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  • 1motion-picture camera — also called  Movie Camera,         any of various complex photographic cameras that are designed to record a succession of images on a reel of film that is repositioned after each exposure. Commonly, exposures are made at the rate of 24 or 30… …

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  • 2motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… …

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  • 3motion-picture technology — Introduction       the means for the production and showing of motion pictures. It includes not only the motion picture camera and projector but also such technologies as those involved in recording sound, in editing both picture and sound, in… …

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  • 4motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …

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  • 5Color motion picture film — refers both to unexposed color photographic film in a format suitable for use in a motion picture camera, and to finished motion picture film, ready for use in a projector, which bears images in color. Contents 1 Overview 2 Tinting and hand… …

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  • 6Motion picture terminology — The film industry is built upon a large number of technologies and techniques, drawing upon photography, stagecraft, music, and many other disciplines. Following is an index of specific terminology applicable thereto.#*180 degree rule *30 degree… …

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  • 7camera — /kam euhr euh, kam reuh/, n., pl. cameras for 1,2, camerae / euh ree/ for 3, adj. n. 1. a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object …

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  • 8camera — Synonyms and related words: Iconoscope, Kodak, Photostat, SLR, X ray machine, achromatic lens, aerial reconnaissance camera, astigmatic lens, astrograph, box camera, burning glass, camera obscura, candid camera, cinematograph, coated lens, color… …

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  • 9lens louse — noun (plural lens lice) : a person overeager to get into a news photograph or one who seeks undue prominence before a television or motion picture camera …

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  • 10List of motion picture terminology — The film industry is built upon a large number of technologies and techniques, drawing upon photography, stagecraft, music, and many other disciplines. Following is an index of specific terminology applicable thereto. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G… …

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