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  2. Follow shot - Wikipedia

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    Follow shot is a specific camera angle in which the subject being filmed is seemingly pursued by the camera, for example by a Steadicam. The follow shot can be achieved through tracking devices, panning , the use of a crane , and zoom lenses resulting in different qualitative images but, nevertheless, recording a subject (performer) in motion.

  3. Glossary of motion picture terms - Wikipedia

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    American shot. Also called a 3/4 shot. A translation of a phrase from French film criticism, plan américain, which refers to a medium-long ("knee") film shot of a group of characters, who are arranged so that all are visible to the camera. The usual arrangement is for the actors to stand in an irregular line from one side of the screen to the ...

  4. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [129] the first live-action digital 3D film, [130] and the first 3D concert film. [131] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 132 ] an aerial camera , [ 133 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 130 ]

  5. Shot (filmmaking) - Wikipedia

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    In filmmaking and video production, a shot is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. [1] Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and movement. The term "shot" can refer to two different parts of the filmmaking process:

  6. History of film - Wikipedia

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    In 1902, Porter shot Life of an American Fireman for the Edison Manufacturing Company and distributed the film the following year. In the film, Porter combined stock footage from previous Edison films with newly shot footage and spliced them together to convey a dramatic story of the rescue of a woman and her child by heroic firemen. [16]

  7. Opening credits - Wikipedia

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    Principal actors (sometimes the stars' and director's credits will be reversed, depending on the star's deal with the studio; in other cases, as in the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, or as in all three film versions of Show Boat, or, as in many Disney films, the title of the film will be shown before the names of the production company, its ...

  8. Film grammar - Wikipedia

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    Film punctuations can also be intra scene & shot. A sequence is a series of scenes which together tell a major part of an entire story, such as that contained in a complete movie. It is analogous to a paragraph. A film is a series of sequences or sometimes just a sequence where the film consists of a single sequence. [citation needed]

  9. New Hollywood - Wikipedia

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    The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema (not to be confused with the New American Cinema of the 1960s that was part of avant-garde underground cinema [6]), was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence.