Topic:  Film Theory

A
"a film in turnaround" "A" story above-the-line expenses
abstract (form) absurd(ism) absurdist theater
Academy Award of Merit Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards
acquisition act actuality
ad
{General}		 adaptation A-film
air date air quality airline version
Alan Smithee A-level A-list
allegory Allen Smithee alliteration
all-star allusion alternate ending
alternative title ambiguity A-movie
anachronism anagnorisis analytical essays
ancillary rights anempathetic sound animated (film)
animated cartoon animation antagonist
anthology (film) anthropomorphism anti-climax
anti-hero apex A-picture
approximate color consistency arc, character arc, story
archetype arrangements art-house film
aside atmosphere introduction atmospheric theater
audience auteur theory
B
B.O. B movie "B" story
back end back story backdrop
{Story}
banned "based on a true story" "bask in the limelight"
below-the-line expenses B-film bible
Big Three billing bio
biography Biz, The blacklist(ing)
blackout gag blockbuster blurb
B-movie boff boffo
boffola Bollywood bomb
bootleg bow bowdlerize(d)
box-office box-office bomb box-office hit
B-picture breaking the motion barrier Business, The
busy buzz
{Media}
C
"C" story capsule review caricature
cartoon cash cow cast of thousands
catchphrase catharsis censorship
central conceit of a movie certificate(s) character study
chase sequence cheater cut child actor
cinema cinéma pur cinéma vérité
cinematic cinematic license cliché
cliffhanger climax closed form
closure coda
{Film}		 coda
{Music}
coin cold open comic relief
command performance commentary commercial
companion piece compilation film complication
composite film composite structure composition
{Image}
composition
{Music}		 conflict
{Motivation}		 contextual criticism
contract player contrapasso conventions
cost per measured results cost per minute cost per thousand
cost per viewer costing out costume drama
counter-cinema coverage
{Reader′s Evaluation}		 CPM
creative compromise credit arbitration crescendo
crisis critical screening crossover (appeal)
"crowning glory" cult film(s)
D
dadaism dark adaptation dark horse
day performer Day Player daytime drama
debut deconstruction defamation
defamation per quod defamation per se deleted Scene
demo dénouement deus ex machina
Development didactic digital news gathering
"dime novel" direct cinema "directing the eye"
directorial debut Director′s cut direct-to-video
Disney-fication Disney-fied Distribution
DNG docutainment dominant (area)
doppelganger double bill double entendre
double feature dramatic irony dramatic license
dramatic premise dramatic situation "Dream Factory, The"
drive-in duologue dystopia
E
electronic news gathering electronic press kit ENG
entertainment industry blacklist epiphanal moment epiphany
episode episode film episodic (television)
episodic film EPK event movie
exec exegesis exex
exhibition rights exhibitor existentialism
explicit meaning exploitation film exposition
exposition sequence expressionism external diegetic sound
extreme cinema
F
faithful adaptation false ending fan edit
feature (film) feature length feature presentation
featurette female lead feminist criticism
femme fatale fest(ival) "fifteen minutes of fame"
film
{Verb}		 film adaptation film aesthetics
film canon film commission film criticism
film d′art film distributor film flub
film grammer "film in turnaround" film poster
film promotion film review film rights
film styles film within a film filmic time
filmography film′s high point first look deal
first run first-night "flash in the pan"
flash-ahead flashback flashforward
flaw flick(s) flop
flub focus group focus-group screening
follow-up "for your consideration" foreign film
foreshadow(ing) formalism formula
four wall distribution fourth wall four-walling
franchise free cinema free TV
frontality full frame full gate
fully scripted show FYC
G
G gag-based comedies gamine
general release genre criticism German expressionism
gothic grade-Z movie grand guignol
greenlight(ing) grindhouse (film) gross
grotesque guerrilla film guerrilla filmmaking
"guilty pleasure" films
H
hamartia hard-boiled hardcore
hardcore porn hardtop Hays Code
Hays Office Hays Production Code (for Motion Pictures) Hays Production Office
hero(ine) high concept high concept hook
hit Hollywood Hollywood blacklist
Hollywood montage homage hook
hotsy hubris hype
hyperbole
I
iamb iambic pentameter icon(ography)
identification ideology implicit meaning
in Production inciting incident independent film
independents indie (film) Industry, The
infomercial infotainment ingénue
inhibitor inner-light inside joke
"inspired by a true story" interlude internal conflict
internal diegetic sound international co-production interpretation
interview format irony "It" list
Italian neo-realism
J
jump the shark juvenile
K
karma kill(ing) off Kinetoscope
kudocast
L
landmark film lead
{Actor}		 lead(ing) role
leading lines lecture format legs
leitmotif line of tension Lion, (Leo) the
literal adaptation literary litotes
little old ladies with umbrellas live on tape live to tape
locale long form loose adaptation
low-budget film lower-third
M
M.O.W. macguffin made-fors
made-for-video magic bullet maguffin
main attraction mainstream majors
male lead marketing campaign matinée idol
mcguffin meaning merchandising
message picture metaphor metonymy
mickey mousing microcosm midnight movies
mini majors mini-majors mini-series
mirroring mise-en-scène "modern" classic
"modern-day" classic moira money matters
moppet motif motion picture
mouse (house) movie packaging movie palace
movie star moving image media multiple storylines
multi-storyline(s)
N
naturalism naturalistic NC-17
negative space neo-realism network TV
new wave nichebuster nickelodeon
nihilism nihilistic no budget film
non-diegetic non-diegetic insert nonlinear
{Form}
non-simultaneous sound nostalgia film nouvelle vague
novelization nudie (flick)
O
objective time obligatory Scene omnibus film
omniscient point-of-view one man show one woman show
oneiric one-reeler one-sheet
open form opening (night) opening weekend
option optioning a script orchestral arrangements
orchestration(s) Oscar Oscar bait
Oscarbation Oscars overhead (expenses)
overture ozoner
P
P&A package packaging
pactee pallophotophone pan
{Review}
parallelism passion pit payoff
pen persistence of vision PG
PG-13 phi phenomenon photoemission
pic(s) picked up picture within a picture
pipeline, the pitch(es)
{Presentation}		 pivotal character
pix plot plot plant
plot point plot twist polemic
polish porn(o) pornographic film
possible future impact post-modern Post-Production
potboiler poverty row pre-code
preem premiere premise
Pre-Production prequel pre-screen
pre-screening press junket press kit
Principal Photography principal(s) prints and advertising
private screening product displacement product placement
Production production code Production Cycle
production value progression promo
proprietary protagonist proxemic patterns
PSA psychological time psychomachy
public performance rights public service anouncement publicity
"pulp fiction" punchline puppetry
pure cinema pure film
Q
Q rating
{Celebrity}		 quarter query letter
quota quickies
R
R raising the stakes rating system
ratings RCA Photophone realism
real-time reboot
{Fiction}		 recording technology history
red carpet red carpet premiere red herring
redlighted redux
{Literary Term}		 re-edited film
reel
{Résumé}		 reference referential meaning
reissue release
{Presentation}		 remake
rentals re-release resolution
{Story}
retro(spective)
{Film Theory}		 reverse chronology revisionistic films
revival house rewrite rhetoric
ride film rising action roadshow
roman à clef runaway production running time
Russian montage
S
sample
{Writing}		 satire scenario
schlock film scream queen screen quotas
screen test screen time screener
screening screenwriting script editing
seg(ment) semi-dramatic format semiology
semiotics semi-scripted show sequel
serial series setting
setup
{Screenplay}		 shooting ratio shop
short (film) short form short subject
shot analysis shot-by-shot analysis shot-for-shot (adaptation)
shot-for-shot representation Show Business Show-biz
silent gate silver bullet simile
simultaneous sound size skin flick
sleeper (hit) sleep-killer sneak preview
snipe snub socko
softcore porn special speculative screenplay
spin-off spiritual sequel spiritual successor
spit-take spoiler stages of making a film
standards & practices star star system
starlet stock situation story
story canon story source story structure
stream of consciousness studio system stunt casting
stylize(d) subjective time subplot
subset film subsidiary contrast subtext
success d′estime superstar supporting attraction
supporting feature surprise hit surreal
surrealism suspenser suspension of disbelief
sustaining program symbol symmetry
sympathetic symptomatic meaning syndication
synecdoche
T
Taft-Hartley tag
{Story Structure}		 tag line
talkie target (audience)
{Film Theory}		 teaser
{Film Theory}
teaser trailer telefilm telepic
telepix television (series) pilot television movie
television special television spot tentpole(r)
the heavy theater of the absurd theatrical
theme time timing
{Passage}
title role tix tone
{Attitude}
tour de force Town, The trailer
{Film}
training film transpose trash film
"trashing" a film trilogy tubthump
turkey (film) turnaround TV movie
TV safe TV series pilot twist ending
two-hander two-reeler
U
unbilled role uncredited role underscore
underscoring understudy uni
unreliable narrator utopia(n)
V
vanity play Vaudeville verisimilitude
video deposition videodance vignette
{Storyline}
VistaVision visualization voxpop
W
web film weenie whammo
windup word of mouth WRAP
X
XXX
Y
yarn yawner
Z
zenith Z-film Ziegfeld
Z-movie

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