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Film Lingo. a low-budget production, originally screened to support a more important film in a double feature. “B” movie. a martial arts film. c hop socky. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Film Lingo
• a low-budget production, originally screened to support a more important film in a double feature.
• “B” movie
• a martial arts film
• chop socky
• a French word that literally means “true cinema”; a method or style of documentary movie-making with long takes, no narration, and impromptu interview techniques, a hand-held camera, and little or no editing of the finished product
• cinema verite
• a film characterized by scenes of great tension, danger, adventure, suspense, or high drama, often climaxing at the end of a film, where the fate of the protagonist is left unresolved, increasing interest for a sequel
• cliffhanger
• a French phrase literally meaning “black film”; a genre of mostly black-and-white films with a somber, downbeat tone. The plot often takes place in the crime underworld with private detectives and femmes fatale. Low-key lighting features night scenes. Camera angles are often canted or high.
• film noir
• a blockbuster production with a predictable, overused scheme or plot
• formula
• a western film
• horse opera
• Small, low-budget companies producing and distributing films made outside of the major Hollywood studio system, often with groundbreaking subject matter. Commercial success is not often the goal.
• independent or “indie” film
• a movie that is released with little publicity, often directed by and starring relatively unknown people, that by positive word-of-mouth eventually becomes popular or financially successful beyond expectations
• sleeper
• a graphic horror film which depicts physical violence and bloody gore
• slasher or splatter film
• a science fiction film
• space opera
• a gladiator, Biblical, or Greco-Roman mythology film
• sword and sandal
• a film that flops at the box office
• turkey
• a term of contempt for movie stars who lose popularity, typically making their subsequent films financial disasters
• box-office poison
• a brief walk-through role created specifically to feature a surprising, high-profile personality
• cameo role
• a popular actor appearing in a role unlike his traditional ones, producing either a refreshing or disastrous result
• cast against type
• a term that implies the trade of sexual favors to a director or producer to obtain a film role
• casting couch
• self-indulgent hamming or overacting by a famous star
• chew up the scenery
• an Irish term which denotes hype publicity regardless of the film’s actual merit
• ballyhoo
• a small black and white board or slate with a hinged stick on top that displays identifying information for each shot in a movie and is filmed at the beginning of a take
• clapboard or slate
• titles at the beginning or end of a film that list the creative talents concerned with production
• credits
• an error that remains in the theatrical release of the film, not be confused with removed “outtakes,” which often appear on “bloopers” features
• gaffe
• the “go ahead” for a film to be made
• greenlight
• Alfred Hitchcock’s term for an item, object, goal, event, or piece of knowledge that drives the logic or action of the plot
• MacGuffin
• an Italian term for pushy photographers who stalk celebrities in their private lives
• paparazzi
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