Comprehensive glossary of filmmaking terms, concepts, and techniques.
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A cycle of 1970s Black-led genre films aimed at Black urban audiences, blending action, crime, and soul soundtracks.
A visual style that distorts reality through exaggerated design, lighting, and camera angles to externalise psychological or emotional states.
Low-budget exploitation cinema shown in urban neighborhood theaters, known for sensational content and cheap production values.
The self-regulatory censorship code governing Hollywood content from 1934 to 1968, prohibiting explicit sexuality and moral ambiguity.
The American film movement of the late 1960s and 1970s in which young directors gained creative control from studios.
The period of Hollywood filmmaking from 1930 to 1934 before strict enforcement of the Production Code, when films were frank about sexuality, crime, and moral ambiguity.
A cycle of Italian-produced western films made in the 1960s and 1970s, often shot in Spain, characterised by stylised violence and Ennio Morricone's distinctive scores.