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| blocking | a performer's movement within a shot |
| animation | creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially |
| close-up shot | A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame |
| composition | the purposeful arangement of the parts of an image |
| dissolve | a fade in that coincides with a fade out, so the incoming shot gradually replaces the outgoing shot |
| point of view shot | a technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters |
| narration | the manner in which a story is told |
| casting | selecting actors to play a role in a film |
| establishing shot | this is the first shot |
| fade out/fade in | a shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears |
| first person narration | a story narrated by one of the characters within the story, using the "I" voice |
| hand-held shot | a shot taken by a camera that is held manually |
| long shot | a camera shot taken at a long distance from the subject |
| medium shot | a shot depicting the human body from the waist up |
| narrative | a story |
| omniscient narration | technique of telling the story from an all knowing viewpoint rather than that of one individual character |
| pan | horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa |
| protagonist | a film's main character, one whose conflicts & motives drive the story forward |
| scene | a short segment of program content, usually made up of several closely related scenes |
| slow motion | time appears to be slowed down; each fram is captured at a rate much faster than what it will be played back |
| special effects | optical illusions created during production, including the use of matte paintings, glass shots, models & prosthesis |
| third person narration | literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character |
| voice over | a direct vocal address to the audience from either a character or a narrating voice |
| zoom in/zoom out | moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position; subject remains in focus |
| audio | all sound elements in a film |
| frame | a single, still picture; 4 sides that make up the border of the screen |
| script | a full written documentation of a program that is formatted like a play; includes scenes, dialogue, narration, stage directions & effects |
| wide angle | a lens or a setting on a zoom lens that minimizes subjects and magnifies apparent depth by filling the frame with a wide angle of view |
| camera angle | the position from which a shot is taken, described by horizontal angle, vertical angle, and subject distance |
| plot line | narrative path of teh main or supporting characters; films may have serveral lines of actions |
