Glossaries

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Glossary: FILM & TV GLOSSARY

take (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a version of a shot; in filmmaking, the shot produced by one uninterrupted run of the camera. One "shot" in the final film may be chosen from among several "takes" of the same action.

technique (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
any aspect of the film medium that can be chosen and manipulated in making a film

telephoto lens (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a lens of long focal length that affects a scene's perspective by enlarging distant places and making them seem closer to the foreground planes. In 35mm filming, a lens of 75mm length or more. Normal lens for 35mm filming would be a lens of 35mm to 50mm.

theatre of cruelty (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
Antonin Artaud's theory of theatre that emphasizes the stage as a concrete physical space requiring its own physical language. By "cruelty" Artaud meant a theater was difficult in that it insisted on the involvement of the spectator in the theatrical process; it sought to be free from "subjugation to the text," and return to basic, mystical, cathartic qualities.

three-point lighting (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a common arrangement using three directions of light on a scene: from behind the subject(backlighting), from one bright source(key light), and from a less bright source balancing the key light (fill light).