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Lit in film
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aerial Shot (Bird's Eye) | A shot filmed by a camera, placed at a great height, as attached to a helicopter or a plane. |
| Allegory | A narrative that employs extended metaphors in such a way as to have character, actions, and objects assume abstract meanings and values |
| Allusion | A brief reference to a person, event, character, or artistic work; allusions are effective to the extent that the audience shares the common body of knowledge being referenced |
| Ambiguity | The intentional or unintentional expression of an idea in language that yields more than one meaning and leaves uncertainty as to the intended significance of the statement |
| Analytic Editing | The technique of editing together film sequences or literary passages in such a way that an emphatic meaning is constructed; editing tightly constructed on reasoning with the intention of leading the reader or viewer to specific percepts. |
| Analytical Criticism | A mode of criticism that holds that a work of art is an autonomous whole, whose meaning is stable and can be discerned through application of rigorous and logical systems of analysis |
| Anamorphic Lens | A camera lens that produces a widescreen image |
| Answer Print (Trial Print/Trial composite) | The first draft of the complete film, including editing, synchronized sound, and light and color adjustments. Further changes are usually made in this print before release prints are made |
| Anti-hero | The protagonist of a film or literary work who has attributes opposite of those a traditional hero |
| Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which a personified object or an absent person is directly addressed |