Film Language Tag: mask
1. The black border surrounding a theatrical motion picture screen. The border can be adjusted within certain limits (sides in/out, top and bottom up/down) to accommodate movies with different aspect ratios, making the screen fit the image. 2. A matte that creates an image with a specific shape (such as simulating the view through binoculars) or aspect ratio (such as the image mask in a camera, printer, or projector aperture plate). 3. A matte used in the creation of a composite image. v. 4. To crop an image. 5. To obscure something, such as bleeping out profanity or pixelating nudity in a television broadcast. 6. To obscure another actor unintentionally.
A Day at Mile 3.25 Tidal Inlet, Moonrise Kingdom
Sam and Suzy have arrived at their destination, a small beach named Mile 3.25 Tidal Inlet, and they spend the day listening to music, talking, and dancing.
Cesare Abducts Jane (The Somnambulist’s Awakening), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Under the hypnotic control of Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss), the somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) awakens from his coffin-like box and sneaks into Jane’s (Olga Belajeff) bedroom. Ordered to kill her, he hesitates, mesmerized by her beauty, and instead carries her into the distorted streets of Holstenwall.
Check In, The Halfway House
Fortescue (Guy Middleton) and Oakley (Alfred Drayton) arrive at The Halfway House.
Closing Scene, Thelma & Louise
Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) finding themselves cornered by the authorities, including Detective Slocumb (Harvey Keitel) and Agent Max (Stephen Tobolowsky), decide to keep going.
Damned Sunglasses!, Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo (Corinne Marchand) and Dorothée (Dorothée Blank) visit Dorothée's boyfriend Raoul (Raymond Cauchetier) at the movie theater where he walks. He lets them watch a short from the projection booth.
First Seagull Attack, The Birds
After Melanie (Tippi Hedren) leaves love birds for Cathy (Veronica Cartwright) in the Brenner home, she is attacked by a seagull. At a restaurant, Mitch (Rod Taylor) persuades Lydia (Jessica Tandy) to invite Melanie to dinner.
Investigating Hollis Mulwray, Chinatown
"Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) follows Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling) to the dry Los Angeles Riverbed.
Newscast, Night of the Living Dead
Ben (Duane Jones) and the others gather around the television to hear the news cast.
Noye's Fludde, Moonrise Kingdom
Sam and Suzy, now together, remember their first meeting at the church's production of "Noye's Fludde."
Opening Sequence, She Done Him Wrong
Opening credits and establishing shots of New York City in the 1890s.
Operation Höss, The Zone of Interest
At a party celebrating the launch of Operation Höss--the extermination of Hungary's Jewish population--Rudolf (Christian Friedel) calls his wife (Sandra Hüller). The film then cuts to the modern-day Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.
Running to Make it Home, In the Heights
Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) finally gets a date with Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), who dreams of leaving the barrio.
Sergeant Rutledge Saves the Cavalry, Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge (Woody Strode) gives his testimony to the court about what happened during the ambush.
The Wilson Family Encounters Their Doppelgangers, Us
Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o) and Jason Wilson (Evan Alex) are in a room with their clones. Adelaide’s clone forces Jason Wilson and his clone to play while the clone gives her life story. Simultaneously Umbrae (Shahadi Wright) and Gabe Wilson (Winston Duke) fight their respective clones, finding crafty ways to outmatch their opponents. Eventually the family finds each other and leaves, surviving the encounter.