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1718:Introvision
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1688:Bullet time
1670:Stop motion
1658:Slow motion
1653:Fast motion
1598:Lens flares
1573:Bullet time
1546:Sugar glass
1536:Rubber mask
1470:wire-flying
1376:Master shot
1230:Dutch angle
1140:Perspective
857:Scenography
756:perspective
701:lens effect
487:aerial view
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473:Terminology
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386:True length
376:Stereoscopy
1762:Categories
1693:Chroma key
1648:Time-lapse
1613:Filtration
1578:Dolly zoom
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1200:High-angle
1088:Field size
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740:Moorfields
720:, Pakistan
699:tilt shift
663:Disneyland
540:crane shot
519:Bird's Eye
477:The terms
321:Axonometry
278:Multiviews
113:March 2017
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1713:Go motion
1638:Slit-scan
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1391:Long take
1297:SnorriCam
1292:Steadicam
1272:Hand-held
1220:Low-angle
1058:Narration
1020:Rembrandt
551:Spidercam
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1526:Puppetry
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1110:Close-up
1100:American
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