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Angle of Framing
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The position of the frame in relation to the subject it shows: above it, looking down (high angle); horizontal, on the same level (a straight-on angle); looking up (a low angle). Also called camera angle.
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Axis of Action
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In the continuity editing system, the imaginary line that passes from side to side through the main actors, defining the spatial relations. Also called the 180 degree line.
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Canted Framing
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A view in which the frame is not level; either the right or the left side is lower than the other, causing objects in the scene to appear slanted out of an upright position.
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Cheat Cut
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In the continuity editing system, a cut that presents continuous time from shot to shot but that mismatches the positions of figures or objects.
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Cinematography
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A general term for all the manipulations of the film strip by the camera in the shooting phase and by the laboratory in the developing phase.
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Close-up
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A framing in which the scale of the object shown is relatively large; most commonly a person's head seen form the neck up, or an object of a comparable size that fills most of the screen.
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Closure
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The degree to which the ending of a narrative film reveals the effects of all the causal events and resolves all lines of action.
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Continuity editing
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A system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action. It relies on matching screen direction, position, and temporal relations from shot to shot.
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Crane shot
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A shot with a change in framing accomplished by placing the camera above the subject and moving through the air in any direction.
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Crosscutting
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Editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring in different places, usually simultaneously.
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Cut
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In filmmaking, the joining of two strips of film together with a splice. In the finished film, an instantaneous change from one framing to another.
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Cut-in
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An instantaneous shift from a distant framing to a closer view of some portion of the same space.
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Deep focus
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A use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps objects in both close and distant planes in sharp focus.
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Deep space
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An arrangement of mise-en-scene elements so that there is a considerable distance between the plane closest to the camera and the one farthest away. Any or all of these planes may be in focus.
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Diegetic sound
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Any voice, musical passage, or sound effect presented as originating rom a source within the film's world.
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