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Set | The place where the film is made, inside or outside workplace (related to setting ) |
Silent film | No sound on film, title cords provide exposition and dialogue |
Special effects | The illusions, the stunts, the magic that created on film |
Studio | the company that makes the film, the place where the film is shot |
Subtitle | the words at the bottom of the screen, translated of the dialogue |
synopsis | A summary of the film in the present tense |
title cards | inserted black cards with dialogue or exposition for silent films |
vehicle | a method or the medium by which an actor actress director producer can showcase talent |
Angle | the direction, the angel at which the camera is held in relation to the subject, like low angle, high angle, side angle |
Cinematography | the art of composition for a film, the angle, framing lighting costume etc |
Composition | the arrangement of people and things for him |
Costuming | Clothing plus makeup |
Direct/direction | the way a director puts people and objects on films, movement of the camera, story through a action |
framing | the way and things (people and objects) fit in the frame |
frame | Each picture and the aspect ratio,height and width (24 frames per second) |
mise-en-scene | Everything you see on the film, the setting and the characters |
Produce/production | put the film together, the business aspect of film making |
scene | a combination of shots that move the story forward, a segment of narrative |
Shot | A single piece of film, uncut |
Staging | decision to move actors and objects, planning |
Take | records; try to record something on film, an effort to capture a moment of film, film is a collaborative medium |
ad lib | Improvised speech,(no) go off script |
Avant Garde | Film genre, experimental, experimental film, new style (artistic people, fashion, architecture) |
Creative control | A person has decision-making powers for a film (have powers) |
Composition | the arrangement of objects and people on film |
Credits | the list of people who contributed to the film, actors, directors, producers and writers |
dream sequence | a dream that contributes to the narrative, it can provide exposition, information |
Documentary | A film based on facts, nonfiction |
dub | provide the language over the original spoken languages, translation |
Exposition | Information, background (setting) relationships |
Extra | Background people |
Homage/pay homage | To pay respect or give credit to someone who comes before |
Improvisation | Unplanned performance according to the scene |
Juxtaposition | Just posted, to put one shot (film segment) against another to suggest meaning |
Lightning | How a shot is lit: low level, bright dim, use of shadows |
Lines | Dialogue, words for the actors |
Mannerism | Movement of a body, facial expressions behavior |
Melodrama | Emotional, sometimes overacting exaggeration of emotions (negative) |
mise-en-scene | the arrangement of elements on film like lighting, composition, costuming, makeup, movement in the foreground and background |
Motif | Pattern, style or a repeating, music or image or ideas |
Propaganda | Political message, political ideology |
Props | Objects (anything); things in a movie |
Experimental film/avant-garde | Is an exploration of movies- making techniques, the narrative is not always apparent |