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| 180-degree rule | imaginary line that the camera must not cross over |
| acting style | the way an actor plays his or her part |
| actors | human beings whose job it is to play roles in a film |
| angle | position of the camera or point of view |
| close-up | when the distance between the subject and the boundaries of the frame is very short |
| crane shot | allows for “impossible” points of view and long fluid takes |
| deep focus | perspective that allows the audience to see both the background and foreground sharply both background and foreground |
| depth of field | range of distance between the closest and farthest planes in which the image is in sharp focus |
| diegetic | elements of the film that naturally originate within the content of the frame |
| direct sound | elements of sound recorded at the same time as the image is filmed |
| fade in | editing transition in which an image gradually appears on a blackened screen |
| fade out | editing transition in which an image gradually disappears onto a blackened screen |
| focus | clarity and detail of an image, produced by the type of lens used and the distance between the camera and the object being filmed |
| full shot | sub-type of long shot that shows the whole body of the individual being filmed |
| hand-held shot | image filmed from the shoulder of a cameraperson, usually creating the subjective point of view of a character |
| high angle | point of view in a shot captured when the camera is above the subject being filmed |
| lighting | how actors or objects are illuminated |
| long shot | image in which the distance between the subject and the boundaries of the frame is great |
| low angle | often used to emphasize the power or authority of a character, who will appear to loom over us in the frame |
| medium shot | image that shows an individual from the knees or waist up |
| mirror shot | image that reveals a character or action through its reflection |
| mise-en-scène | arrangement of visual elements and movement and the way they are actually filmed |
| panning shot | image captured when the camera pivots horizontally from left to right or right to left without changing its position |
| rack focus | quick change of focus within a shot to simulate a shift in attention |
| set | the place or location used for a specific scene or shot in a film. |
| shallow focus | A perspective that allows the audience to see only objects and persons in the foreground of the image clearly |
| shot | basic division of a film, a continuously exposed and unedited image of any length |
| sound | audible dimension of a film that most of us notice but hardly ever analyze |
| take | the recording of an image on film, usually used in writing as a temporal measure |
| tilt shot | an image captured when the camera pivots vertically up or down without changing its position |
| tracking shot | an image captured by a camera that changes position during the take |
| zoom shot | This change in perspective creates a moving frame as the borders appear to move in or move out |
