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| An aspect of human vision in which the brain retains images for a fraction of a second after they leave the field of sight; this allows for the illusion of movement from a series of still pictures |
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| Amusement parlor boxes containing moving rolls of still pictures |
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| early motion picture camera invented by Thomas Edison |
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| Early motion picture viewer invented by Thomas Edison |
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| small early movie theaters |
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| motion picture patents company |
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| Company founded by Thomas Edison to control the movie equipment business; known as the Trust |
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| Forcing theater owners to show movies with unknown stars in order to get movies with established stars |
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| Forcing theaters to reserve movies without previewing them |
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| A movie director with a distinctive style |
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| Film clips covering current events that were shown in theaters before the advent of television |
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| The illegal copying and selling of movies |
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| the planning phase of moviemaking |
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| the actual shooting phase of moviemaking |
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| The final phase of movie-making, which includes editing and other technical improvements to the film |
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| Movies that are not made by one of the major studios |
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| The person who finds the financing for a film and puts the package together |
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| People who lead the actual day-to-day work of making film |
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| Version of film the director delivers to the studio |
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| Movie directors in charge of shooting the scenes that do not require the stars |
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| Simple editing machine made up of two reels on which film is spooled over a small light |
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| the director of photography |
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| The person who designs the physical look of a film |
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| film crew member in charge of making sure shots match up; sometimes called the script supervisor |
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| member of film crew who sets up and moves cameras |
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| The gaffer's (lighting director's) assistant |
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| adding color to black-and-white films |
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| the process of selling media content to individual outlets |
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| Brief previews of coming movies in theaters |
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| Consumer products built around movie characters |
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| The inclusion of a product in a movie as a form of promotion for that product |
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