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| improving the quality of the recorded audio mix |
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| 5 traditional fields of view |
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| extreme long shot (ELS), long shot (LS), medium shot (MS), close-up (CU), extreme close up (ECU or XCU) |
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Film- softer look, projects colors, more subtle brightness differences, better overall exposure, images look more polished
Video- stark colors, creates a color mosaic- mixes colors additively by combining the three light primaries RGB, too sharp and clear, crisp colors, |
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| what the camera is looking at and from where |
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| shows an object not only faster but also more erratic/jumpy |
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| white, grey, and black have no chroma |
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| an object can be in motion and perceived at rest, or can be at rest and perceived to be in motion |
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| environmental sounds in which the scene plays |
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| you analyze an event for its thematic and structural elements |
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| distinct vector fields that can help us clarify and intensify a screen event |
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| process in which we examine media elements |
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| to place positive volumes along the z-axis to help the camera distinguish among the depth planes. |
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| the relationship of screen width to height |
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| the 2 sides of the screen seem structurally unequal |
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| fixed to the object casting the shadow |
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| how fast a sound reaches a certain loudness level |
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| the depth plane farthest from the camera, marking the end of the z-axis |
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| can fluctuate between static (stable) and dynamic (unstable) field structures |
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| a time that regulates our body functions and determines when we feel alert and when we feel tired |
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| how light or dark we perceive a color to be |
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| lights the foreground figures while leaving the back completely dark |
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| "round": purest and most obvious form of imitation |
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| always falls on something |
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| consists of the objective and subjective time elements concerning the character's actions and feelings |
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| lighting for fast falloff and light/dark contrast |
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| the harmonic combination of two notes is normally called an interval, and three or more notes compose a chord |
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| colors with hue (ex. RGB) |
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| the time we measure by the clock |
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| you clash two opposite events to express or reinforce a basic idea or feeling |
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| the aesthetic impact a color has on us |
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| hues with balanced energy that go well together |
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| consists of succeeding shots that juxtapose two thematically related events to express or reinforce a theme or basic idea |
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| when 2 or more index and/or motion vectors point in the same direction |
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| concentrates on structuring on- and off- screen space and on establishing and maintaining the viewer's mental map. |
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| point toward each other in either a single shot or in a series of shots |
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| specific polyphonic technique in which the individual notes and melodic lines are set against each other |
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| the camera has moved past the shoulder of the camera-near person to get a tighter close-up of the camera-far person |
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| instantaneous change from one image to another |
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| a shot of an object or event that is peripherally connected with the overall event and that is neutral as to screen direction. used to intercut between two shots in which the screen direction is reversed |
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| from the point the tone starts to get softer until we can no longer perceive it |
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| deductive visual approach |
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| moving from the general to the specific |
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| the area along the z axis that appears in focus |
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| one way to reduce the energy of colors is to lessen their saturation |
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| the juxtaposition of opposing or contradictory statements or events to resolve the contradictions into universally true axioms or an event synthesis |
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| literal sounds that occupy story space- are part of the storyy |
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| digital video effects (DVE) |
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| visual effects created by a computer or other digital video effects equipment |
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| gradual transition from shot to shot in which the two images temporarily overlap. occupies its own screen space and time |
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| point in opposite directions |
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| index or motion vectors that point away from each other |
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| an element that intensifies a scene |
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| the art of dramatic narrative and composition. more generally, the whole structure of a play- the total orchestration of dialogue, action, and various aesthetic elements |
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| how long you hear a sound lasting |
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| the graphic elements are asymmetrically distributed |
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| variations of perceived strength |
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| involves selecting and sequencing those parts of an event that contribute most effectively to its clarification and intensification |
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| prescribes how to arrange individual shots so that they combine into meaningful scenes and sequences |
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| the whole process, from initial attack to final decay |
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| relative number of event details that occur within a brief clock time period |
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| relative energy and significance we perceive about an event |
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| the number of relevant experiences we go through either simultaneously or in rapid succession and the relative depth or impact such events have on us |
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| operate within or without the screen |
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| picture either goes gradually to black (fade-out) or appears gradually on the screen from black (fade- in) |
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| the brightness contrast b/w light and shadow sides of an object |
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| how far away or close we show on-screen an object or a person or how much territory a shot includes |
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| when the middleground plane suddenly overlaps the foreground plane |
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| the important sounds are chosen to be the figure while relegating the other sounds to the background. |
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| we order our surroundings into foreground figures that stabilize the background |
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| primary space as defined by the video screen's borders |
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| highly diffused lighting that seems to come from every direction |
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| the depth plane closest to the camera, marking the beginning of the z-axis |
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| the various theories and applications of time and motion within the context of new media, such as video, film, and computers |
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| sampling rate of a motion |
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| theme or subject is chased and flees from voice to voice throughout the composition |
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| select music that is typical of the geographical area depicted in the scene |
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| the pattern/shape that results from applying psychological closure |
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| overlapping planes, relative size, height in plane, linear perspective, and aerial perspective |
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| created by a stationary element that guides our eyes in a certain direction |
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| generally have a low magnitude which means they are relatively ambiguous as to specific direction |
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| a process in which the three-dimensional lens-generated screen image is deliberately rendered in a two-dimensional, graphic- or picturelike format |
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| vertical combination of simultaneously played notes |
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| a thesis that is always opposed by an antithesis, this juxtaposition results ultimately in a synthesis |
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| abundance of light, slow falloff |
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| pair pictures with music that was created in approximately the same historical period |
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| the structure in which a single predominating melody is supported by corresponding chords |
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| colors you see in the rainbow and their variations |
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| juxtaposes two seemingly disassociated events to create a third principal idea or concept |
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| light and color, 2d space, 3d space, time/motion, sound |
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| a short theme or subject is stated in one voice and then repeated verbatim or ina slightly changed form in the other voice or voices while the first voice continues on its way, providing the counterpoint to the imitated theme |
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| created by something that points unquestionably in a specific direction |
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| inductive visual approach |
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| go from details of the event to a general overview |
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| internal intensity of human relationships |
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| operate within ourselves, such as feelings and empathetic responses |
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| an object seems to jump or jerk from one screen position to another |
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| the setting in which the action takes place rather than the people who function in this setting |
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| german for "leading motif": short musical phrase or specific sound effect that portends the appearance of a person, an action, or a situation |
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| black strips on the top and bottom of screen leave the picture from left to right in the middle |
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| manipulation of light and shadows |
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| all objects look progressively smaller the farther away they are |
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| referential, they convey a specific literal meaning, and in doing so, refer you to the sound-producing source |
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| apparent strength as we perceive it |
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| dark background, fast falloff |
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| can be so strong it counteracts our natural reaction to gravitational pull |
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| series of musical tones arranged in succession |
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| helps you make sense of where things are, where they're going, or where theyre supposed to be in on- and off-screen space |
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| rhythmic structuring device |
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| the depth plane marking the approx. middle of the z-axis |
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| caused when the scanning frequency competes with the light/dark contrast of the pattern |
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| then juxtaposition of two or more separate event images that, when shown together, combine into a new and mroe intense whole- a "gesalt" |
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| whenever an object is in motion and simultaneously also at rest |
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created by an object moving or seen as moving
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| used to achieve a truly polyphonic structure |
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| to block the z-axis of each camera with space modulators (people and/or objects) so that when switching from one camera to the next, each shows and articulated z-axis |
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| eyes, mouth, chin, shoulders, elbows, hemline, and so on |
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| empty space that is somehow delineated by positive volumes |
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| nonliteral/nondiegetic sounds |
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| not intended to refer to a particular sound source or to convey literal meaning. deliberately source-disconnected and do not evoke a visual image of the sound producing source |
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| set whose background scenery is not continuous. the open set consists of sections of interiors not connected by a common background |
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| camera literally looks over the shoulder of the camera-near person at the camera-far person |
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| the most direct graphic plane |
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| a number of frequencies with which a sound producing source vibrates in addition to its fundamental frequency- the one that we hear as a specific pitch |
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| refers to the perceived speed of an event- whether the event seems to drag or move too quickly |
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| to perceive the person (usually a newscaster) operating in first order space as a real person who shares the viewer's psychological, if not physical, space |
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| video and audio portions are not tightly synchronized- they are somewhat out of phase |
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| two black strips on the left and right side of the screen, leave the picture from top to bottom in the middle |
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| indicates the relative highness and lowness of a sound measured against an agreed-upon pitch scale |
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| narrative progression of a story or sequence of events |
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| consists of the objective and subjective time concerning the story or sequence of events |
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| camera's simulating the index vector of a particular person or persons on-screen |
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| refers to two or more melodic lines that, when played together, form a harmonic whole |
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| has substance, can be touched and has a clearly described mass |
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| reducing brightness values a few steps |
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| more deliberate selection and ordering of prerecorded material |
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| helps foreshadow an upcoming event |
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| operate much like predictive lighting to signal an occurrence or a situational change. |
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| the vector field entertains such easy psychological closure that the image no longer compels us to extend beyond the screen |
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| sound quality that makes you feel as though you are close to the sound source |
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| event motion, always occurs in front of the camera |
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| our minds automatically try to group things together that we see |
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| psychological/ subjective time |
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| effect involving changing the focus from one location to another on the z axis |
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| knowing the size of an object relative to other objects within the frame |
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| only specific areas are carefully lighted while others are kept purposely dark |
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| flow within and among event segments and to a recognizable time structure-a beat. |
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| suggests dividing the screen into 3 horizontal and 3 vertical fields |
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| indicates overall length of a program |
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| strength or purity of a color |
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| a clearly identifiable organic part of an event, usually defined by action that plays in a single location within a single story time span |
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| shows the length of a scene, subdivision of sequence time |
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| the space as contained within the borders of the screen, or the cumulative screen space of a shot sequence or of multiple screens |
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| space of the digitally created secondary frame |
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| camera motion, such as a pan, tilt |
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| sectional analytical montage |
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| temporarily arrests the progression of an event and examines an isolated moment from several viewpoints |
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| allows you to choose the exact place in the z axis that you want to be in focus |
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| selective seeing/perception |
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| selective exposure to information |
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| sum of several scenes that compose an organic whole |
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| subdivision of running time. shows the length of an event sequence, which consists of several scenes |
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| sequential analytical montage |
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| you condense an event into its key developmental elements and present them in their original cause/effect sequence |
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| smallest convenient operational unit in video and film. interval between two transitions |
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| length of one shot. shortest usable objective timing in tv/film |
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| comes from side, acts as an extra fill light |
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| opposite of cameo lighting, light the background and not the figure |
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| we perceive people as the normal sized no matter how long the shot is on-screen |
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| when an event appears to be moving considerably more slowly on-screen than it would normally while being photographed |
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| positive and negative images of an object are combined |
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| has purpose, is organized |
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| the sound maintains its intended volume and quality over a series of edits |
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| means that you match close up pictures with close sounds and long shots with sounds that seem to come from father away. |
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| the magnitude of the vertical sound vector depends on several factors, principally the relative density |
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| on-screen sounds, emanate from an on-screen event |
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| source-disconnected sounds |
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| off-screen sounds, the sound-producing source is located in off-screen space. |
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| solid, extremely stable, and not about to move |
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| the z axis extends both ways from the back into the picture and from the screen out into the crowd |
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| the z-axis extends not only from screen to horizon but also toward the viewer. the images are no longer confined to the screen space |
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| shows the objective time span of an event as depicted by the screen event |
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| a series of hand- or computer- drawn sketches of key visualizations and audio ideas |
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| parallel pictures and sound according to their internal structure |
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| film frame which you can hold, enlarge, reduce, project, and store |
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| video frame- not a snapshot of an "at" position in the time continuum. image which is always in motion and continuously renewing itself |
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| when the camera participates in, rather than merely observes, an event |
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| what the character wants to say or do but keeps hidden, but can also refer to the character's psychological makeup |
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| leads to an image in which the usual figure/ground relationship and the overlapping planes are largely dissolved into a complex array of intersecting images |
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| when an objects strength in the foregound is purposely vague |
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| switching/instantaneous editing |
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| selecting and sequencing of shots while the televised event is under way |
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| syntax of complexity editing |
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| selection and sequencing of specific shots |
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| syntax of continuity editing |
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| comprises the editing conventions and techniques primarily used for seamless visual sequences and narrative flow |
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| sequence motion. movement and the rhythm induced by shot changes |
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| a third (new) idea resulting from a montage |
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| what a character says and does |
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| select sounds that we are accustomed to hearing at specific events or locales |
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| describes the tone quality or tone color |
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| we don't know what time is, but we know how to experience it in various forms: duration, change, causality, recurring phenomena, cycles, rhythm, motion |
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| control and manipulation of objective time and structuring of subjective time |
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| requires sounds that fit in the general tone/mood and the feeling of the event |
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| images whose shape is digitally manipulated |
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| the arrangement of key, back, and fill lights |
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| all parallel lines converge and disappear, and always lies at eye level or camera level |
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| a force with direction and a magnitude |
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| a combination of vectors operating within a single picture field |
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| important for maintaining the established vector continuity in close-ups and especially for keeping an object in the same screen position from shot to shot |
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| determined primarily by screen direction, graphic mass, and perceived object speed |
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| aesthetic principle upon which the visual conflict of the collision montage is based |
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| thinking in pictures, or in individual shots or brief sequences |
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| inperplay between positive and negative volumes |
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| has black borders all the way around it, leaving the picture like an island in the middle of the screen |
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| first image yields to the second. new image seems to push old off screen. |
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| a point located away from the frontal plane; how far an object seems to be from the camera |
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| placing people and their movements primarily along the z-axis-- toward and away from the camera |
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| can point toward or away from the camera |
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