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Sequence (filmmaking)

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Sequencing refers to what you shoot, with the five most common shots used being: close-ups, wide angle, medium, over the shoulder, and point of view shots. Sequencing keeps viewer interest while maintaining a consistent story. The five most common shots are used to build a framework of where to place
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The sequence is one of a hierarchy of structural units used to describe the structure of films in varying degrees of granularity. Analyzed this way, a film is composed of one or more
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The sequence paradigm or the "8 sequence structure" of screenwriting was developed by
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This article related to film or motion picture terminology is a
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"Definition of Sequence and Scene in Screenwriting"


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