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1. When reading a film script, what do the following acronyms stand for and what do they mean?

LS- Long Shot

MS- Medium Shot

MCU- Medium Close up

CU- Close Up

XCU- Extreme Close Up

EXT- Outdoors

INT- Indoors

VO- Voice Over

POV- Point of View

OS- Offscreen

SFX- Sound Effects

2. What do the following terms mean?

CUT-instantaneous changes from one scene to the next, as in "Cut to...."

DISSOLVE- where two scenes momentarily overlap during a transition from one to the other

FADE-IN and FADE-OUT-fade-out consists of a two-or three-second transition from a picture to black and silence; and, of course, a fade-in is the opposite

CUTAWAY- related shot that is "away" from the basic scene. During a basketball game you might "cut away" from the game to a shot of the cheerleaders, the coach, or cheering fans.

ZOOM- optical version of a dolly, achieves somewhat the same effec

DOLLY- When the entire camera is moved toward or away from the subject

3. How long is the average feature film script? Can you estimate the length of a movie from looking at the script?

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