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| telephoto lens | a camera lens that operates much like a telescope, bringing into focus a subject in the distance, while flattening or blurring other planes of action in the frame |
| theater of the absurd | an avant-garde genre of drama that presents the absurdity of the human condition created by discarding rational narrative and theatrical devices and realistic forms |
| theme | the central of dominating idea in a work; an abstract concept that is made concrete through the repetition of words, images, or music |
| theme music/theme song | the recurring musical melody or musical passage that runs throughout the film and comes to be associated with a principal character, a theme, or a dominant emotion |
| three-shot | a shot encompassing three actors |
| tie-in | a book that is based on and written subsequent to s specific film; often it is a novelized version of the screenplay |
| tone | the mood of a work; the authors implied attitude toward the subject |
| tracking shot (dolly shot) | a shot in which the camera is moved by means of wheeled support and is generally positioned parallel to its moving object |
| tragedy | a dramatic form in which the principal character is ruined or suffers extreme hardship and sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a moral weakness, or an inability to overcome opposing circumstances |
| trailer | a short film of one to three minutes produced to advertise a soon-to-be- released or newly-released film |