VOCABULARY

FILMS

NAME THE GENRE

ACTION FILMS

ADVENTURE FILMS

ANIMATION FILMS / CARTOONS

BIOGRAPHY(BIOPIC)

• A film that shows the

history / events involving

a real person or people

This genre uses earthquakes, weather,

asteroids, shipwrecks, plane crashes, diseases

and the ending of the world as a main plot.

DISASTER FILM

HISTORICAL FILM

FANTASY FILM

CRIME FILM

DOCUMENTARY FILM

COMEDY

DRAMA

HORROR FILM

ROMANTIC COMEDYROM-COM

• This type of film mixes 2

genres. They show a

• love story that is

humorous.

ROMANTIC FILM / ROMANCE / LOVE STORY

MUSICAL

SCIENCE FICTION FILM

SUPERNATURAL

• This is one type movie featuring ghosts, spirits, angels, miracles.

• It can be one of many types of genres such as horror, fantasy, comedy, drama… etc.

THRILLER

WAR FILM

WESTERN

REMEMBER THE WORDS TO THE DEFINITIONS

1. All the people who act in a film

2. (Also verb) the most important actor or actress in a

film

3. The music of a film

4. The story of a film

5. A part of a film happening in one place

6. The people who watch a film in a cinema

7. A film which continues the story of an earlier film

REMEMBER THE WORDS TO THE DEFINITIONS

8. Images often created by a computer

9. The words of the film

10.A person in a film who has a small unimportant

part, e.g. In a crowd scene

11.The translation of the dialogue into another

language

12.An article which gives an opinion on a new

film, book, etc

ANSWERS

1 cast

2 star

3 soundtrack

4 plot

5 scene

6 audience

7 sequel

8 special effects

9 script

10 extra

11 subtitles

12 review

LEARN NEW WORDS

• The place where a movie takes place is called the

setting

• This is a ‘commercial’ for a movie; you can see some

short scenes from the movie. This is called a movie

trailer

• Anything (a news article, TV show, word-of-mouth) that

explains the movie’s most important elements (Plot

twists) is a teaser.

The majority of “romcom’s” have a female lead character

and are popular with women movie-goers. This is why

Romcom’s are also called “CH_______ Fl______”

(Of course, guys can enjoy these movies too!)

The majority of “romcom’s” have a female lead character

and are popular with women movie-goers. This is why

Romcom’s are also called “Chick Flick”

(Of course, guys can enjoy these movies too!)

A Chick = nickname for

a female

Flick = nickname for a

movie

A movie that has scenes that make the viewer cry (from

sadness or happiness) is called a T_______ Jerker.

A movie that has scenes that make the viewer cry (from

sadness or happiness) is called a TEAR-JERKER.

Can you think of any tear-jerkers?

Bambi

Titanic

FILM / MOVIE

(ROLL)

CLAPPERBOAR

D

DVD DISC

(Digital Video Disc)

BLU-RAY DISC

(Higher quality than

DVDs)

FILM/MOVIE

CAMERA

SCREENWRITE

R /

SCRIPTWRITER

CAMERAMAN

FILM / MOVIE

DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR’S

CHAIR

ACADEMY

AWARDS

PRODUCER(A person who supervises and controls the

administrative, financial, and commercial

aspects of creating and distributing a movie) DUBBING

VOICEOVER

ACTOR

ACTOR ACTRESS

STARS

CHARACTERS

MAKEUP

ARTIST

TRAILER

COSTUME

DESIGNER

HAIR STYLIST

FILM / MOVIE

POSTER

COVER

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

CHARACTERS

SYNOPSIS / STORYLINE /

PLOT

FILM/MOVI

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