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Genres of 21st Century Literature: Film as Literature Glossary
In regard to these terms, it is helpful to always ask yourself this about a medium like film: How does the apparatus allow us to perceive a story or an argument in a way that our sense organs do not?
You are to produce an animated slide in our communal slide deck where the following elements are revealed:
1) the word or phrase;2) a definition that you harvest from our class documents or the web; this needs to be phrased
in a way that you can understand it and your intended audience can understand it;3) a visual example from a film or photograph;4) the likely effect of the device on a defined audience; 5) an application of the device in a film you could imagine making.
Denotation:
Connotation:
Film Terms:Film Shot:
Extreme Close-up:
Close-up:
Medium Shot:
Long Shot:
Extreme Long Shot or Distance Shot:
Establishing Shot:
Tracking Shot:
High Camera Angle:
Low Camera Angle:
Bird’s Eye View Shot:
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Camera Pan:
Camera Tilt:
Point of view shot (POV):
Over the shoulder shot (OS,OTS)
Oblique (Dutch) Angle:
Dolly Zoom:
Two Shot:
Long Take:
Composition:
The Rule of Thirds:
Editing:
Cut:
Jump Cut:
Continuity Cuts:
Dissolve/Lap-dissolve:
Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Editing Techniques (Look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jiiM3X3_XM&t=3s)Contrast:
Parallelism:
Symbolism:
Simultaneity (Cross-Cutting):
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Leitmotif:
Narrative Terms (Narrative Mode of Expression):Setting:
Characterization:
Direct Characterization:
Indirect Characterization:
Flat Character:
Round Character:
Static Character:
Dynamic Character:
Stock Character:
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Hero:
Antihero:
Caricature:
Foil:
Confidant:
Monologue:
Internal Monologue:
Dialogue:
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Symbol:
Motif:
MacGuffin:
Plot Chart (Freytag’s Pyramid):
Exposition:
Rising Action:
Conflict:
Person vs. Person:
Person vs. Self:
Person vs. Society:
Person vs. Nature:
Person vs. God/Fate/Supernatural:
Person vs. Technology:
Climax:
Falling Action:
Denouement (Resolution):
Narrative Perspective (Point of View):
First Person Point of View:
Third Person Omniscient:
Third Person Limited Omniscient:
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Irony:
Situational Irony:
Verbal Irony:
Dramatic (or Tragic) Irony:
Narrative Frameworks: Bildungsroman:
En Medias Res:
Flashback:
Cliffhanger (aka Serial)
Christopher Booker’s The Seven Basic Plots:
Overcoming the Monster:
Rags to Riches:
The Quest:
Voyage and Return:
Comedy:
Tragedy:
Rebirth:
Hero’s Journey:
Values:
Theme:
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Four Literary Principles:Contrast:
Progression/Regression:
Parallelism:
Repetition:
Documentary Filmmaking TermsDialogue:
Factual:
Fictional:
Footage:
Persuade:
Point of View:
Re-enactment:
Represent:
Stock Footage (archival footage):
Subjects:
Voice-over:
Expository (Explanation/Information) Writing Terms (Expository Mode of Expression):Descriptive Essay:
Process Essay:
Comparison Essay:
Cause/Effect Essay:
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Problem/Solution Essay:
Argumentative Writing Terms . (Persuasive Mode of Expression) Argument/Claim:
Evidence:
Types of Evidence:
Anecdotal Evidence:
Testimonial Evidence:
Statistical Evidence:
Analogical Evidence:
Thesis and Pillars:
Compare/Contrast:
Opposing Pattern:
Alternating Pattern:
Straw Man:
Concession:
(Descriptive Mode of Expression):Mood:
Tone:
Tone Wheel:
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