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Trope (cinema), the Glossary

In cinema, a trope is what The Art Direction Handbook for Film defines as "a universally identified image imbued with several layers of contextual meaning creating a new visual metaphor".^[1]

14 relations: American English, Deconstruction, Exegesis, Film, Film semiotics, Gangster film, I.B. Tauris, Merriam-Webster, Michel Foucault, Rhetoric, Springfield, Massachusetts, Trope (literature), Tropological reading, TV Tropes.
Tropes

American English

American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.

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Deconstruction

Deconstruction is a loosely-defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning.

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Exegesis

Exegesis (from the Greek ἐξήγησις, from ἐξηγεῖσθαι, "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text.

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A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.

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Film semiotics

Film semiotics is the study of sign process (semiosis), or any form of activity, conduct, or any process that involves signs, including the production of meaning, as these signs pertain to moving pictures.

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Gangster film

A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime.

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I.B. Tauris

I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.

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Michel Foucault

Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French historian of ideas and philosopher who also served as an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher.

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Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.

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Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Trope (literature)

A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. Trope (cinema) and trope (literature) are tropes.

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Tropological reading

Tropological reading or "moral sense" is a Christian tradition, theory, and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of the Bible. Trope (cinema) and Tropological reading are tropes.

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TV Tropes

TV Tropes is a wiki that collects and documents descriptions and examples of plot conventions and devices, which it refers to as tropes, within many creative works. Trope (cinema) and tV Tropes are tropes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trope_(cinema)

Also known as Cinema trope, Cinematic trope, Film trope, Trope (filmmaking).