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Film Form

film form
10/09/03


cinematography: use of camera and lighting
angles
shot types (close up)
movement (zoom, pan, tracking)

Editing: It creates a Relationship between the shots

Mise-en-scene: what's in the shot (scene, costume)

sound: Music, sound Fx, spoken word

performance: the actors


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