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- 1Motion PictureA sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera and thrown on a screen by a projector in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
- 2MoviesEconomics (e.g., budgets, box office). Motion pictures as an industry, or as a genre of art or entertainment.
- 3FilmsPolitics (e.g., rhetoric, persuasion, impact on society). Motion pictures as political works.
- 4CinemaAesthetics (e.g., acting, mise-en-scene, montage, acting). Motion pictures collectively, as an art.
- 5Box Office BombWhen a film does not generate enough revenue to outweigh the expenses.
- 6GrossThe total box office revenue of a movie before expenses are deducted.
- 7Product PlacementThe practice of companies paying for their product to be featured in movies or TV shows.
- 8VerisimilitudeThe appearance of being true or real.
- 9GreenlitGiven permission to move forward with a project.
- 10Mise-en-scene"Placing on stage". Refers to everything that appears before the camera and how it is arranged.
- 11MontageFilm editing; taking segments and splitting them up.
- 12ShotA single piece of film, however long or short, without cuts, exposed continuously.
- 13Match CutA cut from one shot to another in which a certain subject or action is carried over or matched.
- 14BlacklistedPut on a list privately exchanged among employers containing the names of persons to be barred from employment because of untrustworthiness or for holding opinions considered undesirable
- 15BlockbusterA film, show, novel, etc., that proves to be an outstanding popular success.
- 16PanHorizontal movement of the camera around a fixed axis from one part of the scene to another.
- 17CompositionThe arrangement of elements in a frame and, more generally, in a scene.
- 18AngleThe relative height or direction from which a subject is photographed.
- 19CutA sudden transition from one shot to another, achieved by juxtaposing the last frame of one shot with the first frame of another. Also called a straight cut or direct cut.
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