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In a film, when the action onscreen motivates the music we hear and the instruments used match the emotions filmmakers want us to feel, the music is said to _____ the image.

Recognizable, but not particularly famous, actors who play similar roles across films are often called ___________.

In Raging Bull, as Sugar Ray Robinson is beating Jake to a pulp at the end of their final fight, the images are filmed in [1], and the shots alternate between [2].

What camera distance is commonly used to frame conversations?

In Raging Bull, as Sugar Ray Robinson is beating Jake to a pulp at the end of their final fight, the images are filmed in [1], and the shots alternate between [2].

The arrangement and movement of the workers as they enter the factory in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is an example of _________.

In a clip viewed in class, after we see Buster Keaton sliding down a clothesline from one building to another, the next shot shows him climbing through a window from inside a building. This is an example of a(n) _____.

Films don’t only show the visual truth of people and places realistically. Through the power of cinematography, films also influence the meaning of those people and places by _____ reality.

When Peter’s neighbor shouts through the wall in the clip from Office Space, what kind of sound technique is this?

Regarding sound, films that target particular audiences (e.g., The Big Chill and Sixteen Candles) often incorporate _____ to enhance that audience’s identification with the film’s characters and events.