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Here is a very brief introduction to some of the most common terms you will run across in my lectures and at ETC. It is by no means comprehensive; nonetheless, it should give you some basic terms to use when speaking and writing about your projects. For some of you, this list will be a review, but in everyone’s case, be sure to clarify any terms that you find confusing. A few of these terms come from literary analysis and from the theater, but most are specific to film.  \nnarrative-An adjective describing a film as being primarily a work of fiction, or a noun that loosely means a fictional story.  \ndocumentary-Also an adjective or noun category used to describe a work of nonfiction.  \nplot-refers to all aspects of the narrative that we see on screen. For example, in the film Jaws, Chief Brody’s talking to the town council on screen would be part of the plot.  \nstory-refers to all aspects of the narrative that we do not see onscreen; these aspects may include events before, during, or even after the plot of the film. In Jaws, for instance, Chief Brody had been a police officer in the city prior to the film’s beginning; this information is part of the story but not part of the plot.  \ndiegesis-refers to the narrative that we see on screen. This term is much more specific to film, however, and refers to the world that the characters inhabit as much as the plot of the film. The adjective diegetic, for instance, refers to something the characters in the film could perceive, whereas nondiegetic refers to something they could not (see diegetic and nondiegetic sound below) .  \npoint of view-Most people assume film always has a third-person perspective, but even when it does not use a POV shot (see below), film often has a more subjective perspective through the use of camera placement, voiceover, and other cinema techniques.  \nmise-en-scène-refers to everything in the frame of the film, which would include lighting, set, props, and the staging and movement of actors. The term derives from the theater, where it is used in a similar way. In the 1950s, a group of French critics at the journal Cahiers du Cinéma used this term in a different way. For them, mise-en-scène meant a special aspect of cinema associated with certain directors. Eventually, you will want to understand both meanings ofthe term, since this secondary meaning is closely connected to the idea of auteurism in cinema.. Initially, however, use mise-en-scène in the first sense.  \nsetting-like the literary term, this word refers to the time and place of the film. The setting for The Usual Suspects, for instance, is New York and Los Angeles at a time contemporary with the film’s year of release (in this case, 1995) .  \nset-This term refers to the actual construction in which the actors are filmed. In The Usual Suspects, for instance, a set might be the interrogation room in the film. Sets are usually built for a film, as opposed to shooting on location, where a scene is shot in the actual place in which it occurs in the film. If a film crew shot on location in Venice, Italy, for instance, they might actually be shooting the scene in gondolas on the canals. Set is also used generally, however, as a designation for the place where a film is being shot.(So even in location shooting, the director would be “on the set” of his or her film every time he or she went to the place where the crew was shooting for that day.)  \nprop-another term borrowed from theater. A prop is generally  \nany object on a set, though clearly the objects that characters will touch become more important. A trumpet, for instance, might be part of the backdrop in a music store scene, but if a character is going to play the trumpet, the prop takes on more importance.  \ncostumes-what the characters are wearing. 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