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| One uninterrupted image taken by a static or mobile camera. |
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| The elements in front of the camera which are recorded on the photographic image: lighting, settings, costume, performance. |
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| The juxtaposition of two or more shots to create a meaningful realationship between them. |
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| A shot in which the head of a character fills the image. |
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| A shot in which the head and chest of a character fills the image. |
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| A shot of a character from the waist up. |
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| A shot of a character from the shins up. |
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| A shot of the whole of a standing character. |
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| A shot of a setting or landscape (any camera distance beyond FS). |
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| A shot taken on the axis of a character's look. It is usually preceded and/or followed by a shot of the character. |
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| A shot in which a character in a film responds to events presented in another shot. |
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| The six areas blocked from visibility but part of the space of a scene: behind the set, behind the camera, above and below and to the left and right of the frame. |
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| The narrative world of a film, including on- and off-screen space and events. |
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| An instantaneous transition from one shot to another. |
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| A shot transition in which the image gradually disappears from view (usually to black) / A shot transition in which the image gradually brightens into view. |
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| A shot transition in which a fade in is superimposed on a fade out. |
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| A system of editing in which the spatial and temporal relationships between shots are matched to insure a clear and continuous line of narrative action. |
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| The camera must stay on the same side of the narrative action to insure consistent spatial relations and constant screen direction from shot to shot. |
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| A shot near the beginning of a scene which presents a complete view of the scene (usually, a long shot). |
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| The alternation of shots of two people in conversation that conforms with the 180 Degree Rule. |
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| A shot containing one character. |
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| A shot containing two characters. (Three shot, etc). |
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| Over-The-Shoulder Two Shot |
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| A shot containing two characters viewed over the shoulder of one of them. (Over-The-Shoulder three shot, etc.) |
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| A cut linking a shot of a character looking offscreen and a shot of what the character is looking at. |
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| A cut in which an action in one shot is picked up in the next shot, at the exact moment it breaks off, making the action appear continuous. |
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| A cut which sustains continuity between shots but changes the actual positions of the characters. |
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| A cut which sustains continuity between shots but omits part of the duration of an event. |
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| Editing that alternates two or more lines of action going on in different places, usually simultaneously. |
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