Film Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A mistake made by an actor during the making of a film.
  2. 4. The scenery and props as arranged for shooting a film.
  3. 7. A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television.
  4. 8. A place at a cinema where tickets are bought or reserved.
  5. 10. A film genre which seeks to elicit fear for entertainment purposes.
  6. 14. A genre of film which incorporates futuristic elements and technologies to explore social, political, and philosophical issues. The film itself is usually set in the future, either on earth or in space.
  7. 15. A place where people go and gather in order to watch a movie.
  8. 16. A written work by screenwriters for a film. In them, the movement, actions, expression and dialogues of the characters are also narrated.
  9. 19. Also known as the director of photography, this person is responsible for setting up the camera shots - what camera and lens needs to be used and how the lighting needs to be set up to make the film look right.
Down
  1. 2. The first showing of a film.
  2. 3. A person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The person has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking.
  3. 4. A video illusion in film created with computer-generated images.
  4. 5. The series of events that form the main story of a movie.
  5. 6. A person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, this person plans and coordinates various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script; coordinating writing, directing, editing; and arranging financing.
  6. 9. The group of actors who make up a film or the act of being chosen for a part.
  7. 11. The person who turns the story into a script. It is their job to make sure the dialogue sounds natural and the sequence of events in the film take place in the right way so that the story progresses smoothly and in an interesting way.
  8. 12. The art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves techniques such as the general composition of a scene, the lighting of the set or location, the choice of cameras, lenses, filters, and film stock, the camera angle and movements and the integration of any special effects.
  9. 13. These people act out the script and try to portray the characters in the film, showing the emotions the characters feel as realistically as they can.
  10. 17. A part of a film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time.
  11. 18. A style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics.
  12. 20. A person who plays an unimportant part in movies, for example as members of a crowd.