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SOUND
sound track
ADR (automatic dialogue replacement)
voice-over
loop(ing), dubbing
mickey mousing
foley
ambiant sound
actual sound
background noise
direct sound
bridge music
score

DIRECTOR'S CONCERNS
coverage
shot, take
boom shot
cover shot
pickups
framing
cinematography
mise-en-scene
subjective camera
three-camera technique
fixed camera
fluid camera
pan
tilt
track
scenario, treatment
breakdown
buildup
denouement
anticlimax

shot analysis
remake
diegesis
semiotics
adaptation
macguffin / weenie

CONVENTIONS
bridging shot
guiding shot
master shot
crowd shot
re-/establishing shot
point of view shot
discovery shot
detail shot
extreme close-up
close-up
dolly shot
dutch angle
full face shot
head-on shot
follow shot
passing shot
reaction shot
cutaway
knee shot
long take
mirror shot
fifty-fifty (two-shot)
aerial perspective
bird's-eye-view
cameo shot
reverse angle shot
running shot
zoom
freeze frame
tracking shot

EDITING TERMS
continuity
frame
cut
montage
overlap
rough cut/ fine cut
pop-in, pop-out
jump cut
action cutting
cross-cutting
intercutting
invisible cutting
defocus transition
flipover
wipe
dissolve
iris-in/iris-out
flashback
flashforward
fast motion
reverse motion
cutaway
dissolve
fade in / out (go-to-black)

TECH TRICKS
matte (artist, box, painting, shot, stationary, traveling)
front projection
back projection (rear projection, process photography)
glass shot
stop motion
go-motion
morphing
blue screen process
colorization
key animation
limbo
ghosting

OBJECTS
diorama
slate / clapper
(electronic) storyboard
dailies, rushes
moviola
stock footage, library footage
story-board
academy mask
television mask
trims, out-takes
squib
dry-ice generator
wind machine
steadicam
boom (camera, mike)


ACTORS
hit the mark
double take
method acting
typecasting
cameo role

(OPTIONAL; not for quizzes)
GENRES
"a" picture
"b" picture
compilation film
didactic films
documentary
docudrama
melodrama
nostalgia film
short (short subject)
black comedy
anthology film
buddy film
cult film, movie
escape film
escapist film
ethnic film
ethnographic film
film noir
oater
slapstick comedy
war film
cavalcade
brechtian cinema
romantic comedy
women's film
weepie
mockumentary
vignette


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