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30 Cards in this Set
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Theme
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the unifying central concern
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Exposition
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the first part of the story that introduces the characters
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In Media Res
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"in the middle of things"
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External Conflict
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personal struggle between central character & another character
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Internal Conflict
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psychological struggle for main character
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Developing Characters
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affected by plot of film & undergo a change
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Static Character
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mostly remain the same in a film
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Flat Character
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two dimensional character that lacks complexity
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Round Character
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unique individual who has some complexity
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Allegory
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every object, event, and person has an abstract meaning
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Symbol
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something that stands for something else
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Extrinsic Metaphor
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has no place in the scene itself
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Intrinsic Metaphor
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emerge directly from the context of the scene itself
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Low-key Lighting
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puts most of the set in shadows
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High-key Lighting
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more lighted areas than shaded
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Objective Point of View
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puts the audience at a distant from the action and not asked to participate
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Subjective Point of View
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provides us with a point of view from the character participating in the actions view
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Indirect-Subjective Point of View
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does not provide us with a participants point of view, but brings us close to the action so that we feel immediately involved in the action
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Director's Interpretative Point of View
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an image that produces the image a certain tome, emotional attitude or style that the film director implies
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Panning
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moving the cameras line of sight in a horizontal plane, left to right
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Tilting
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moving the cameras line of sight in vertical plane, up & down
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Rack Focus
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in one continuous shot focusing the camera lens in turn on objects in different planes of depth
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Deep-Focus
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the use of special lenses that allow the camera to focus simultaneously and with equal clarity on object
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Low-Angle Shot
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when the camera is placed below eye-level, the size and importance of the object is exaggerated
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High-Angle Shot
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opposite of the low angle shot, placing the camera above eye-level that seems to dwarf the subject and diminish its importance
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Wide-Angle Lens
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exaggerates the perspective so that the distance between an object in the foreground and one in the background seems much greater than it actually is
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Establishing Shot
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provides the audience with a broad picture of the setting so that we get a feel for the environment in which the scene occurs
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Parallel Cuts
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quickly alternates back and forth between two actions taking place at separate locations (also known as inter-cutting)
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Montage
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a series of images and sounds that without any clear, logical or sequential pattern form a visual poem in miniature
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Surrealism
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a dramatic or cinematic technique that uses fantastic imagery in an attempt to portray the working of the subconscious
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