Humanities Final

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Recessional shot
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Shot that focuses on figures and objects moving away
Processional shot
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Shot that focuses on figures and objects moving towards the camera
Illustration
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Artlike form; an image that closely represents an object or event
Folk art
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Illustrative artlike form; works created non-professionally
Popular art
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Illustrative artlike form; contemporary works enjoyed by the masses
Propaganda
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Illustrative artlike form; attempts to persuade people to believe a message
Kitsch
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Illustrative artlike form; works that depict objects or events in a pretentious, vulgar manner
Decoration
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An artlike element added to enhance or adorn something else
Idea art
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Works in which ideas or concepts dominate the medium
Conceptual art
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Works that bring the audience into direct contact with the creative concepts of the artist
Performance art
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Site-specific events performed with minimal planning, sometimes involves audience participation
Virtual art
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Computer-created, imaginary, three-dimensional scenes in which the participant is involved interactively
Long shot
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Shot in which the camera is distant from the most important subjects
Medium shot
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Shot in which the camera is neither close nor distant
Tracking shot
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Shot in which the camera moves forward, backward, or sideways
Crane shot
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Shot in which the camera is on a crane or aerial drone and moves upward or downward
Handheld shot
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Shot in which the camera is carried by the camera operator
12 hours
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Length of Roots
130 million
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# of people watching Roots
Tempo
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The speed at which a composition is played
Pictorialists
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Photographers who use realistic paintings as models for their photographs
Straight photography
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Style that aims for excellence in photographic techniques independent of painting
f/64 Group
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A group of photographers whose name derives from the small aperture, which ensures that the foreground, middle ground, and background will all be in sharp focus
Documentarists
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Photographers who document the present to preserve a record of it as it disappears

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