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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A film which is often considered as a director's ultimate work, depicting as thoroughly as possible the main elements of a story.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Œuvre cinématographique d'un réalisateur/cinéaste que l'on considère souvent comme la plus achevée et qui, par un seul film, s'emploie à dépeindre la quintessence de son propos.

CONT

[...] il parle d'un film qui serait le sommet de l'horreur, le film somme du genre [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
  • Archaeology
DEF

A story in a church below or partly below ground level and under the main floor, particularly of the chancel, often containing chapels and sometimes tombs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
  • Archéologie
DEF

Espace construit, enterré ou non, ménagé sous une église ou sous le chœur d'une église, pour y conserver des corps de martyrs, des reliques [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño arquitectónico
  • Arqueología
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Record 3 2012-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
CONT

... the main editing technique to have evolved in narrative or storybased film is "continuity editing, "a core component of the... classical Hollywood style. The basic purpose of continuity editing is to arrange shots together so they tell a story in a clear and easily understandable way. If footage is edited correctly in this style it should be seamless and we will be too focused on the story itself to notice the editing. That's why this editing style is often called "invisible editing. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
CONT

[...] aux plans-séquences fixes ont succédé les procédés caractéristiques du style classique hollywoodien : multiplicité des plans, diversité des échelles et des angles de prises de vues, mobilité de la caméra, montage en continuité.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Oral Presentations
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
DEF

A special form of deck, smaller and wordier than most decks, that capsulizes the main points of a story.

CONT

In the most recent exercise, summary decks were saved on CDs and thematic presentations were made to the Minister.

OBS

A "deck" is a short brief presented in bullet-form similar to speaking notes, [and often prepared for Ministers] often using a slide presentation format.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Exposés et communications orales
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
CONT

[Des] documents de synthèse ont été enregistrés sur CD et des exposés thématiques [...] ont été présentés au Ministre.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
OBS

One of the two main section of the on-line newspaper SchoolNet News(SNN). Using a digital camera or Polaroid and scanner, students took pictures of officials at their location, obtained quotes, and filed the last-minute story. Students at Lisgar Collegiate in Ottawa then worked feverishly to upload the stories into the SNN template as they arrived over the Internet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
OBS

Une des deux parties principales du journal électronique intitulé Réseau d'Information interactive Rescol (RIIR). À l'aide d'un appareil photo numérique ou d'un polaroide et d'un numériseur, les étudiants ont photographié les personnalités de marque dans leurs locaux, ont demandé des déclarations et ont classé les articles de dernière minute. Les étudiants du Lisgar Collegiate à Ottawa ont ensuite travaillé très fort afin de télécharger les articles dans le journal électronique RIIR à mesure qu'ils arrivaient par l'Internet.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television Arts
DEF

A secondary situation or climax in a television scene or story which follows the main climax with a dramatic climb down and thus delays the end of the story. Usually considered poor literary form for tv.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout (Graphic Arts)
CONT

Brace layout. The reader focuses on the main story which is placed on the top right-hand side of the page with the title in large bold letters.

OBS

An approach to page-one design

Key term(s)
  • focus layout

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquette et mise en page

Spanish

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