Moving Image Arts Glossary

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Whip pan
This is a sudden, fast pan.

Wide-angle Lens
This seems to make perspective more obvious. It's often used to make the viewer feel that they are close to the action. Wide-angle close-ups make the nose look bigger and the ears smaller, so the person looks odd.

Wipe
One image replaces another without dissolving, with the border between the images moving across or around the screen.