Films can have drawings on film or on celluloid sheets {animation}.
Lighting {back lighting} can be from behind set.
Scenes can move within fixed film area {burn-in}.
Cinematographers use cameras to make films {cinematography}|.
Film editors can jump to different scenes {crosscutting}|.
Films can use quick scene changes, cutaways to quick peeks at other action, cutbacks to main action after cutaways, inserts, or close-ups {cut}.
Second scene can gradually superpose on previous scene {dissolve}.
New dialogue {dub} can substitute for old.
Film transitions {fade out} can go from scene or sound to darkness or silence, or vice versa {fade in}.
Scenes can rotate on horizontal or vertical axis {flip over}.
Camera can tilt, pass, and scan {follow shot}.
Repeating film frame maintains same screen image {freeze frame} when showing film.
Films can use special effects {F/X}.
Shots can use glare, or bulb-like light can inadvertently appear around subject outside {halation}. Film backing that blocks light reflection from film base back into emulsion can eliminate halation.
Sets can use strong light or high contrast {high-key lighting}.
Dialogue recordings can replace original dialogues {looping, movie}.
Sets can use lighting {low-key lighting} with short tone range.
Action scenes can have pattern or photographed backgrounds {matte, movie}|.
Superimposed or dissolve shots can appear in succession {montage}|.
Films can use dissolves and fades {optical}.
Sounds can extend into next scene {overlap, sound}.
Cameras can move on pivots {pan, camera}.
Background can project onto translucent screen {process photography} {rear projection}.
Films can use bystander close-ups {reaction shot}.
Films have music {score, movie}.
Cameras can run faster than normal, so action appears slower when projected {slow motion}.
Films can use models, miniatures, split screens, montages, and vignetting {special effect}.
Two scenes can be in one frame {split screen} {composite matte}.
Films can have no-motion periods {still, movie}.
Cameras can move toward, away from, or parallel to action or subject {track, camera}.
Background and foreground can shoot separately and add together later {travelling matte}.
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