Glossaries

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Glossary: FILM & TV GLOSSARY

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expressionism (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
an approach that makes liberal use of technical devices and artistic distortion and in which the personality of the director is always paramount and obvious. See German expressionism and formalism.

external diegetic sound (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
sound represented as coming from a physical source within the story space and which we assume characters in the scene also hear. See internal diegetic sound.

extreme close up (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a framing in which the scale of object is very large; most commonly, a small object or a part of the body. Also called detail shot

extreme close-up (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a framing in which the scale of object is very large; most commonly, a small object or a part of the body. Also called detail shot

extreme long shot (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a framing in which the scale of the object shown is very small; a panoramic view of an exterior location photographed from a considerable distance, often as far as a quarter-mile away.