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Comprehensive glossary of filmmaking terms, concepts, and techniques.

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A continuity guideline requiring the camera to stay on one side of an imaginary line between two subjects.

The maintenance of consistent spatial, temporal, and physical details across shots in a scene.

An editing technique that alternates between two or more simultaneous lines of action in different locations.

A continuity editing convention in which a cut from a character looking off-screen leads to what that character sees.

An edit between two shots of the same subject from nearly the same angle, creating a visible skip in time.

A sequence of short shots edited together to condense time, convey information, or create emotional effect through juxtaposition.

An extremely rapid horizontal camera rotation that creates a blurred smear, used as a transition or punctuation.