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Midterm Flashcards

1
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What are the Five Axes of Film?

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Narrative, Mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound

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Narrative

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story construction; plot sequencing and story

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Mis-en-scene

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“setting the scene” or “Staging the action”; everything the camera can see. Shot comp, lighting design, set design; locations, costume design; props & decor, blocking of actors

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Cinematography

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Visual design of every shot. Lighting, exposure, filters, colors, camera work

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Editing

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Manipulation of physical space and time via cutting and justaposing shots.

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Sound

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creative use of Dialog, Music, and Sound fx

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Production Designer

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Charged with producer and director on what the film is going to look like

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Jump cuts

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discontinuous cuts, dynamic, technically a mistake if not used stylistically.

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What are the stages of the production process?

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  1. A completed script, near final version
  2. Producer and studio establish a budget
  3. Director, Cinematographer (DP), key department heads hired.
  4. Casting of principal characters, supporting players, and extras.
  5. Department heads hire their teams.
  6. Shooting schedule is established by producer and director.
  7. Location scouting and construction of sets in studio space
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During Production

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  1. Director and Cast begin shooting
  2. Second-Unit photography: backgrounds, exotic locations without the cast
  3. Stunts
  4. Producer and Director watch dailies
  5. Editors start as soon as material is avaliable.
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Post Production

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  1. Editing
  2. Sound design
  3. scoring
  4. Pick-up shots
  5. Reviews
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12
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Fade-in/fade-out

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passage of time between scenes

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13
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low-angle shot

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share experience of looking up at empowering people

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14
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cutting on action

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instantaneous shift one viewpoint to another

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15
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implicit meaning

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below the surface

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Motif

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Any significant and repeated element of the film used to express a theme or narrative point.

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Diegesis

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Fictional world where the film takes place

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18
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Plot

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Specific onscreen ordering of events by the script

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Story

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series of cause and effect events, not all of them onscreen

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in medias res

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starts in the middle of the narrative

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21
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What are the two parallel plot lines in classic Hollywood?

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War and Love Separate but converge at the end

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22
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What are the two key ingredients of a good movie?

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good script, director

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23
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Typical speed of film

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24 fps for color, 16 fps for black and white

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Film stock speed

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exposure index, degree to which film is light sensitive

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Digital film

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binary process, uses sensors instead of gauges, less light needed and no processing

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26
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Form

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means by which that subject is expressed or experienced

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27
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cinematic language

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tools and techniques that filmmakers use to convey meaning and mood to viewer

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28
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Content

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subject of an artwork

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29
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MacGuffin

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an object or device that serves merely as a trigger for the plot.

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30
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parallel editing

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makes different lines of action appear to be occurring simultaneously.

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31
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Narrative patterns

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provides element of structure, grounds us in familiar, or acquaints us with unfamiliar

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32
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Frames

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quick succession of stills

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33
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Erwin Panofsky

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dynamization of space and spatialization of time, co-expressability

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34
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mediation

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camera transferring something from one place to another

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35
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freeze-frame

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still image is shown on-screen for period of time

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36
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Auguste & Louis Lumiere

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first silent movies 1895,realism

37
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George Melies

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antirealism, subvert reality (formalism)

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Formalism

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values conspicously expressive form over unobtrusive form

39
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Versimilitude

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appearance of being true/real. Can feel real and be scifi

40
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direct address narration

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interupts narrative and breaks the fourth wall

41
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restricted narration

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limits to one character’s knowledge

42
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Narrative theory

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beginning, middle, and end

43
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Key Elements of Classic Hollywood Style

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  1. goal oriented protagonist
  2. Continuity Editing
  3. No meaningless elements
  4. Narrative Redundancy
  5. Clear resolution of plot points at the end
44
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What is shot scale and what are the three types?

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the relative apparent size of the image and its contents on screen.

  1. Long shot
  2. medium shot
  3. Close up
45
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Dutch angle

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slanted, used to disorient

46
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Framing

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uses boundaries and dimensions to determine whats on screen

47
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Aspect ratio

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1.85:1 most common

48
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Implied proximity

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distance between camera and subject

49
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extreme long shot

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great distance, background info, establishing shot

50
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long shot

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background and subject info equally- establishing shots

51
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medium long shot

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knees up, physical action

52
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medium shot

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waist up and reduce background insignificance, conveys interactions between subjects

53
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medium close-up

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mid-chest to head

54
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close-up

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face, max physical and psychological

55
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extreme close-up

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part of face/ physical detail

56
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Master shot

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long shot covering all/most of the action

57
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30 degree rule

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the camera must shift at least 30 degrees between shots of the same subject

58
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Match cuts

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carry elements from one shot into next with action

59
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Match-on-action cut

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continuous flow of action

60
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Graphic match cut

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implies direct link between events and content. bride between present and memories

61
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POV editing

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characters’ eye line to connect shots

62
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Dissolve

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gradual replacement of shot, emphasizes passage of time

63
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Wipe

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transitional device- change of time, place, location

64
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Iris–out

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shrinks and closes

65
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Iris-in

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gets larger

66
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Production Designer

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overall design concepts

67
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Three point lighting system

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key light, fill light, back light

68
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Pan

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left to right

69
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tilt

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moving up and down

70
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Tracking shot

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dolly, crane, jib, slider, automoblie, hand-held, steadicam

71
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Key light

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the principal light source for each shot

72
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Back light

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placed above and behind actors, creates sculpting and 3D effect

73
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Fill Lights

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Eliminates shadows

74
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Low key/High Contrast

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Chiaroscuro: light/dark. Horror, suspense, mystery, somber

75
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High key/Low Contrast

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Normal or even lighting

76
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Kuleshov effect

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two images in succession can have different assumed meanings

77
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Symbolic/Intellectual Montage

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Non-diegetic images- compare and contrast

78
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Cinematography

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process of capturing moving images of film

79
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Shot

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unbroken span of action

80
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Take

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each time planned shot is captured

81
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Setup

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one camera position and everything associated with it

82
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Camera Crew

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Camera Operator, Assistant Camerapersons, loader/digital imaging technician, gaffer (chief electrician), best boy (first assistant electrician), grips (all around handy person)

83
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Formats

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8mm and Super 8mm- Home videos
16mm- docs, tv, low budget
35mm- most professionals

84
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Speed

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exposure index, how sensitive it is to light, fast = larger crystals & less light

85
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Codec

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specialized digital format that compresses pixels into files for editing and viewing

86
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Dynamic Range

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amount of light camera’s sensor can read from absolute black to absolute white

87
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Color temperature

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light sources will emit wavelengths that are seen as different colors

88
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color grading

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color correction

89
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aperature

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adjustable iris that controls amount of light passing through lens

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