AVT 253 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Logic, Camera Lens, Widescreen
12 Oct 2018
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AVT 253
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Fall 2018
Film terms class 1
Sound effects
Any number of uses of sound other than music or dialogue.
Special effects
A term used to describe a range of technological additions to the film to
manipulate or alter what has been filmed.
Subjective camera
A technique that recreates the perspective of a single individual.
Subtitle
Printed titles, usually at the bottom of the film frame that add descriptions to the
image or translate the dialogue from one language to another.
Swish pan
A pan shot that moves rapidly from right to left or left to right creating a blurring
effect.
Synchronous sound
Sound whose source is identified by the film image.
Take
The recording of an image on film, usually used in writing as a temporal measure
such as a "long take" or a "short take"
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Tilt shot
A shot that moves vertically up or down without changing the position of the
camera.
Tracking shot
The movement of the image through a scene, photographed by a camera
mounted on tracks. A dolly shot creates the same movement with a camera
mounted on a mechanical cart, white a handheld camera is mounted on a
cameraperson's shoulder.
Videotape
Magnetic tape used to record films for distribution and playing on VCR machines.
The quality of both the film and sound and image usually deteriorate on
videotape.
Voice over
The voice of someone, not seen in the narrative image who describes or
comments on that image.
Wide Screen
An aspect ratio that exceeds the traditional 1.33:1 ratio of width and height. The
most common widescreen ratios are 1.66:1 and 1.85:1.
Wipe
An editing technique whereby a line crossing (or wiping_ one image replaces it
with another image.
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Document Summary
Any number of uses of sound other than music or dialogue. A term used to describe a range of technological additions to the film to manipulate or alter what has been filmed. A technique that recreates the perspective of a single individual. Printed titles, usually at the bottom of the film frame that add descriptions to the image or translate the dialogue from one language to another. A pan shot that moves rapidly from right to left or left to right creating a blurring effect. Sound whose source is identified by the film image. The recording of an image on film, usually used in writing as a temporal measure such as a "long take" or a "short take" A shot that moves vertically up or down without changing the position of the camera. The movement of the image through a scene, photographed by a camera mounted on tracks.
