FILM & TV GLOSSARY
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affective theory | ||
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theory that deals with the effect of a work of art rather than its creation. | ||
aleatory technique | ||
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an artistic technique that utilises chance conditions and probability. In aleatory film, images and sounds are not planned in advance. | ||
ambient light | ||
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the natural light surrounding the subject, usually understood to be soft. | ||
anamorphic lens | ||
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a lens for making widescreen films using regular Academy ratio frame size. The camera lens takes in a wide field of view and squeezes it onto the frame, and a similar projector lens unsqueezes in onto a wide theatre screen. CinemaScope and Panavision are examples of anamorphic widescreen processes. | ||
angle of framing | ||
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See camera angle | ||