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Film Industry Terminology

Understanding the language of cinema is crucial for anyone involved in audiovisual production. Here's a glossary of essential terms:

Key Roles and Production Elements

• Cast: Elenco
• Screenwriter: Guionista
• Screenplay: Guión
• Film Review: Crítica de la película
• Production Manager: Jefe de producción
• Costume Design: Diseño de vestuario
• Cinematography: Dirección de fotografía / Rodaje de la película
• Production Designer: Diseñador de producción

Character and Performance Terms

• To play a character: Interpretar a un personaje
• To act in the film: Actuar en la película
• To star (starring): Protagonizar (protagonizando)
• Main character: Personaje principal
• Minor character: Personaje secundario
• Lead role: Papel principal
• Supporting role:

POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES

1. CAPITALISM/LIBERALISM: Created during the industrial revolution. It was the development of a liberal political belief; it is an economic system where the government plays a secondary role.

Free trade and market economy → prices up and down according to the demand of products.

2. COMMUNISM: 

• The means of production are commonly owned in classless society.

• Decisions should be made to benefit the collective rather than one or several individuals.

•  Create classless society by eliminating the power of bourgeoisie, and creating a dictatorship of the proletariat.

3. SOCIALISM: 

• The means of production are owned by society as a whole.

• Profits produced by the proletariat belong to everyone, instead of a small class of private owners.

• Believes

SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT: (IN HISTORY)

• POSITIVISM (19th century): History is a science, and it has to be taught at universities. Manuscripts and written documents are crucial elements that prove events. Main approaches concern military history, political history, or history of law. History serves a nation's great events. Learning by memorization, repetition, and without context, focusing on political history topics. Teaching by repetition, comprehension, and exposition. Representation by timelines and axes of time. Historical time is linear, unique, and homogeneous.
• MARXISM: History of the poor people and the proletariat. Social and economic history are crucial for this movement. New documents and evidence emerged. New subjects, overcoming national

At a restaurant:

waiters: lay the table, take an order, recommend a dish, carry a tray, serve customers, pour the wine

customers: book a table, order food, try the wine, send something back, ask for the bill, leave a tip. food, plate, dish, meal, course

DIY and repairs:

change, drill, mend, put together, put up, set up, sew, stick, tie

Looking after yourself:

have your hair: bleached, curled, dyed, put up, straightened have: a blow-dry, a perm, a shave, a treatment, a trim, highlights

equipment: an exercise bike, a running machine, weights, a rowing machine, a cross-trainer, a yoga mat exercises: do sit-ups, do press-ups, do stretches, do aerobics, do spinning, do yoga/pilates manicure, pedicure, facial, massage, waxing, fake tan

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EWIS: Definition and Components

EWIS

EWIS refers to wires, wiring devices, and combinations of these. EWIS includes the termination devices installed in any area of the aircraft whose purpose is the transmission of electrical energy between two or more termination points. These EWIS wires and associated components are treated as an airplane system.

It is important to know that EWIS doesn't include avionics, portable electrical devices, electrical equipment, or fiber optics. EWIS includes the following:

• Wires and cables
• Bus bars
• Termination points and electrical devices, including those on relays, interrupters, switches, and circuit breakers
• Connectors and connector accessories
• Electrical grounding and bonding devices
• Electrical splices
• Materials used

Lamarck: The Evolution of Giraffes

1. The ancestors of giraffes had shorter necks and legs than nowadays.
2. As giraffes tried to reach the leaves on the top branches of the trees, their necks and legs grew.
3. Offspring inherited these characteristics.

Darwin: Natural Selection and Giraffe Evolution

1. Giraffes originally had some variation in the length of their necks and legs.
2. Natural selection favored the giraffes with longer necks and legs, leading to increased offspring.
3. As a result, the number of giraffes with long necks and legs increased.

Amniocentesis: Prenatal Genetic Anomaly Detection

Amniocentesis is a technique used in prenatal diagnosis to search for possible genetic anomalies. It involves extracting a sample of amniotic fluid and studying the fetal... Continue reading "Evolution of Giraffes and Human Ancestors: Lamarck vs Darwin" »

-good morning teacher and classmate, today i'm going to explain about evolotion of conventional medicine.

- In most western countries it's practiced what we're used to call conventional medicine.

-thaught in medical schools and believed to be the most effective treatment, the most common treatments of conventional medicine include the prescription of antibiotics and prescription of scientifically tested farmaceuticals or surgical procedures.

-twelve haundred to six haundred before christ(1200-600)sushruta was an indian physician also he has been the first known surgeon in history, He authored the sushruta samhita, a commentary on medical science of surgery.

-four haundred sixty before christ( 460) hippocrates was recognized as the father of modern... Continue reading "A Brief History of Conventional Medicine" »

TEMA2 VOCABULARY

• adopt an approach to
• analyse
• conduct
• demonstrate the possibility that
• field of study
• major breakthrough
• observe
• procedure
• process data
• provide evidence
• test a theory
• variety of sources
• guinea pig
• light years ahead
• quantum leap
• rocket science
• side effects
• trial and error
• come about
• come to light
• discomfort
• distinguish
• make out
• mutation
• personal hygiene
• pick up
• treatment
• widespread
• bring up
• go over
• hook up
• look at
• plug in
• rely on
• show off
• take after
• take away
• take in

TEMA 3 VOCABULARY

• influence
• make advances in
• make improvements to
• make the world of difference
• overcome difficulties
• remarkable achievement
• seek ways to improve
• transform
• turning point
• considerable change
• dramatic change
• far-reaching change
• refreshing change
• subtle change
• unexpected change
• city-dwelling
• complex
• doorstep
• expand
• go

Product

Product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention, acquisition, use, or consumption, in order to satisfy customer needs.

Consumer Products

are bought by consumers for personal consumption.

Industrial Product

are bought by other companies for further processing or use in conducting a business.

Product Value (Creating and communicating value): 2 ways

• The customer-value hierarchy

Perceived value will differentiate a company from competitors and will make the product more attractive for the market.

• Core benefit
• Basic product
• Expected Product
• Augmented Product
• Potential Product

• Value Proposition

consists of identifying the Benefits, Barriers, and Needs. Describes the benefits customers can expect from your products and services.

• Benefits
• Experience
• Barriers
• Needs
• Features

• The