Anamorphic Presentation of films that CinemaScope started continues to this day. -
Anamorphic Presentation of films that
34 - -CinemaScope started continues to this day.