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Caes: Research a college paper on any aspect of American Cinema. This critical essay is to be done in a formatted style that will require Students to conduct research and cite references such as; books, articles, films, radio, television, web-sites and scholarly journals. Please Use the Critical Essay Instruction Handout. All Critical Essays must have at least Five (5) Different Sources of Information. These (5) Sources of Information can be taken from Books, Journals, Magazines, Academic Studies, Films, TV, Radio, Newspapers, Documentaries, Interviews, and Only Two Website Source Links. Using these five terms and definitions:
ASSEMBLY - Arranging all the shots in accordance with the order of the script. The first step of editing.
AXIS OF ACTION - Also called the "180° line "is an imaginary line that passes through the two main actors of a scene, defining the spatial relations of all the elements of the scene as being to the right or left.
B-MOVIE - A low-budget, second-tier movie, often the second movie in a double-feature billing. B-films were cheaper for studios because they did not involve the most highly paid actors or costly sets.
BACKGROUND ARTIST - Also known as a matte artist; the person responsible for designing a visual backdrop to fill in the background of a film scene. Historically created using traditional paints, backdrops today are mostly created digitally.
BACKLIGHTING - Lighting for a shot emitting from behind the subject, causing the subject to appear as a silhouette or in semi-darkness.