theory that deals with the effect of a work of art rather than its creation.

an artistic technique that utilises chance conditions and probability. In aleatory film, images and sounds are not planned in advance.

the natural light surrounding the subject, usually understood to be soft.

a lens for making widescreen films using regular Academy ratio frame size. The camera lens takes in a wide field of view and squeezes it onto the frame, and a similar projector lens unsqueezes in onto a wide theatre screen. CinemaScope and Panavision are examples of anamorphic widescreen processes.

See camera angle