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EN 125 Ch 3
Vocab and important people
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
02/06/2013

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take
Definition
version of a shot
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cutaway shot
Definition
briefly interrupts the visual presentation of a subject to show something else
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master shot
Definition
records an entire scene
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long shot
Definition
subject is seen in its entirety, and much of its surroundings are visible
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final cut
Definition
last version of an edited film
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feature film
Definition
fictional film that is at least sixty minutes long
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footage
Definition
length of exposed motion-picture film; raw
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documentary film
Definition
representation of its subjects viewers are intended to accept primarily as factual
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dailies
Definition
prints made from a day's filming
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continuity (editing)
Definition
maintains a sense of uninterrupted time and action and continuous setting within each scene of a narrative film
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reel
Definition
a metal or plastic spool to hold film
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Definition
by D.W. Griffith, >1300 shots, controversial yet wonderful edits
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classical Hollywood cinema
Definition
show one or more distinct characters facing a succession of problems while trying to reach their goal; tend to hide the manner of their making by using continuity editing and other unobtrusive film making techniques
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meaning
Definition
an observation or general statement about a subject
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shot
Definition
uninterrupted strip of exposed motion-picture film
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frame
Definition
individual image on the strip of film
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sequences
Definition
similar to scenes
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experimental films
Definition
rejects the conventions of mainstream movies and explores the possibilities of the film medium itself
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narrative
Definition
series of unified consecutive events situated in one or more settings. May be fictional/factual/both
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wide-screen film
Definition
any aspect ratio greater than 1.33:1
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cut
Definition
transition of shots
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match cut
Definition
maintains continuity of shape and/or movement
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jump cut
Definition
discontinuous transition between shots
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fade-out, fade-in
Definition
short but meaningful pause between scenes
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zooming
Definition
cause the image of the subject to increase in size
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lap dissolve
Definition
one shot fades as the other replaces it
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setting
Definition
place where filmed action occurs
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wipe
Definition
push one shot off screen and replace it with another
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serials
Definition
1910s to 1950s, low-budget action film presented in chapters or installments
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iris-in
Definition
widening opening reveals more and more of the next shot
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iris-out
Definition
image is closed by constricting shape
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continuity editing
Definition
shots follow another unobtrusively
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eye-line matches
Definition
subject looks at something, and next shot shows the viewed something
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off screen
Definition
area not within view of the camera
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superimpositions
Definition
two or more images photographed or printed on top of each other
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(French) new wave (cinema)
Definition
fictional films made late 1950s-early 1960s as explorations of more current subjects sometimes rendered with nontraditional techniques
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filmic
Definition
characteristic of the film medium or appropriate to it
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reaction shots
Definition
view of emotional response to an action, shown either before or after the action
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narrative documentary
Definition
presents mainly a factual narrative or story
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parallel editing
Definition
shifts back and forth between two or more subjects or lines of action
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plotline
Definition
narrative or series of related events usually involving only a few characters or people and capable of functioning on its own as a story
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pace
Definition
viewer's sense of a film's material being represented fast or slow
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fast cutting
Definition
consecutive shots of brief duration
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slow cutting
Definition
consecutive shots of long duration
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trailers
Definition
brief compilation film made to advertise a movie
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montage
Definition
many shots of different things to shorten actions over a long time
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Definition
Orson Welles master film; "Rosebud"
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title card
Definition
card or thin sheet of clear plastic on which is written or printed information included in a film
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story time
Definition
amount of time covered in a film's narrative
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structure
Definition
selection and arrangement of the parts of a whole
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