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Media Terms
Vocabularyabout media and entertainment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| box office | place where you can buy cinema tickets |
| box office hit | successful film that made lots of money |
| Oscar | An award for best performance in cinema. |
| character | the person in a film or a book |
| direct | tell actor what to do, how to act |
| genre | type of film (sci-fi, comedy, romantic, horror) |
| cast | all the actors taking a part in a film |
| heroine | female hero |
| scene | a part of a film happening in one place |
| role | actor's part in film or play |
| plot | the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. |
| performance | how the actor is acting in a film (good/poor) |
| recommendation | suggestion, advice |
| review | a piece of writing about what you think or feel about a book or movie or a play |
| Suspense | feeling excited or anxious when you are not sure about what may happen. |
| twist | something unexpected, shocking, surprising |
| special effects | illusion created for films and television by computer graphics |
| violence | physical force that is used to hurt or kill people or damage property |
| intend | to plan; to have in mind, to want to do sth |
| kill | to cause death of a person, animal. |
| murder | the intentional killing of another person |
| Setting | place and time of a story |
| costumes | clothes worn by the actors in a film or a play |
| multilingual | speaking several languages |
| mortality | death |
| low-budget | cheap, inexpensive |
| documentary | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event |
| a play | a dramatic work performed by actors on a stage |
| sequel | a film that follows the previous one. |
| eccentric | unconventional and slightly strange |
| model | A representation of an object |
| villain | an evil person or character, especially in a story or play |
| wire | a thin, flexible thread of metal |
| plasticine | a soft modeling material, used especially by children |
| intellect | ability to think |
| intelligent | clever, wise, smart |
| discriminate between | to recognize a difference between things |
| stimulate | motivate, encourage |
| aspiration | a hope or ambition of achieving something |
| corrupt | changed from good to bad |
| integrity | honesty |
| shortcoming | weakness, disadvantage |
| corruption | dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. |
| bleak | depressing, sad, colourless |
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