The Ultimate TV & Film Glossary: From Box-Office Hits to Special Effects
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TV & Film Glossary
A-C
Audience
A group of spectators or listeners.
Box-Office Hit
A film that has collected a lot of money.
Cast
The actors in a film, play, or other performance.
Channel
A television station and its programs.
Character
A person represented in a drama.
Childhood
The period of life before puberty.
Contestant
A person who takes part in a contest or competition.
H-L
High Point
A moment or occasion of great intensity, interest, happiness, etc.
Hoax
An intentional farce that is commonly believed to be true.
Let-Down
A disappointment.
Light Bulb
A glass bulb containing a gas at low pressure and enclosing a thin metal filament that emits light when an electric current is passed through it.
Live
Transmitted at the time of performance.
N-S
Network
An interconnected group or system.
Plot
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Predictable
Able to be foretold or declared in advance.
Review
A critical appraisal of a book, play, film, etc., published in a newspaper or magazine.
Remarkable
Unusual, striking, or extraordinary.
Sequel
A published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the narrative of a previous one.
Sitcom
(Situation Comedy) A type of TV series that portrays the everyday life of characters in a funny way.
Soap Opera
A TV drama, usually dealing with domestic topics and characterized by sentimentality.
Soundtrack
Recorded sound of a film or a TV series.
Special Effects
Illusions or visual tricks used in the film, television, theatre, and entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world.
Suspenseful
Characterized by causing suspense.
T-W
Take-Off
The act or process of making an aircraft airborne.
Viewer
A person who views something.
Worth Seeing
Something that is worthy of being seen and deserves people's attention.
Verbs
Appeal To
To make a request for relief, support, etc.
Disguise
To modify the appearance or manner in order to hide the identity of someone.
Greet
To meet or receive with expressions of welcome.
Land
To come down or bring something down to earth after a flight or jump.
Move
To go or take from one place to another; change in location or position.
Pinpoint
To locate or identify exactly.
Screen
To shelter or protect.
Set In
To put or place in position or into a specified state or condition.
Star
To mark or decorate with a star or stars.
Come On
To become available; start running or functioning.
Cut Off
To separate someone from somewhere.
Go On
To continue or proceed.
Kick Off
To fire employees or expel people taking part in a specific event.
Put On
To move (anything) into a specific location.
Sell Out
To dispose of something completely by selling.
Take Up
To adopt the study, practice, or activity.
Tune In
To adjust a television or radio to receive a programme.
Adjectives
Heartbroken
: Suffering from or exhibiting overwhelming disappointed/ Live: Transmitted at the time of performance/ Predictable: Able to be foretold or declared in advance/ Remarkable: Unusual, striking, or extraordinary/ Suspenseful: Characterized by causing suspense/ Worth seeing: Sth that is worthy of being seen and deserves people's attention