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Bookends: a term denoting scenes at the beginning and end of a film that complement each other and help tie a film togethe

Lightning mix: refers to the illumination of a scene, and the manipulation of light and shadows by the **cinematographer**

Symbolism: an object in a film that stands for an idea, or that has a second level of meaning to it

Chiaroscuro: literally, the combination of the two Italian words for "clear/bright" and "dark"; refers to a notable, contrasting use of light and shade in scenes

Wipe:a transitional technique or optical effect/device in which one shot appears to be "pushed off" or "wiped off" the screen by another shot replacing it and moving across the existing image

Montage:refers to a filming technique, editing style, or form of movie collage consisting of a series of short shots or images that are rapidly put together into a coherent sequence to create a composite picture

MacGuffin: Alfred Hitchcock's term for the device or plot element (an item, object, goal, event, or piece of knowledge) that catches the viewer's attention or drives the logic or action of the plot and appears extremely important to the film characters, but often turns out to be insignificant or is to be ignored after it has served its purpose

Forced perspective:

Dissolve:a transitional editing technique between two sequences, shots or scenes, in which the visible image of one shot or scene is gradually replaced

Deep focus:a style or technique of cinematography and staging with great **depth of field**, preferred by realists, that uses lighting, relatively wide angle lenses and small lens apertures to simultaneously render in sharp focus __both__ close and distant planes (including the three levels of foreground, middle-ground, and extreme background objects) in the same shot;

Film within a film:a particular story-telling approach, literally, to have one film within another; in some cases, the characters are aware of the 'film-within-a-film

Subjective camera:is a style of filming that allows the viewer to look at events from the POV of either a character or the author,

Narrative structure:a structured series of events, linked by cause and effect, that provide the plot of a film; a film that tells a chronological or linear story

Censorship:the process of determining what can or can not be viewed by the public or depicted by the motion picture industry; also refers to changes required of a movie by some person or body

Charlie chaplin was a matermind of his time. He was really funny and enjoyable to watch. The movie modern times which was filmed in 1936 showed how chaplin felt about the employment situations during the great depression. Charlie Chaplin was one of many great silent film actors of his time. The way he portrayed stuff in his movies relates to everybody.
 * __Charlie Chaplin__**

Year: 1952 Director: Gene kelly and Stanley Donen Rating: Not Rated Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance This moive is about a silent screen movie actor who falls in love while adujusting to being in talking movies. ||  ||   ||   ||   || Year: 1974 Director: Roman Polanski Rating: R Genre: Suspense, crime This movie is about Gittes who is hired by a stunning socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband, who she suspects of cheating. ||  ||   ||   ||   || Year:1946 Director:William Wyler Rating: Not Rated Genre: Drama This movie is about the difficult, traumatic adjustments (unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, and ostracism) that three returning veteran servicemen experienced in the aftermath of World War II. ||  ||   ||   ||   || Year:1978 Director: Michael Cimino Rating: R Genre: Drama ||  ||   ||   ||   || Year:1982 Director: Sydney Pollack Rating: PG Genre: comedy This movie is about an actor who alienates every director he knows and trys out for an role as a women because the role was for a women and he becomes known world wide as a actress. ||  ||   ||   ||   || Year: 1935 Director: Sam Wood Rating: Not Rated Genre: Comedy ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:Singing_in_the_rain_poster.jpg width="260" height="427"]] || Singing in the rain
 * [[image:MPW-18718.jpg width="338" height="426"]] || Chinatown
 * [[image:best_years_of_our_lives.jpg width="280" height="433"]] || The Best Years of Our Lives
 * [[image:The_Deer_Hunter.jpg width="273" height="420"]] || The Deer Hunter
 * [[image:tootsie.jpg width="291" height="451"]] || Tootsie
 * [[image:a_night_at_the_opera.jpg width="348" height="519"]] || A Night At The Opera