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| The environment in which something exists. |
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| A description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities” or simply “A person portrayed in an artistic piece, such as a drama or novel” |
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| Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot. The degree of interactions between the subjects in the image that are at odds with one another. |
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| An implicit or recurrent idea” which is a very good way to put it. |
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| the make up of the image. |
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| can be explained as the gradation in the image. |
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| Giving credit where credit is due. |
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| The sequence of the images or events. |
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| This is often used and rarely understood. It literally means comparing things side by side. For our purposes, it’ll mean how the image in question is influenced by the impression from the previous and future images. Quite simply, it’s what you think of when you see images one after another. Two unrelated images can mean nothing separately, but when they are put together they may mean something quite different. |
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| That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.” Narration does not have to be spoken…it can be graphic, or it can be music for example. It has to be a way in which the story teller informs the audience of details in the story |
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| The overall envelope of sound, the entirety of the place where sound is observed |
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| number of cycles of compression and rarefaction per second, measured in hertz (Hz), or megaHerz (mHz). |
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| the height of a sound wave, which determines its loudness. |
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| the attribute of sound that disting |
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| the speed at which a sound reaches full volume |
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| how quickly a sound drops back down |
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| sound which is transmitted by 2 speakers (channel one and channel two) each presenting a different set of sounds. Creates the impression of spaciousness, position, and movement in the soundscape. Requires more than one mic in the field (or a stereo mic) |
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| time relationship between two or more sound waves at a given point in the cycle. |
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| Inverse Square Law of sound |
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| intensity varies with the square of the distance. This implies: 1. get the mic as close as possible 2. Moving a mic a little makes a big difference |
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| "story" is a universal mirror that shows us the truth about ourselves- who and why we are |
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