Film TermsFilm Terms• ShotShot: a single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts: a single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts• CutCut: most common editing technique. Two pieces : most common editing technique. Two pieces

of film are spliced together to cut to another of film are spliced together to cut to another image.image.

• ZoomZoom: stationary camera brings an image closer : stationary camera brings an image closer or further awayor further away

• PanPan: stationary camera, horizontal movement: stationary camera, horizontal movement• TiltTilt: stationary camera, vertical movement: stationary camera, vertical movement• DocumentaryDocumentary: a non-fiction narrative film with : a non-fiction narrative film with

real people- a journalistic record of an event, real people- a journalistic record of an event, person, or placeperson, or place

• Cinema VeriteCinema Verite (do not do this word for (do not do this word for homework): a French word that literally means homework): a French word that literally means "true cinema" or "cinema truth"; a method or style "true cinema" or "cinema truth"; a method or style of documentary movie-making with long takes, no of documentary movie-making with long takes, no narration and little or no directorial or editing narration and little or no directorial or editing control exerted over the finished product; control exerted over the finished product;

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What is a What is a DocumentaryDocumentary

Anticipation ActivityAnticipation Activity

•Are all Are all documentaridocumentaries true?es true?

•What kinds of What kinds of information can information can be presented in be presented in documentaries?documentaries?

•Can Can documentaries documentaries be be entertaining?entertaining?

•How effective are How effective are documentaries at documentaries at delivering delivering information?information?

•Why are Why are documentaries documentaries so important in so important in today’s society?today’s society?

•How can How can documentaries documentaries be used for be used for good?good?

•For bad?For bad?

•What are some of What are some of the top the top documentaries from documentaries from the past few years?the past few years?

•Why were they Why were they successful? What successful? What were the overall were the overall connections to connections to society?society?

•Any ideas for a Any ideas for a needed needed documentary? documentary? What do people What do people NEED to know?NEED to know?