Movies are a kind of storytelling. They try to describe an idea or record an observation about our culture. These (5) ###### are recorded using moving visual images. Some movies portray the situation accurately and realistically, whereas other movies find visual symbols to (6) ###### those situations.
On the most simple level, movies are a succession of moving images, These (7) ###### images are captured on film. Directors film a wide (8) ###### of shots - long, medium, and close up - to create a visual composition. The visual images, along with plot, characterization, and sound, produce the desired narrative. The shots are joined together in any number of combinations in a process called editing.
Making a film is a massive, complex , and expensive task that (9) ###### art and business. Making a movie involves the talents of hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of artists, producers, and business people. It can take months, even years, for a film to be (10) ###### into a movie theater.
Like a novel, a movie is not just a story, but a story told a certain way. A film director may want to make a movie that tells a meaningful story or one that is primarily entertaining, and will use different filming techniques to (11) ###### that goal. It is impossible to (12) ###### what is told in a movie from how it is told. A director's artistic vision can range from improvised to carefully controlled. Think about the complexity of a movie the next time you see one.]]> Movies are a kind of storytelling. They try to describe an idea or record an observation about our culture. These (5) ###### are recorded using moving visual images. Some movies portray the situation accurately and realistically, whereas other movies find visual symbols to (6) ###### those situations.
On the most simple level, movies are a succession of moving images, These (7) ###### images are captured on film. Directors film a wide (8) ###### of shots - long, medium, and close up - to create a visual composition. The visual images, along with plot, characterization, and sound, produce the desired narrative. The shots are joined together in any number of combinations in a process called editing.
Making a film is a massive, complex , and expensive task that (9) ###### art and business. Making a movie involves the talents of hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of artists, producers, and business people. It can take months, even years, for a film to be (10) ###### into a movie theater.
Like a novel, a movie is not just a story, but a story told a certain way. A film director may want to make a movie that tells a meaningful story or one that is primarily entertaining, and will use different filming techniques to (11) ###### that goal. It is impossible to (12) ###### what is told in a movie from how it is told. A director's artistic vision can range from improvised to carefully controlled. Think about the complexity of a movie the next time you see one.]]>