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The use of color to set the tone, convey emotions, or evoke a reaction from the viewer, often used strategically to guide the audience's emotional response or to signify character traits.

A film movement in the 1920s known for its highly stylized visuals, dramatic lighting, and bold use of shadows to express inner feelings and evoke moods.

The idea that a film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary author (auteur in French).

A production technique where a non-diegetic voice is used to narrate the story, often providing additional information about the plot or characters.

A cinematographic technique that uses a large depth of field to keep multiple planes in a shot in focus simultaneously, often used to highlight complex relationships within a scene.

A film editing effect demonstrated by Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov, it's a mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation.

A montage is a film editing technique where a series of short shots are sequenced to condense space, time, and information, often used to convey the passage of time.

Elements that do not belong to the film's diegesis, such as score music, titles, and credits. They enhance emotions or underscore narrative points but exist outside of the story world.

Cinematic realism is a style of filmmaking that attempts to depict reality accurately without artificial and fantastical elements, often focusing on everyday life.

Diegesis refers to the universe or world in which the story takes place, including elements that are not necessarily shown on screen but are understood to be part of that world.

An influential film movement in the 1950s-60s characterized by experimental editing, visual style, and narrative, including a rejection of traditional filmmaking norms.

A lighting technique used in cinematography to create strong contrasts between light and dark, often to give a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and characters.

A lighting technique in which a set is evenly lit from all four sides to create a natural-looking environment, often used in sitcoms and soaps where multiple camera angles are required.

The proportional relationship between a film's width and height. Common aspect ratios include 4:3, 16:9, and 2.35:1, affecting how a film is composed and viewed.

The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing – actors, lighting, décor, props, costume – is called mise-en-scène, it's significant as it contributes to the visual storytelling and mood of the film.

A willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe something surreal; it's essential for enjoyment of many films and works of fiction.

The addition of recorded sound effects after the filming phase, which are synchronized with on-screen actions to enhance the audiovisual experience of the film.

A theory of editing that emphasizes the emotional impact and ideological power that arises from the collision of different shots, associated with early 20th-century Russian filmmakers.

A system of cutting used in films to maintain a continuous and clear narrative action by following a set of rules, such as the 180-degree rule and match on action.