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| off-camera | any proportion of a movie that does not actually appear on screen and in view, but is known to be part of the films overall information |
| one-shot | a shot with a single person in the frame |
| option | The legal right to make an agreement within a specified amount of time; normally books or screenplays are optioned. under such an agreement, the party interested in producing the work pays a fee to the writer. normally 100% or less |
| over-the-shoulder shot | a shot in which the camera is positioned over the shoulder of one character, who is usually in dialogue with another |
| package | the various major elements needed for the production of a film: the property (book,screenplay), the director, the screenwriter, and the actors. The package is normally assembled by the producer. |
| painted matte shot | a special-effects shot in which a painted image is combined with a live-action one |
| panning (pan) shot | a shot in which the camera remains in place but moves horizontally on its axis; the term comes from ¨panorama¨ as the shot often follows the movement across a landscape or a field of action |
| parallel action | action that is related\, but takes place at two or more different locations often at the same time; through the use of cross cutting, the film shifts back and forth between the separate, but related, actions |
| parallelism | a structural arrangement by which coordinating ideas or actions have coordinating presentation |
| parody | a work that humorously or satirically imitates another work of s more serious nature |