Grammar of the Film Language

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Film language as a system of visual communication - The importance of parallel film editing - Defining the Basic tools - The triangle principle - Dialogue between two players - Three-player dialogue - Dialogue involving four or more persons - Editing patterns for static dialogue scenes - The nature of screen motion - Cutting after the movement - Motion inside the screen - Motion into and out of shot - Player a moves towards player B - Using master shots to cover motions on the screen - Player a moves away from player B - Players move together - Solving difficult editing situations - Other types of motion - Twenty basic rules for camera movement - The panning camera - the traveling camera - The camera crane and the zoom lens - Action scenes - Editing in the camera - Moving from zone to zone - Combined techniques - Film punctuation.

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