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sword-and-sandal epic
symbol
symmetry
synchronous sound
tag line
an object in a film that stands for an idea, or that has a second Example: in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999) level of meaning to it, e.g., a window or train=freedom, a
the visual clue or symbol of cold air indicating the presence of
rose=beauty, a cross-roads=a decision point, etc.; the more a ghost spirits
symbol is repeated, the greater its significance
within a film when two or more distinct plotlines 'mirror' each
other or develop variations on the film's theme or plot; aka
mirroring
take
talent
talkies
talking head(s)
tap
tearjerker(s)
are made of the same shot during filming, before the director
approves the shot; in box-office terms, take also refers to the
money a film's release has made
a term applied to the actors, as a group, on a film set
the common term used for films with sound (beginning in
1927), although rarely used currently. The advent of talkies
marked the dawning of the era of sound films, as opposed to
silent films
the trade name for the best known color film process; 3-strip
color is often used as a synonymous term; also used
generically as a term for rich, bright, vibrant, sometimes garish
colors; Technicolor films were described as highly saturated
(with pure and vivid colors); Technicolor (a 3-color dye transfer
system) was introduced in the Disney short cartoon, Flowers
and Trees (1932)
This new process in the 1930s involved a
camera that used prisms to split the light
coming through the lens onto three strips
of black-and-white film, one each for the
primary colors (red, green, blue; with
complementary color dyes: cyan, magenta,
yellow)
Technicolor
tech-noir
telefilm
telephoto
(lens)
tentpole
theatre - theater
(film)
theatrical
theme
(film)
theme music
three-shot
tie-in
tilt shot
(or oblique angle)
time lapse
tint
tone
toon
topline
topper
tour de force
tracking shot
(or truck)
trademark
trailer
trash film
travelogue
treatment
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