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30 Cards in this Set
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Unifying central concern of the film
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Theme
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First part of the story, introduces characters
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Expostion
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story begins in the middle of things
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In Media Res
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Personal struggle between central character and another character
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External Conflict
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Psychological conflict within the central character
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Internal Conflict
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undergoes important change in personality, attitude, or outlook as a result of action in the film
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Developing Character
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remains essentialy the same throughout the film
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Static Character
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2-dimensional predictable character, lacks complexity
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Flat Character
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unique, individualistic characters who are more complex
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Round Character
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A story in which every object, event, and person has an abstract meaning
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Allegory
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Something that stands for something else
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Symbol
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Has no place within the context of the scene itself but is imposed artificially by the film maker
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Extrinsic metaphor
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emerge directly from context of scene and is more natural and subtle
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Intrisic metaphor
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most of set in shadow
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Low-key lighting
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more light than shadow
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High-key lighting
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camera as sideline observer
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Objective POV
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Camera as participant
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Subjective POV
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brings us close to the action so we feel involved
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Indirect-Subjective POV
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when we are supposed to see the action in an unusual way
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Director's POV
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moving the camera's line of sight in a horizontal plane
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Panning
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moving the camera's line of sight in a vertical plane
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Tilting
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one continous shot focusing the camera lens on objects in different planes of depth
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Rack focus
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use of special lenses that allow the camera to focus on objects 2 ft. away and several hundred feet away
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Deep focus
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when the camera is placed below eye-level, makes it look bigger
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Low-angle shot
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Camera placed above eye-level
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High-angle shot
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distance between object in foreground and one in background seems much greater that it actually is
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Wide-angle lens
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at beginning to provide broad picture of the setting
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Establishing shot
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alternating quickly between two actions taking place at two locations
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Parallel cuts
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series of images and sounds that form a visual poem
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Montage
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Dramatic technique dealing with subconsionce and look non-realistic
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Surrealism
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