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| metaphor | a figure of speech in which an object is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| metatext | a text that comments upon, describes, or explains another text; a text in which a writer, artist, or filmmaker analyzes his or her own previous work |
| metonymy | a figure of speech in which a word, phrase, or attribute is substituted for the whole (Example: a ´crown´ for a king) |
| mise-en-scene | a term originally used in the theater to describe the staging of a scene: the set, the placement of the actors, and the lighting. In film, it describes the arrangement of all the compositional elements within the frame of a single shot |
| modernism | an early twentieth century movement characterized by a rejection of tradition and authority in favor of an emphasis on novelty. modernism works of literary or visual art value abstract thought and complex reasoning |
| montage | a form of editing in which shots are joined together in accord with their visual rather than in accord with narrative continuity. there are two basic methods of montage editing. |
| narration | a composition that recounts a story, an event, or a series of events |
| new wave | a film style developed in France, realistic, loosely structured plots, non traditional, unheroic, and unsentimental approach to character |
| noh (No) theater | a classical japanese performance form, with its origins in the fourteenth century. noh combines elements of dance, drama, music and poetry into one aesthetic, highly stylized stage art |
| oblique angle (tilt shot) | a shot which creates a sense of disequilibrium, created by tilting the camera so that the images recorded appear to lean diagonally; this shot is used to imply that a character is inebriated,hallucinating, or in a foreboding situation. |