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Filmmaking

Flimmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, or idea, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening into a finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program.

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Filmmaking

animation

Cinema; Filmmaking

Animation is "the technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the movie is shown as a sequence" (Google Definitions).

acting

Cinema; Filmmaking

Oxford Dictionaries defines acting as "The art or occupation of performing in plays, movies, or television productions."She studied acting in New York." Synonyms include: "drama,the theater,the ...

perspective

Cinema; Filmmaking

"The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height,width,depth,and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular ...

lighting

Cinema; Filmmaking

Equipment in a home, workplace, studio, theater, or street for producing light. "The heartless glare of strip lighting". The arrangement or effect of lights." "The lighting was very flat"(Google ...

scenes

Cinema; Filmmaking

A scene is a "sequence of continuous action in a play, movie, opera, or book, regarded as having a particular character or making a particular impression"."Google"

sound effects

Cinema; Filmmaking

"A sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, movie or broadcast production"(Google).

medium shot

Cinema; Filmmaking

A medium shot is between a close-up and long shot. It usually shows an actor from the waist up, whereas a close-up shows the just the face. This picture is a medium shot from the movie Spiderman.

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