Across
- 2. A 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, known for its multiple perspectives
- 6. guides the hero
- 8. A series featuring a man and his intelligent dog
- 9. A non-fiction film intended to document reality for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record
- 13. A genre intended to make the audience laugh
- 15. The position from which a scene is viewed and filmed
- 16. A film about a man wrongfully imprisoned for murder
- 18. A film about a teenager growing up in Sacramento
- 20. A classic anthology TV series with a sci-fi twist
- 21. A recurring musical theme associated with a particular character, place, or idea
- 22. An interpretation of history that focuses on the underlying narratives and structures
- 23. A 2008 Pixar film about a trash-compacting robot
- 25. The underlying meaning or message in dialogue or action
- 27. A fantasy film series directed by Peter Jackson, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novels
- 28. The music and audio that accompanies a film
- 29. The time and place in which a story takes place
Down
- 1. A central theme or element dominating a narrative
- 3. The hero's normal life is shown
- 4. the hero returns and recommits to the central ordeal
- 5. A genre of films set primarily in the American Old West
- 7. A 1935 propaganda film directed by Leni Riefenstahl
- 10. Established techniques and tropes in a particular genre
- 11. The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing
- 12. Represents the hero's dark side
- 14. A 1990 film about a Union Army lieutenant who befriends a tribe of Lakota Indians
- 17. known for mischief and humor
- 19. Sound that originates from within the film's world
- 24. the hero faces their greatest challenge
- 26. A sequence of film clips edited together to show a passage of time