Story
The sudden change that starts the action or problem in the story.
Inciting incident
What is a DP?
Director of Photography
Sound outside of the world of the characters that they cannot hear is...
non-diegetic
What language does mise-en-scene come from?
French
nondiegetic writing that frames the film at the beginning and end
Porch Writing
A story that is true is fiction or non-fiction?
Non-fiction
The shot that tells you where the scene is taking place. (setting)
Establishing shot
A string of scenes cut together, to pass time, convey an idea, or emotional effect
Montage
What does "mise-en-scene" mean?
Setting the stage
when written text is nondiegetic and in the foreground, standing before the diegetic space
overlaid writing
The opposite of a static character that does not change or develop
Dynamic
When the camera lens shifts from focusing on one object to an object behind or in front.
Rack focus
Two things being placed together with contrasting effect (like a soviet montage)
Juxtaposition
A term that means composition, production design, hair & makeup, costumes, lighting, and blocking all in one.
Mise-en-scene
when written text is part of the setting, in the diegetic space, but is not meant as the central element or the subject of the shot
included text
Non-linear
The kind of lighting that is dark or shadowy
Low key lighting
The kind of editing where two stories or events are playing at once, back and forth
Parallel editing or Cross cutting
Name the hierarchy of forms of media starting with the most culturally privileged to the least
a close-up shot of a [written] detail between two other shots
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A "teachy" or "preachy" film with a clear lesson to be learned
Didactic
The opposite of soft focus, where everything is sharp, including the background.
Deep focus
Shots are cut together in a clear and linear flow of uninterrupted action.
Continuity editing
Term for what continuous, electronic media does to audiences (think TV or streaming)
written words that engender more of the story, that take a physical narrative form, and particularly that through a dissolve, lead us on screen to the reality they evoke. Someone reads a poster, a calling card, the name of a place, and often a dissolve makes these places, this circumstance, this character appear
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