Film Industry Vocabulary

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Hint	First Letter	Answer
The transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story.	A	Character arc
(figurative)The total revenue a movie generates from ticket sales.	B	Box office
All the actors and actresses appearing in a film.	C	Cast
Also known as a Director of Photography (DP), they oversee the camera and light crews.	C	Cinematographer
A shot that tightly frames a person or object.	C	Close-up
The technical staff working behind the scenes to create the film.	C	Crew
A person who professionally analyzes and comments on films.	C	Critic
A transition from one shot to another in a film's editing process.	C	Cut
The person responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film.	D	Director
The person who cuts and pieces together the film to create the final product.	E	Editor
A full-length movie typically lasting between 70 and 210 minutes.	F	Feature film
A scene that depicts events occurring before the main timeline of the story.	F	Flashback
A sequence of short shots edited into a coherent sequence.	M	Montage
A recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.	M	Motif
The sequence of events or main story in a film.	P	Plot
The planning stage before shooting begins, including scriptwriting, casting, and location scouting.	P	Pre-production
The person who oversees the production of a film, from financing to post-production.	P	Producer
The filming stage, during which the movie is actually shot.	P	Production
The distribution of a movie to the public.	R	Release
An evaluation or analysis of a film, typically published after its release.	R	Review
The script of a film, including dialogue, character descriptions, and action scenes.	S	Screenplay
A film usually fewer than 40 minutes in length.	S	Short film
A single, uninterrupted piece of film; the building block of a scene.	S	Shot
A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film.	S	Storyboard
The underlying or implicit meaning in dialogue or the narrative.	S	Subtext
A single continuous recorded performance of a scene.	T	Take
The underlying message or main idea of a film.	T	Theme
A shot during which the camera moves alongside the subject.	T	Tracking shot
A technique using the voice of an unseen speaker to narrate or explain the scene.	V	Voice-over
The end of shooting for the film or for a particular actor.	W	Wrap

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