Judy Cohen

Judy Cohen is the author of the blog www.liconoscevobene.net for Italian language students who love movies. Judy has a Master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language with 40 years' experience, and a long time love of cinema, especially post-war Italian cinema. She's also an Italian language student! Using her language teaching and learning skills, and working with her fantastic production team – Alberto Maio, Editor; Michela Badii, teacher; and Lucrezia Grussani, proofreader – she produces cineracconti (photo-stories) on her blog about classic Italian movies, including dialogue, scene descriptions, and cultural notes.

Inquadratura, Taglio, Panoramica: Italian Moviemaking Terms Applied to Post-War Films

Guest post by Judy Cohen If you love post-war Italian films as I do, I hope you’ll appreciate the following list of cinematic terms in Italian and English. Each one is explained in English. I include images as examples, describing their function in the context of the film. The goal here is not for you …