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1.33:1
1.85:1
16:9
180-degree rule
2.39:1
2k
30-degree rule
35mm
360-degree video
3D Technologies
4:3
4k
70mm
8K

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Aaron Sorkin
Abstract Films
Abstraction
Academy Award
Accelerating rhythm
Acousmatic Sound
Act I
Act II
Act III
Action Editing
Action hero
Action-adventure
Actions
Active Audience
Active audience participation
Active male/passive female dichotomy
Active psychological engagement
Active viewing
Actor positioning
Actor-driven projects
Adaptability of genres
Adaptation
Adaptation of Style
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adr - automated dialogue replacement
Aesthetic experience
Aesthetic hybridity
Affect Theory
Affordable editing software
Ai-assisted editing
Akira Kurosawa
Alexander Galloway
Alexandre Astruc
Alfred Hitchcock
Algorithm-based content discovery
Algorithmic culture
Allegorical storytelling
Allusion
Ally
Alternate reality games (ARGs)
Ambient sound
Ambiguity in film
Analogous colors
Analytical thinking
Analytics and real-time audience feedback
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrรฉ Bazin
Ang Lee
Angles
Annette Kuhn
Anti-colonial cinema
Anti-hero
Apocalypse Now
Apparatus Theory
Archetypal symbols
Art direction
Aspect Ratios
Assembly-line approach
Assistant editor
Associative montage
Asymmetrical balance
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social science
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english & capstone
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arts
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science
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math & computer science
๐Ÿงฎ ap calculus abโ™พ๏ธ ap calculus bc๐Ÿ“Š ap statistics๐Ÿ’ป ap computer science aโŒจ๏ธ ap computer science p
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college classes
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