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11/20/2009

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Framing
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1. an artistic technique

2. an editorial decision

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Thomas Edison built the first motion picture studio and ran through the files in...
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a kinetoscope
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Kinetoscope
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kineto means movement and scopos meaning to watch. An invention with the intent to do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear
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Lumiere Brothers
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invented the cinematographe 
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cinematographe
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a camera that could process and project movies. 35 mm filed size and a film speed of 16 frames a second
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orson wells
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an america film director, actor, writer, producer who stared and directed Citizen Kane
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Citizen kane
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1941 American drama film that criticizes life and legacy of William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper magnate. The film traces life and career of Charles Foster Kane a man whose career in publishing world is born of idealistic social service but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power
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George Melies
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French filmmaker who began making narrative motion pictures. A trip to the moon. considered founder of movie special effects
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Who is considered founder of movie special effects
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George Melies
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Who was Thomas Edison's apprentice
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Edwin W. Porter
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Edwin W. Porter
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understood public's desire to see action movies produced outside studio. showed films under name Thomas Edison Jr. The Great Robbery and The life of an American Fireman
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Sergei Eisenstein 
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russian director. The Battleship Potemkin. Movie best known for steps scene in which montage and quick-editing techniques created dramatic tension
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Motion Picture Production Code
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industry censorship guidelines, governed by the US motion pictures released by major studios. Originally known as Hays code from creator Will H. Hays
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Motion Picture Producers of America 
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adopted 1930 hays code. spelled out what was acceptable or not acceptable content for pictures produced for a public audience in US
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Black listing
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directors, actors, screenwriters supported causes sponsored by communist parties were viewed as Un-American and were registered on a list known as the Hollywood Ten. 
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Vertical Integration
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scenario where studios owned means of production, distribution, exhibition of movies (monopoly)
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celluiod
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allowed series of photographs to be run across light, thereby being 'projected on to a screen'
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catharsis
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refers to emotion by Aristotle, refers to sensation or literary effect that would ideally overcome by either characters in a play or audience after finishing watching a tragedy
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persistence of vision
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phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approx. 1/25 of a second on the retina
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denouement
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consists of a series of event that follow the climax of a drama or a narrative and thus serves as a conclusion of the story
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rule of thirds
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compositional rule of thumb in visual arts that states an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts and important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections
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pathways and light
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composition creates a sense of balance or imbalance in an image, creates a pathway through the frame
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focus
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cannot be corrected in photoshop. easier to work with images that are sharp in focus than waste time reviving out of focus shots 
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shot
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any single, uninterrupted piece of film
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long shot
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shot that typically shows entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings 
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close-up
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tight frame of a person or an object to display more detail but does not include a broader scene. used to capture emotion or intricate activity with their hands
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auteur 
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french for author. director is regarded as the author of the film because has primary control over final product
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deep focus
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keeping images close by and far away in sharp focus simultaneously 
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sequence
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a series of scenes which for a distinct narrative unit, usually connected either by unity of location or unity of time 
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tracking shot 
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any shot using a mobile camera that follows or moves away from the object on tracks or by being mounted on a vehicle 
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mise-en-scene
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aura emanating from details of setting, scenery, and staging (literally means putting on stage)
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pan
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a shot in which a stationary camera turns horizontally, revealing new areas
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zoom
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shot accomplished with a lens capable of smoothly and continuously changing focal lengths from wide-angle to zoom in or zoom out
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tilt
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a shot taken by angling a stationary camera up or down
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scene
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a series of shots that take place in a single location 
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act
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larger division of the story, borrowed from life theatre
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three act play
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act one having introductory elements

act two having darkest moments with antagonists having a greater encompass

act three resolution and protagonist prevailing

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low angle
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worm's eye view
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high angle
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bird's eye view
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