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  2. Hodograph - Wikipedia

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    A hodograph is a diagram that gives a vectorial visual representation of the movement of a body or a fluid. It is the locus of one end of a variable vector, with the other end fixed. [ 1 ] The position of any plotted data on such a diagram is proportional to the velocity of the moving particle. [ 2 ]

  3. Riemann invariant - Wikipedia

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    Riemann invariants are mathematical transformations made on a system of conservation equations to make them more easily solvable. Riemann invariants are constant along the characteristic curves of the partial differential equations where they obtain the name invariant.

  4. The Craziest On-Screen Transformations in 2024 Movies ... - AOL

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    Several stars took things to the next level when transforming into their roles for 2024’s biggest films. Cynthia Erivo spent several hours being painted green to play Elphaba, a.k.a. the Wicked ...

  5. Glossary of motion picture terms - Wikipedia

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    B movie B-roll baby plates backlighting backlot background actor See extra. background lighting balloon light barn doors beatscript below-the-line A term derived from the top sheet of a film budget for motion pictures, television programs, industrial films, independent films, student films and documentaries as well as commercials.

  6. Morphing - Wikipedia

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    The 1986 movie The Golden Child implemented early digital morphing effects from animal to human and back. Willow (1988) featured a more detailed digital morphing sequence with a person changing into different animals. A similar process was used a year later in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to create Walter Donovan's gruesome demise.

  7. Cinematic techniques - Wikipedia

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    Movement can be used extensively by film makers to make meaning. It is how a scene is put together to produce an image. A famous example of this, which uses "dance" extensively to communicate meaning and emotion, is the film, West Side Story. Provided in this alphabetised list of film techniques used in motion picture filmmaking. There are a ...

  8. Homography - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms include projectivity, projective transformation, and projective collineation. Historically, homographies (and projective spaces) have been introduced to study perspective and projections in Euclidean geometry , and the term homography , which, etymologically, roughly means "similar drawing", dates from this time.

  9. 20 panned movies that went on to become cult classics - AOL

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    The Big Lebowski (1998) - Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Run time: 117 minutes "The Dude abides" is perhaps one of the most famous quotes in all of cinema history ...