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| second unit | a small group of technicians that shoot those scenes that do not require the presence of the director, the principal cinematographer, or the central actors (ex: locations shots, establishing shots, and scenes involving extras) a second unit is larger pro |
| self-reflexivity | a work of art that meditates upon its own status as art |
| semiotics | from the greek word for ¨sign¨ (semeion); the study of signs as developed by the swiss linguist, Ferdinand de saussure |
| sequence | a series of related film shots, edited together, to form a coherent dramatic or visual unit |
| serial | a single story divided and presented in a sequential series of individual units: literary chapters or short films |
| set | an artificially constructed environment in which a movies action is photographed |
| sharp focus | a shot in which the edges are clearly defined and the details are markedly visible |
| shock editing | any editing practice that is so unexpected or discordant as to startle the spectator. the effect of shock editing only works if is used sparingly |
| shot | the amount of visual; information contained within a frame. The basic shots are: extreme close up, close up, quarter, medium, full, long, and extreme long. sustained POV recorded by camera, continuous recording. sequences of shots edited together |
| simile | a figure of speech, usually introduced by ¨like¨ or ¨as¨, that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds. |