Glossaries

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Glossary: FILM & TV GLOSSARY

sequence (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a term commonly used for moderately large segment of a film, involving one complete stretch of action and consisting of one or more scenes.

shallow focus (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a restricted depth of field, which keeps only those planes close to the camera in sharp focus; the opposite of deep focus.

shallow space (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
staging the action in relatively few planes of depth; the opposite of deep space.

short (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a film usually less than 30 minutes in length.

shot (1) (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
in shooting, one uninterrupted run of the camera to expose a series of frames. Also called a take.