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  • A
    • acting
    • analysis
    • angle of framing
    • aspect ratio
    • auteur
  • B
  • C
    • canted framing
    • cheat cut
    • cinematography
    • close-up
    • color
    • continuity editing
    • contrast
    • costume
    • crane shot
    • cross cutting
    • cut away
    • cut in
  • D
    • decor
    • deep focus
    • deep space
    • depth of field
    • devices
    • diegesis
    • diegetic sound
    • direct sound
    • dissolve
    • dubbing
    • duration
  • E
    • editing #1
    • editing #2
    • elliptical editing
    • establishing shot
    • exposure
    • extreme close-up
    • extreme longshot
    • eyeline match
  • F
    • flashback flashforward
    • focus
    • following shot
    • framing
    • frontality
  • G
    • genres
    • graphic match
  • H
    • handheld camera
    • high-key lighting
  • I
    • iris
  • J
    • jump cut
  • K
  • L
    • level of framing
    • lighting
    • long take
    • longshot
    • low-key lighting
  • M
    • match on action
    • matches
    • matte shot
    • medium close-up
    • medium longshot
    • mise-en-scene #1
    • mise-en-scene #2
    • montage
    • movement
  • N
    • non-diegetic sound
    • nonsimultaneous sound
  • O
    • offscreen sound
    • offscreen space
    • overlapping editing
  • P
    • pan
    • parallel editing
    • plan-sequence
    • point-of-view shot
    • postsynchronization
  • Q
    • quality #1
    • quality #2
  • R
    • racking focus
    • rate
    • rear projection
    • reestablishing shot
    • reframing
    • reverse shot
    • rhythm
  • S
    • scale
    • scene sequence
    • shallow focus
    • shallow space
    • shot
    • shot/reverse shot
    • sonic flash
    • sound
    • sound bridge
    • sound editing
    • sound perspective
    • source
    • space
    • steadycam
    • story/plot
    • styles
    • superimposition
    • synchronous sound
  • T
    • telephoto shot
    • three-point lighting
    • tilt
    • tracking shot
    • transitions
    • typage
  • U
  • V
    • voice over
  • W
    • whip pan
    • wide-angle lens
    • wipe
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
    • zoom shot
  • Part 1: Basic Terms
    • auteur
    • diegesis
    • editing
    • flashback / flashforward
    • focus
    • genres
    • mise en scene
    • story/plot
    • scene sequence
    • shot
  • Part 2: Mise-en-scene
    • Decor
      • rear projection
    • Lighting
      • three-point lighting
      • high-key lighting
      • low-key lighting
    • Space
      • deep space
      • frontality
      • matte shot
      • offscreen space
      • shallow space
    • Costume
    • Acting
      • typage
  • Part 3: Cinematography
    • Quality
      • color
      • contrast
      • deep focus
      • shallow focus
      • depth of field
      • exposure
      • racking focus
      • rate
      • telephoto shot
      • zoom shot
    • Framing
      • angle of framing
      • aspect ratio
      • level of framing
      • canted framing
      • following shot
      • reframing
      • point-of-view shot
      • wide angle lens
    • Scale
      • extreme longshot
      • longshot
      • medium longshot
      • medium close-up
      • close-up
      • extreme close-up
    • Movement
      • crane shot
      • handheld camera, steadycam
      • pan
      • tilt
      • tracking shot
      • whip pan
  • Part 4: Editing
    • Devices
      • Transitions
        • cheat cut
        • cross cutting, aka parallel editing
        • cut-in, cut away
        • dissolve
        • iris
        • jump cut
        • establishing shot/reestablishing shot
        • shot/reverse shot
        • superimposition
        • wipe
      • Matches
        • eyeline match
        • graphic match
        • match on action
      • Duration
        • long take, a/k/a plan-sequence
        • overlapping editing
        • rhythm
    • Styles
      • continuity
      • montage
      • elliptical editing
  • Part 5: Sound
    • Sound editing
      • sound bridge
      • sonic flash
    • Source
      • diegetic/non-diegetic
      • direct sound
      • nonsimultaneous
      • offscreen
      • postsynchronization: dubbing
      • sound perspective
      • synchronous sound
      • voice over
    • Quality
  • Part 6: Analysis
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