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a sound technique in which a sound is exaggerated or enhanced; used by directors to emphasise something. The sound of a branch cracking on the ground in a forest (at night during a tense chase) might be enhanced so that viewers are more scared by the sound, or can identify better with the fear of the character in the film. Sometimes directors cheat to heighten the dramatic effect, e.g. in a scene where a child is hunted by a killer in a public bathroom, at least twice as many toilet doors are heard banging open and shut than there are toilet doors in the bathroom.
where the meaning of a word is obvious, not hidden.
(also called the dolly shot) when the camera follows the subject, keeping an unchanging distance...
language that conveys the emotion of the person speaking or writing: anger, love, hate and...
a short story with a moral message. The most common kind is the beast fable in which animals...