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  2. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". [2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. [3]

  3. Category:Films shot in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Films shot in Texas" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 286 total. ... Made in China (2009 film) Mangus! Marjoe ...

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet made its first acquisition in March 2021, with the purchase of Slader, which offered detailed explanations of textbook concepts and practice problems, and eventually incorporated it into its paid platform, Quizlet Plus. [20] [21] [22] In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23]

  5. History of film - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to the beginning of the 1950s, when only 5 films were made per year, 111 films were produced in South Korea in 1959. [121] The 1950s was also a 'Golden Age' for Philippine cinema, with the emergence of more artistic and mature films, and significant improvement in cinematic techniques among filmmakers. The studio system produced ...

  6. History of science fiction films - Wikipedia

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    Serious animation has not yet proven commercially successful in the United States and Western-made animated science fiction films such as Light Years (1988), The Iron Giant (1999) and Titan A.E. (2000) did not draw a significant viewing audience. However, anime has gradually gained a cult following and, from the mid-1990s, its popularity has ...

  7. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    The New Wave is a movement in science fiction produced in the 1960s and 1970s and characterized by a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, a "literary" or artistic sensibility, and a focus on "soft" as opposed to hard science.

  8. History of film technology - Wikipedia

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    The proliferation of television in the early 1950s contributed to a heavy mid-century push for color within the film industry. In 1947, only 12 percent of American films were made in color. By 1954, that number had risen to over 50 percent. [78] The color boom was aided by the breakup of Technicolor's near-monopoly on the medium.

  9. Kinetoscope - Wikipedia

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    The first film made for the Kinetoscope, and apparently the first motion picture ever produced on photographic film in the United States, may have been shot at this time (there is an unresolved debate over whether it was made in June 1889 or November 1890); known as Monkeyshines, No. 1, it shows an employee of the lab in an apparently tongue-in ...