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sometimes referred to as Steadicam, work is done by the camera operator actually carrying the camera
What is Handheld Position?
100
camera can be very close, lots in the frame, some distortion of space
What is Wide Angle?
100
is the full narrative you are able to construct from the plot. it is the events both within and surrounding the plot in accurate chronological order
What is Story?
100
a method of classifying films in order to shape audience expectations
What is Genre?
100
is the length of a shot contributes to rhythm
What is Duration?
200
is the use of a motion picture camera to record a film. it organizes our perception when we watch a film.
What is Cinematography?
200
camera is far away, depth of the image is compressed
What is Telephoto?
200
is everything happens in the world of the film (character actions)
What is Diegetic?
200
are the common subjects and questions genre films could be said to explore. for example, westerns are often said to be about good vs. evil
What is Theme?
200
can be longer or shorter than a scene, and does not necessarily need to take place in the same location, or in continuous time
What is Sequence?
300
refers to the objects in sharp relief in a film image, and has the options of deep or shallow.
What is Focus?
300
can go from wide to telephoto or vice-versa, often used to bring attention to a specific element
What is Zoom Lenses?
300
is everything you encounter in a film that cannot be said to come from within the world of that film (background music)
What is Non-Diegetic?
300
are the common visual elements shared by genre film. for example horror films often use darker lighting an point of view cinematography, while westerns often feature open plains, dusty towns, and cowboys
What is Style?
300
sometimes referred to as a "master shot" in which a shot included at the beginning of a scene in order to help locate the viewer. it is used so that once filmmakers move into using medium shots and close-ups, audiences will not lose sight of where characters and objects are located
What is Establishing Shot?
400
this focuses as a tool to highlight certain subjects, or create certain moods.
What is Deeper Focus?
400
an account of events occurring in space and time
What is Narrative?
400
is the act of joining different segments of film those we have called shots in order to create relationships between these different segments
What is Editing?
400
are the similarities in how genre films begin, develop and conclude. for example, horror films often end with one remaining hero who faces down the monster.
What is Narrative?
400
a single uninterrupted series of frames that is exposed from the movement the camera operator starts recording, to the moment it stops recording
What is Shot?
500
spatial relations are roughly as we perceive them with the naked eye
What is Normal Lens?
500
is every event you see in a film in the order that you see it
What is Plot?
500
suggested that images seen next to each other would inform each others meanings
What is The Kuleshov Effect?
500
a system of editing films developed by the hollywood studios during the studio era. it is meant to appear seamless, and hide all traces of a filmmaker's involvement in constructing a film. it relies on match-on-action, eyeline matching, shot-reverse-shot, and the 180 degree rule. A.K.A "INVISIBLE".
What is Continuity Editing?
500
refers to the different types of edits used by filmmakers, such as graphic matches, wipes, dissolves, or matches-on-action
What is Transition?