Glossaries

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Glossary: FILM & TV GLOSSARY

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epic theatre (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
in Brecht's theory, theatre that appeals more to the audience's reason than to his feeling. See estrangement effect and theatre of cruelty.

establishing shot (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a shot, usually involving a distant framing, that shows the spatial relations among the important figures, objects, and setting in a scene.

estrangement effect (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
In Brecht's theory, the desirable effect which keeps both audience and actors intellectually separate from the action of the drama. It provides intellectual distance.

exploitation film (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a film designed to serve a particular need or desire of the audience. Examples include blaxploitation, sexploitation, etc.

exposure (Last edited: Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 5:41 PM)
a measure of the amount of light striking the surface of the film. Overexposed film gives a very light, washed out, dreamy quality to the print image while underexposed makes the image darker, muddy, and foreboding.