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| adaption -(writing) | a work in one medium that is derived from a work in a different medium. Film adaptions may be made from plays, stories, novels, histories, biographies and somtimes poetry or song |
| climax -(writing) | Point of highest dramatic interest. Part of the plot that determines the outcome. |
| conflict -(writing) | Struggle between two or more oppossing forces which motivates the plot. |
| plot -(writing) | Actions and events in the story. |
| screenplay -(writing) | the script for a film containing all the scenes as well as the diolage and action. A " shooting script" will also include camera positions and angles |
| setting -(writing) | Time and place in which the action occurs. In a screenplay, it is also the specific location of the scene, whether natural or artifically situated. |
| anti-hero -(casting) | Major figure in literature or film who has nonheroic and weak qualities not usually associated with heroes. |
| archetype -(casting) | Basic character type that appears repeatedly in literature or film. |
| Character -(casting) | Fictional person in literature or film such as a hero, heroin, or villian |
| Character type -(casting) | A character with district qualities who apear with diferent names in many films. An example is homicidal maniac. |
| Accelerated montage -(Filming) | Rapid cutting from shot to shot to increase the pacing and rhythm of action as it apears on the screen. |
| Camera angle -(filming) | Point of view from which the subject is filmed |
| Camera movement -(filming) | Any motion of the camera that makes the image seem to move, shift or change perspective. |
| Cinematography -(filming) | Photography of moving images in film making. Involves camera work, film and lighting |
| close-up -(filming) | Camera shot in which the camera seems to be very close to one character or object. close |
| credits -(filming) | Names of those involved in the production of the film and the actors in the film. |
| cut to -(filming) | Abrupt changing from one scene to another without a fade or dissolve. |
| dissolve -(filming) | Gradual transition from one scene to another without going to black |
| establishing shot -(filming) | Camera shot that lets the viewer know where succeeding action and diolage are taking place. |
| fade-in -(filming) | Picture goes from black to a sceen |
| frame -(filming) | Composition of a shot; single picture on a strip of celluloid. |
| location film -(filming) | Film made outside the studio in an actual locale of the action. |
| long shot -(filming) | Camera shot in which the camera shoots from a distance, giving a panoramic view. |
| off-stage -(filming) | Diolage that is spoken or action the occurs outside of camera range. |
| montage -(filming) | Process of editing or assembling all the shots in a film. |
| montif -(filming) | Repeated symbol or music in a film. |
| pan -(filming) | Camera, though remaining stationary, moves in an arc to show a scene or moves from one charechter to another or follows a moving charecter. |
| point-of-view-shot -(filming) | Camera shows the the action as though through the eyes of a character |
| prop -(filming) | Shortend form of word property. In a play or a film it is any object used in the setting or the wardrobe to support the action of the piece. |
| special effects -(filming) | Techniques ordevices in a film used to create an illusion |
| atmoshere -(meaning) | Mood, setting or backround effect of a shot. |
| backround music -(meaning) | Music that accompanies the film which helps create conitinutity and enhances the emotional effects of the scenes. |
| motif -(meaning) | A repeated idea, symbol, color, subject or musical passage in a film. |
| symbol -(meaning) | object or visual image that represents a set of ideas |
| theme -(meaning) | underlying ideas, opinions or message. This related to the artist's overall purpose. |
