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Cards Term Shot Definition One uninterrupted image taken by a static or mobile camera. Term mise-en-scene Definition The elements in front of the camera which are recorded on the photographic image: lighting, settings, costume, performance. Term Editing Definition The juxtaposition of two or more shots to create a meaningful realationship between them. Term Close Up (CU) Definition A shot in which the head of a character fills the image. Term Medium Close Up (MCU) Definition A shot in which the head and chest of a character fills the image. Term Medium Shot (MS) Definition A shot of a character from the waist up. Term Three Quarter Shot Definition A shot of a character from the shins up. Term Full Shot (FS) Definition A shot of the whole of a standing character. Term Long Shot (LS) Definition A shot of a setting or landscape (any camera distance beyond FS). Term Point of View Shot (POV) Definition A shot taken on the axis of a character's look. It is usually preceded and/or followed by a shot of the character. Term Reaction Shot (Rx) Definition A shot in which a character in a film responds to events presented in another shot. Term Off-Screen Space (OS) Definition The six areas blocked from visibility but part of the space of a scene: behind the set, behind the camera, above and below and to the left and right of the frame. Term Diegesis Definition The narrative world of a film, including on- and off-screen space and events. Term Cut Definition An instantaneous transition from one shot to another. Term Fade out/Fade in Definition A shot transition in which the image gradually disappears from view (usually to black) / A shot transition in which the image gradually brightens into view. Term Dissolve Definition A shot transition in which a fade in is superimposed on a fade out. Term Continuity Editing Definition A system of editing in which the spatial and temporal relationships between shots are matched to insure a clear and continuous line of narrative action. Term 180 Degree Rule Definition The camera must stay on the same side of the narrative action to insure consistent spatial relations and constant screen direction from shot to shot. Term Establishing Shot Definition A shot near the beginning of a scene which presents a complete view of the scene (usually, a long shot). Term Shot/Reverse Shot Definition The alternation of shots of two people in conversation that conforms with the 180 Degree Rule. Term Single (Shot) Definition A shot containing one character. Term Two Shot Definition A shot containing two characters. (Three shot, etc). Term Over-The-Shoulder Two Shot Definition A shot containing two characters viewed over the shoulder of one of them. (Over-The-Shoulder three shot, etc.) Term Eyeline Match (EM) Definition A cut linking a shot of a character looking offscreen and a shot of what the character is looking at. Term Match-On-Action (MOA) Definition A cut in which an action in one shot is picked up in the next shot, at the exact moment it breaks off, making the action appear continuous. Term Cheat Cut Definition A cut which sustains continuity between shots but changes the actual positions of the characters. Term Ellipsis Definition A cut which sustains continuity between shots but omits part of the duration of an event. Term Parallel Editing Definition Editing that alternates two or more lines of action going on in different places, usually simultaneously.