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WGU-IWC1-Part 7
Cinema
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Film | A form of entertainment that employs a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement to tell a story |
| Cinema | An artistic medium that uses the motion picture as a vehicle for story telling and other creative expression. |
| Persistence of vision | When the eye and the brain retain an image for a brief moment after the image is gone |
| Title cards | Explanatory printed texts on cards inserted into a film. |
| Absolute Cinema | Films that are purely artistic expressions of light, color, form, shape and movement, without narrative content or documenting intent. |
| Documentary Cinema | Films that attempt to capture actual events in the very moment they occur--events which, in theory, would have occurred even without the presence of the camera |
| Narrative Cinema | Films that use the same forms and techniques used by theater and literature to tell a story--exposition, complication, climax, and resolution |
| Screenplay | A script with the dialogue, descriptions, and all other elements required to tell the story of a film, television show, or other visual story |
| Director | Person in complete charge of making a film |
| Cinematography | The art of movie photography, including camera position and lighting, in telling a story |
| Panning | Horizontal movement of the camera from a fixed postion |
| Tilting | Vertical movement of the camera from a fixed positon |
| Master shot | Uninterrupted shot of an entire scene, usually used as a timing and pacing reference during the editing process. |
| Snorricam | A steadicam harnessed to the actor's body, pointing directly back at him or her |
| Point of View | The position or perspective from which something is viewed or related. |
| Continuity Editing | A set of techniques that seek to make the transitions (or cuts) from shot to shot as unobtrusive and continuous as possible. |
| Foreshadowing | The deliberate introduction of information (verbally, visually or otherwise) suggesting an event that will take place later in the story. |
| Complication | Middle section of a drama where conflicts inherent in the situation are elaborated and developed, and dramatic tension builds until a movement of maximum intensity and interest, called the climax |
| Expostion | An opening which introduces the characters and their circumstances, the setting, the mood and the situation, giving the audience information essential for understanding the story |
| Denouement | Moment when a drama's action comes to its proper conclusion and a resolution is near |
| Fade | Film editing technique where there is a gradual transition from image to darkness, or the reversal |
| Low-angle shot | A shot where the camera is placed below the subject, pointing upward toward it, converting an impression of awe and power |
| High-angel shot | A shot where the camera is placed above the subject, pointing down at it, conveying an impression of awe and power. |
| Cross cut | Film editing technique that switches between two different sequences , suggesting that the sequences are happening simultaneously, or that the events are thematically related. |
| Jump cut | film editing technique where there is an immediate transition from one moment in a shot to a later moment in the same shot, causing an abrupt shift in the subject's position |
| Dissolve | film editing technique where there is a gradual transition from one image to another, usually signifying the passage of time |
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