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• montageIn motion picture terminology, a montage (literally "putting together") is a form of movie collage consisting of a series of short shots which are edited into a coherent sequence. Viewers infer meaning based on context; Lev Kuleshov, in his Kuleshov Exper
• mise-en-scene
• pan and scanPan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of an ordinary video screen. Until High Definition Television came onto the scene, television images had approximately the shape of a frame of 35
• persistence of visionAccording to the theory of persistence of vision the perceptual processes of the brain or the retina of the human eye retains an image for a split second. This theory supposedly accounts for the fact that when a motion picture flashes a series of progress
• point of viewA point of view viewpoint or POV is the following: On a given topic, a point of view is a cognitive perspective. In literature, a point of view is the related experience of the narrator. In Wikipedia, Point of view has several meanings: see But POV is bad
• replayAn action replay (or instant replay) is a showing again of part of a film. It is widely used in context of filmed sporting activities and often in slow motion to show the action in detail. In serious filmmaking this technique also helps to show the same s
• slow cuttingSlow cutting is a film editing technique which uses shots of long duration. Though it depends on context, it is estimated that any shot longer than about fifteen seconds will seem rather slow to viewers from Western cultures. A famous example of slow cutt
• slow motionSlow motion is an effect resulting from running film through a movie camera at faster-than-normal speed. After recording, when the film is projected at the standard speed, action on the screen seems slowed down. The effect is often used in coverage of spo
• stand-in
• storyboard
• timecode
• tracking shot
• voice artist
• voice-over
• widescreen

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