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SERIAL FILM [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Photography
DEF

A container holding several sheets of film, so devised that when fitted to the camera the photographer can pull a tab to remove an exposed sheet and replace it with another.

OBS

Film packs are typical with Polaroid film.

Key term(s)
  • film-pack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Photographie
DEF

Boîte plate, en métal, en plastique ou en carton, renfermant des plans-films, dont l'une des extrémités est fixée à un papier noir sortant de la boîte pour permettre d'escamoter le film après la prise de vue.

Key term(s)
  • film pack

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

[One] of the earliest forms of film during the silent era through to the 1950s, often episodic in form (usually with 12-15 parts) and simplistic in plot, that were shown over a period of weeks or years.

OBS

Serials are distinctly different from film series (films with a recurring set of performers and identical plot routines, such as The Thin Man (1934), the James Bond films, or the Tarzan series), or from sequels (follow-up films that continue the plot with similar characters and events, such as The Planet of the Apes sequels).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

[...] feuilleton (particulièrement répandu dans la production cinématographique américaine).

OBS

[...] le serial ne doit pas être confondu avec les films de série. Dans ceux-ci, on retrouve un même héros (Tarzan, Superman, James Bond ...), mais chaque film forme un tout : l'aventure qui y est retracée est complète. Dans le serial, au contraire, l'histoire du héros ou de l'héroïne se suit de semaine en semaine, et chaque épisode de la série se clôt sur une scène pleine de suspense [...]

Spanish

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