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Le tournage
(shooting) filming
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le scénariste
the screenwriter
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une adaptation
an adaptation
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le producteur
the producer
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le metteur en scène
the director
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comédiens/comédiennes
actors/comedians
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le rôle principal
the main role
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l'acteur principal
The main actor
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la vedette/la star
The star
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la figuration
(The figuration) Other actors/crew
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le plateau
Work behind the camera
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l'équipe de réalisation
Film crew
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L'accessoiriste
person in charge of Props
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le maquilleur/le coiffeur
Hair dresser, makeup artist
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les électriciens
electricians
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le preneur de son
(The placer of sound) Sound artist
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l'opérateur
Operator (of camera)
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le découpage technique
the shooting script
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Le mixeur de son
the sound mixer
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les bandes sonores
soundtracks
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le bruitage
sound effects
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les effets sonores
sound effects
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les effets spéciaux/trucages
special effects
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les transitions
transitions
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exploitation
exploitation
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La séquence
The collection of takes which make up a film
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La scène
a part of the plot
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La plan-séquence
A single take without a montage (a single shot), in which is very difficult to accomplish
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La prèmiere scène
The first scene
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le plan général
An open scene which shows all the decorations and characters (if even) with only a fraction being important
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Le plan d'ensemble
The scene shows a person head and foot as part of the decor. A wide scene that shows alot of decor.
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le plan moyen
Presents conversations; actor takes up most of the shots, but still part of the decor
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le plan américain
A scene in which the actor takes up most of the shot, with half the thighs in picture. Generally used to show confrontational scenes.
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le plan rapproché
A shot with mid chest level and up, acteur takes up most of the shot.
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le plan subjectif
first person
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le gros plan
The face takes up the entire shot.
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le très gros plan
Like the gros plan, but zooms into varius features of the face.
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La plongée
The camera above the head, gives the feeling of superiority over the one being filmed. Looking down
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La contre-plongée
Looking up, gives the superiority to the other.
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Les mouvements de la caméra
The movements of camera
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Le travelling
When the camera is filming in a vehicle like fashion. following, and or moving on it's own over distance
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Le panoramique
The movement is static, but can move side to side to view the are from a single placement.
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La trajectoire
a combination of Travelling and panoramic
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La prise de vue avec steadycam
first person (cloverfield,paranormal activity)
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Le champ/Le contre-champ
Conversational transitions which watch who is talking; changing to gros plan to whoever is speaking.
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Le fondu enchaîné
the first screen fades out as the next one is playing in the background.
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le fondu au noir
The screen fades too black, represents the passage of time
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le jump cut
a jump cut, one scene is chained into another one without a real transition.
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Le volet
The screen is split too show multiple scenes at once.
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Le décor
decorations, background, setting
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les accessoires
accessories
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Les personnages
characters
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Le jeu des acteurs
Acting*
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Les costumes
The clothing worn by the actors during their scenes
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Le hors-champ
(out field) a place which exists only on film. (Narnia, Middle Earth)
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La profondeur de champ
Putting the visual emphasis on certain objects by distorting/losing focus on objects in front of/behind the object of concern. (Tunnel Vision?)
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La cadrage
The framing, what is in the picture when, where and why.
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La comédie musicale
Musical Comedy
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Le film d'aventure
Adventure
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Le film fantastique
Fantasy, Horror. Unrealistic films
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Le film noir
Detective films, similar to cop films, but mysteries.
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Le film de science-fiction
Science fiction
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Le policier
Police movies, hero movies,
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La grande guerre
- The great war
- July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
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Second guerre mondiale
- Second world war
- September 1st, 1939-September 2, 1945
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la prestidigitation
conjuring
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"de souche"
strain/tension
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une toile de fond
a backdrop
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une actualité
a fact/news(paper)
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un enlévement
an abduction
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vainqueur
winner, vanquisher
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un bonimenteur
smooth talker
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Des frères Lumière
(annèe)
(le metteur en scéne)
- December 28, 1895
- Auguste and Louis Lumiere
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Le voyage dans la lune
(annèe)
(le metteur en scéne)
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L'avant-garde
- 1920's
- New and unusual/experimental ideas
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Le cinéma du samedi soir
Entertainment films ~1920's
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Un chien andalou
(annèe)
(le metteur en scéne)
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Retour en arrière
Back to back, flash back
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dramaturge
playwright, dramatist
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théâtre filmé
theater film
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"compagnon de route"
fellow traveler (~hitchhiker)
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Qualité Française
French adaptions of literary works,
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Nouvelle Vague
Films which oppossed the old way of filming, and modernized films.
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Sans Toit ni loi
1985, Agnes Varda
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Cinema du look
- 1980's Style over substance
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Diva
Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981
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Au Revoir les Enfants
Louis Malle, 1987
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La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995
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Ma Vie en rose
Alain Berliner, 1997
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La Fabuleux Destin d'amelie Poulain
Jean-pierre Jeunet, 2001
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La Nouvelle Vague
Rejection of literary pieces, experiments with short films, new ideas.
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Surrealist Movement
(Un chien Andalou) Shocking imagery,
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