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Rhythmically moving the body and feet
Pre-planned (choreograph) or improvised (on spot)

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Dancing

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Dancing is an Art

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A form of expression

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Elements of Dancing

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Body
Action
Space
Time
Energy

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Used to convey our thoughts and feelings into dance.
It is our greatest instrument to express ourselves.

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Body

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Action is any human movement involved in the act of dancing.

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Action

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Types of Action

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Non-locomotor or Axial Movements
Locomotor movements

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Any movement that occurs in one spot.

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Non-Locomotor or Axial movements

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Movements that travel through space

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Locomotor movement

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The area where a dancer performs.
It is a very important component as it is also where the dancer can execute signature dance moves.

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Space

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The duration of the performance
Literally just how long it is performed.

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Time

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is about how the movement happens.
Choices about energy include variations in movement flow and the use of force, tension, and weight.

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Energy

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is simply a certain type of dance.

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Dance genre

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A vibrant form of dance that combines a variety of freestyle movements to create a cultural piece of art

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Hiphop

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A street parade with participants in bright-colored costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native gongs depicting one’s culture.
Ex. sinulog, tuna festival, rio de generio

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Street Dance

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Often reflects traditions or customs of culture.
Ex. carinosa, tinikling

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Folk dance

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Traditional partnered dance forms that are done by a couple, often embraced close dance positions.
Originated in France
Ex. waltz, tango, salsa, swing, and blues

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Ballroom

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Is a way of telling a story using music and dance instead of words and it consists of patterns of movement which have developed over centuries.
Common movements in ballet’s are: squatting, spinning, and jumping

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Ballet

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Is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.
2 variations
Rhythm tap
Broadway tap

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Tap dance

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A dance style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet.

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Contemporary Dance

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It is derived from the Latin term “litera ” which means letter that deals with ideas, thoughts, and emotions of man.
Literature is an imaginative work that pictures human life in a society that can be enjoyed, understood, and used by society. Literature is a means of social expression, a mirror of life, and an interpretation of human expressions that help us understand how to live.

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Literature

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What are the elements of literature

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Plot
Character
Setting
Point of View
Theme

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is the cause-and-effect sequence of main events in a story more specifically, how it develops, unfolds, and moves in time.

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Plot

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Parts of Plot

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Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

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It is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story. A ____ is a person, animal, or object/thing presented as a person in a narrative.

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Character

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Types of characters

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Protagonist
Antagonist
Sidekick
Love Interest
Confidant
Foil

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is the time and place of the story. it is a literary element of literature used in novels, short stories,plays, films.

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Setting

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is the writer ‘ s way of deciding who is telling the story to whom. Establishing a clear point of view is important because it dictates how your reader interprets characters, events, and other important details. There are three kinds of point of view: first person, second person, and third person.

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Point of view

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is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work which is conveyed by an author and interpreted by a reader.

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Theme

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Genres of literature

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Poetry
Drama
Novel
Fiction
Non fiction
21st Century Literature

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Often considered the oldest form of literature
Form words into lines and stanzas.
Makes use of rhythmic qualities of language, such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and meter to convey meaning
Ex. Florante At laura
Its purpose is to convey meaning through imagery and metaphors.

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Poetry

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Any text meant to be performed rather than read
Can be performed on stage, on film, or the radio.
Typically called plays.

Ex. Romeo Juliet, hamlet Prince of Denmark

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Drama

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Literature created from imagination.
Use figurative language to create stories of completely untrue events, characters, and settings to stimulate the imaginations of the readers
Includes a variety of subgenres, such as mystery, romance, or action.
Ex. The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Great Gatsby

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Fiction

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A genre of literature based on facts.
Is based on real people, places, and events.
Ex. In Cold Blood, Notes of Nursing

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Non-fiction

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2 types of Non fiction

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Literary nonfiction - uses storytelling to convey facts, such as a memoir or journal.
Informative nonfiction - intended to inform readers of a specific topic.

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A story written in paragraphs. Includes narration as well as dialogue.
Used to tell detailed stories, presented through any number of genres and styles.
Novel can tell a fuller story than poetry or drama.
Ex. Noli Me tangere, Harry Potter

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Novel

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anything that was written and published in the year 2000s. However, it is somehow early to give a definite and elaborate description of the 21st century literature in the Philippines and the world. It is possible, still, to approach contemporary literature as a reaction to and dialogue with existing forms of expressive culture.

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21st Century Literature

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is the art or technique of making motion pictures. Cinema is considered to entertain audiences and a great escape from reality.
From the Greek word kinema, which means “movement.” It is a shortened version of the French cinematographe, which was invented by two brothers, Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who combined kinema with another Greek root, graphien, which means to write or record.

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Cinema

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Where did cinema begun?

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January 1896, Auguste and Louis Lumiere
50 seconds long raw video
at a café in Lyon, France and presented their short film, L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat (Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station).

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is the art form of visual storytelling through motion picture photography. It includes all visual elements on screen for both television production and motion pictures.

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Cinematography

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Elements of Cinema

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NARRATIVE
MISE-EN-SCENE
CINEMATOGRAPHY
EDITING
SOUND

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is similar to the plot of the movie but a narrative is talking about what the movie is, the characters and the world.

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Narrative

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It is basically writing in movement’. It is the way the film was framed, toned and colored in its own way of photography.

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Cinematography

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has the most powerful aspect in film that has three Components to it: Sound Effects, Dialogue, and Music.

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Music

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________usually shapes the feelings and the perceptions of a scene in a film to the audience.

_________ go together in a way that they are essential that helps us bring us to the world of the film itself.

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  1. Music
  2. Dialogue and sound
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It is everything that appears in the films’ frame. It combines elements such as lighting, composition, art direction, costuming, makeup, and texture.
is almost everything that happens in front of a camera in a particular scene.

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MISE-EN-SCENE

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This is the art and craft of cutting and assembling the finished film. The last part of the Elements of Film_____

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Editing

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What is the importance of the Elements of Film?

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Using Elements of Film to analyze films, makes us understand their true structure and how they incorporate a big part in the film industry. It is essential for us to understand them in order to understand the film most of the time.

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What makes Cinema a Great Art Form?

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Many elements make cinema stand apart from other art forms—movies can speak to the emotions of the audience and connect with each viewer through the moving picture. Similar to a good painting or photograph, a movie can mean something different to each viewer, but there is always an effect on the audience.

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often includes realistic settings and defining conflict between one or more characters and themselves or forces of nature. It usually has the intention to provoke powerful emotions in the audience by including societal ills, such as addiction, poverty, racial prejudice, sexual inequality, classism or corruption.

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Drama

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typically involve intimate relationships and a journey of the love between the main characters.
Their love is a narrative device that acts as a shield to help them overcome challenges and develop the journey of their love.

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Romance

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Are films directors set in imaginary worlds that have little or no representation of reality.
These movies often include magical, mythological and extraordinary elements, and they can transcend physical laws and have endless possibilities.

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Fantasy

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Traditionally contain dangerous situations and high-stake risks, and many require the use of physical stunts, fight choreography or disaster sequences.
The films in this category share a common theme, which is that most of their content is action-oriented.
They often include having some sense of danger through a majority of their scenes.

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Action

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refers to a film that causes audience to feel frightened or have a sense of dread. They usually center their stories on unsettling situations, alarming events or the audience’s fears.

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Horror

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