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Chapter 2 Film
Principles of Film Form
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 4
01/15/2013

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Mise-en-Scene
Definition
One elemental system of film, composes of design elements such as lighting, setting, props, costumes, and makeup within individual shots
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Sound
Definition
another elemental system is organized into a series of dialogue, music, ambience, and effects tracks.
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Narrative
Definition
structured into acts that establish, develop and resolve character conflict
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Editing
Definition
Juxtaposes individual shots, orders these juxtaposes into sequences, sequences into scenes, scenes into movies
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Cels
Definition
Pieces of Celluloid
Light is responsible for the image we see on the screen, created with a computer or as in animation
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Persistence of Vision
Definition
The process by which the human brain retains an image for a fraction of a second longer than the eye records it.
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Phi Phenomenon
Definition
The illusion of movement created by events that succeed each other rapidly, as when two adjacent lights flash on and off alternately and we seem to see a single light shifting back and forth
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Critical Flicker Fusion
Definition
Occurs when a single light flickers on and off with such speed that the individual pulses of light fuse together to give the illusion of continuous light
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Apparent Motion
Definition
Movie projector relies on such phenomena to trick us into perceiving separate images as one continuous image, and because each successive image differs only slightly from one that precedes i
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Mediation
Definition
A key concept in film theory literally to mean the process by which an agent, structure, or other formal element, whether human or technological, transfers something from one place to another.
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Scene
Definition
A complete of plot action incorporating one or more shots, the setting of that action
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Sequence
Definition
A series of edited shots characterized by inherit unity of theme and purpose.
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Realism
Definition
An interest in or concern for the actual or real, a tendency to view or represent things as they really are.
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anti-realism
Definition
An interest or concern for the abstract, speculative, or fantastic
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Verismillitude
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Whether a movie is realistic, anti-realistic, or a combination of the two, it can achieve a convincing appearance of truth
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