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Implicit Meaning - ANSWER An association, connection, or inference that a viewer
makes on the basis of the given (explicit) meaning conveyed by the story and form of a film.
Closest to our everyday sense of the word meaning.
Explicit Meaning - ANSWER Everything that a movie presents on its surface; the
obvious meaning of the movie.
Shot - ANSWER unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a
motion-picture camera- that allow visual elements to rearrange themselves and the viewer's
perspective itself to shift w/o any composition; cannot exceed the length of the film stock in
the camera
Cut - ANSWER A direct change from one shot to another; that is, the precise point at
which shot A ends and shot B begins
Editing - ANSWER joining together of discrete shots gives movies the power to choose
what the viewer sees and how that viewer sees it at any given moment; editor combines and
coordinates individual shots into a cinematic whole
Close-Up - ANSWER A shot that often shows a part of the body filling the frame—
traditionally a face, but possibly a hand, eye, or mouth.
Fade In/Fade Out - ANSWER Transitional devices in which a shot fades in from a black
field on black-and-white film or from a color field on color film, or fades out to a black field
(or a color field).
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, Low Angle Shot - ANSWER A shot that is made with the camera below the action and
that typically places the observer in a position of inferiority.
Cutting On Action - ANSWER A continuity editing technique that smoothes the
transition between shots portraying a single action from different camera angles. The editor
ends the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and begins the subsequent shot at
approximately the same point in the matching action
Protagonist - ANSWER The primary character whose pursuit of the goal provides the
structural foundation of a movie's story
Form - ANSWER The means by which a subject is expressed. The form for poetry is
words; for drama, it is speech and action; for movies, it is pictures and sound; and so on.
Content - ANSWER The actual subject matter and "meat" of the movie.
Motif - ANSWER A recurring visual, sound, or narrative element that imparts meaning
or significance
Theme - ANSWER A shared, public idea, such as a metaphor, an adage, a myth, or a
familiar conflict or personality type
Realism - ANSWER An interest in or concern for the actual or real; a tendency to view
or represent things as they really are.
Anti-Realism - ANSWER A treatment that is against or the opposite of realism.
However, realism and antirealism (like realism and fantasy) are not strict polarities.
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Implicit Meaning - ANSWER An association, connection, or inference that a viewer
makes on the basis of the given (explicit) meaning conveyed by the story and form of a film.
Closest to our everyday sense of the word meaning.
Explicit Meaning - ANSWER Everything that a movie presents on its surface; the
obvious meaning of the movie.
Shot - ANSWER unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a
motion-picture camera- that allow visual elements to rearrange themselves and the viewer's
perspective itself to shift w/o any composition; cannot exceed the length of the film stock in
the camera
Cut - ANSWER A direct change from one shot to another; that is, the precise point at
which shot A ends and shot B begins
Editing - ANSWER joining together of discrete shots gives movies the power to choose
what the viewer sees and how that viewer sees it at any given moment; editor combines and
coordinates individual shots into a cinematic whole
Close-Up - ANSWER A shot that often shows a part of the body filling the frame—
traditionally a face, but possibly a hand, eye, or mouth.
Fade In/Fade Out - ANSWER Transitional devices in which a shot fades in from a black
field on black-and-white film or from a color field on color film, or fades out to a black field
(or a color field).
1
, Low Angle Shot - ANSWER A shot that is made with the camera below the action and
that typically places the observer in a position of inferiority.
Cutting On Action - ANSWER A continuity editing technique that smoothes the
transition between shots portraying a single action from different camera angles. The editor
ends the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and begins the subsequent shot at
approximately the same point in the matching action
Protagonist - ANSWER The primary character whose pursuit of the goal provides the
structural foundation of a movie's story
Form - ANSWER The means by which a subject is expressed. The form for poetry is
words; for drama, it is speech and action; for movies, it is pictures and sound; and so on.
Content - ANSWER The actual subject matter and "meat" of the movie.
Motif - ANSWER A recurring visual, sound, or narrative element that imparts meaning
or significance
Theme - ANSWER A shared, public idea, such as a metaphor, an adage, a myth, or a
familiar conflict or personality type
Realism - ANSWER An interest in or concern for the actual or real; a tendency to view
or represent things as they really are.
Anti-Realism - ANSWER A treatment that is against or the opposite of realism.
However, realism and antirealism (like realism and fantasy) are not strict polarities.
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