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90 degree rule
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This rule holds that from one cut to another, the camera does not cross an imaginary line drawn behind the carachters
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180 degree rule
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The rule that holds that from one cut to another, the camera does not cross an imaginary line drawn behind the characters
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Ateur
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French term for the film director who places a personal style on his or her films
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Avante-garde
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Often used to explain works of artists that are personal, experimental, and not aimed at a broad audience
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Backlighting
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Lights behind the characters that set them off from the background
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Backstory
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Filling out the plot with a related story or action
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Cinemascope
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Patented by 20th century fox, one of the first modern anamorphic processes that squeezed a wide image onto 35 mm film, which was then unsqueezed by the projector
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Classical hollywood style or classical narrative style
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-continuity cutting, -the 180 degree rule, happy endings, psychoologically motivated carachters, villains being punished, women becoming wives and mothers
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Close-up
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Face fills the screen
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Medium close-up
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Actor is shown from upper torso
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Composition
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The arrangement of charachters and surroundings within the boundaries of the screen frame
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Continuity editing
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Smmoth, seamless editing that links links shots so that the cuts apear invisible to the viewer
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Cross cutting/ parralel editing
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Editing shots representing different places to give the illusion of simultaneity
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Direct cut
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One shot follows another without any optical transition
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Dissolve
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One shot fades out and another fades in
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