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  2. Catchphrase - Wikipedia

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    A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance.Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass media (such as films, internet, literature and publishing, television, and radio).

  3. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - Wikipedia

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    Robert De Niro: Taxi Driver: 1976 11 "What we've got here is failure to communicate." [e] Captain Strother Martin: Cool Hand Luke: 1967 12 "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore Robert Duvall: Apocalypse Now: 1979 13 "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Jennifer Cavalleri, Oliver Barrett IV Ali MacGraw Ryan ...

  4. Internet meme - Wikipedia

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    An Internet meme, or meme (/ m iː m /, MEEM), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, primarily through social media platforms. Internet memes manifest in a variety of formats, including images , videos , GIFs , and other viral content .

  5. Short film - Wikipedia

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    Salah Zulfikar (left) and Geraldine Chaplin in Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973), a film with a 30-minute running time. A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". [1]

  6. Ken Burns effect - Wikipedia

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    The Ken Burns effect is a type of panning and zooming effect used in film and video production from non-consecutive still images. The name derives from extensive use of the technique by American documentarian Ken Burns.

  7. Troxler's fading - Wikipedia

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    Troxler's fading has been attributed to the adaptation of neurons vital for perceiving stimuli in the visual system. [2] It is part of the general principle in sensory systems that unvarying stimuli soon disappear from our awareness.

  8. Doppler effect - Wikipedia

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    The Doppler effect (also Doppler shift) is the change in the frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the wave. [1] [2] [3] The Doppler effect is named after the physicist Christian Doppler, who described the phenomenon in 1842.