Friday 7 January 2011

Defintions

Below are definitions of media terms 


Continuity Editing: 
Continuity editing is a style of editing in cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots. 


180 Degree Rule: The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.


Match on action: either an action commenced in shot A is completed in shot B, or an action in shot A is mirrored by an action in shot B, for example when we cut from character A in location A reading a newspaper to character B in location B reading the same newspaper. 


Shot Reverse Shot: Shot reverse shot (or shot/counter shot) is a film technique wherein one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character.


Definition of a thriller (genre): 


"a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie" 


Below is a list of the top 50 thriller films and how many vote it received (IMDB) Thriller films: 


RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.9Inception (2010)273,673
2.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)490,534
3.8.8Elite Squad 2 (2010)2,114
4.8.8Goodfellas (1990)241,311
5.8.8Fight Club (1999)404,038
6.8.7Rear Window (1954)124,420
7.8.7Psycho (1960)151,053
8.8.7The Usual Suspects (1995)278,844
9.8.7The Silence of the Lambs (1991)259,143
10.8.6Se7en (1995)295,774
11.8.6Memento (2000)289,831
12.8.6Black Swan (2010)29,485
13.8.6Leon (1994)212,210
14.8.6North by Northwest (1959)97,532
15.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)38,973
16.8.6M (1931)41,968
17.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)164,623
18.8.5Vertigo (1958)96,085
19.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)250,294
20.8.5Alien (1979)189,236
21.8.5The Lives of Others (2006)80,347
22.8.5The Third Man (1949)52,945
23.8.5127 Hours (2010)5,578
24.8.5The Departed (2006)279,338
25.8.5Aliens (1986)177,556
26.8.4Chinatown (1974)82,705
27.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)171,628
28.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)222,821
29.8.4Witness for the Prosecution (1957)19,084
30.8.4The Prestige (2006)222,350
31.8.4Rebecca (1940)36,953
32.8.3Yojimbo (1961)30,726
33.8.3Touch of Evil (1958)34,050
34.8.3The Wages of Fear (1953)14,958
35.8.3Oldboy (2003)103,862
36.8.3Safety Last! (1923)5,840
37.8.3Les Diaboliques (1955)15,560
38.8.3Sin City (2005)267,545
39.8.3Die Hard (1988)191,172
40.8.3Hotel Rwanda (2004)97,404
41.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)36,188
42.8.3Jaws (1975)144,913
43.8.3Batman Begins (2005)283,616
44.8.3Notorious (1946)32,836
45.8.3Blade Runner (1982)192,740
46.8.3Fargo (1996)172,047
47.8.3Heat (1995)152,269
48.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)209,106
49.8.2Le Trou (1960)3,361
50.8.2The Big Sleep (1946)30,239


Below is a youtube clip of a trailer of inception this gives a taster of a thriller film: 






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