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== The links ==
 
== The links ==
To search manually, click on the appropriate letter of the '''alphabet''' below to obtain an alphabetical listing of links to entries on themes, terms and definitions in the encyclopaedia. To search the whole encyclopaedia for other occurrences of an item or term, you may also use the '''Search''' function in the upper right corner of the page.  
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To search manually, click on the appropriate letter of the '''alphabet''' below to obtain an alphabetical listing of links to entries on themes, terms and definitions in the encyclopaedia. To search the whole encyclopaedia for other occurrences of an item or term, you may also use the '''Search''' function in the upper right corner of the page.  
  
 
Some items are listed under dates or numbers. To see them, To see the list (arranged numerically), click on '''#Numbers or dates'''
 
Some items are listed under dates or numbers. To see them, To see the list (arranged numerically), click on '''#Numbers or dates'''

Revision as of 06:50, 21 December 2013

Introductory note

The terminology used in discussing film is particularly complex and confusing at times, greatly influenced by regional and sociocultural context. So European and American film terms do not always correspond, while literary scholars and film practitioners employ radically different terms for the same thing, or may attach totally dissimilar meanings to the same term. South Africa has its own share of idiolectic variations and the terminology discussed in this section refers specifically to current or historic usage in South Africa. Naturally readers are warned that terms may change radically in meaning over time.

However, please note that this encyclopaedia does not set out to define general film terms. This is done excellently in a number of well–known companions, encyclopaedias and dictionaries and on the internet. Naturally there are certain terms that have specific relevance to or meaning in South Africa and they will be discussed as required (e.g. “Bioscope”, “Fliek” , “Talkies”, , etc. ), but there are also general terms which need to be clarified for readers of this companion, since we have used them in specific ways.

A number of other terms and expressions specifically relating to influential social and political practices peculiar to South Africa are included in the Theatre terminology and Themes section, to help readers and researchers contextualize theatrical matters (e.g. Apartheid, the Group Areas Act, the Immorality Act, shebeen, the African National Congress, Afrikaans and Afrikaner, Sotho, Xhosa, etc).


For further information on Film terms

Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stagecraft/Terminology/List_of_film_terms

The links

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