More film vocabulary

Vocabulary to describe a film

General film vocabulary

What sort of films do you enjoy? You've got a lot of genres to choose from: westerns (set in the American Wild West) or spaghetti westerns (those filmed in Italy) to action films (fights, car chases etc), adventure, animated (cartoons), or horror (lots of blood or ghostly visits). Perhaps you prefer comedy (or " romcom " – romantic comedy) or dramas. Sometimes these are epics (long, historical dramas) and sometimes these are adaptations (adapted either from a previous film, or from a book or play). What about thrillers (or suspense), or musicals (with song and dance) and science fiction (set in a futuristic world)? Or maybe you prefer the old black and white films, or the classics.

Actors

In a celebrity-obsessed world, actors are as famous as politicians (maybe even more so!) We like to see our favourite actors playing a character – even a minor character – in films, whether these are in lead roles (=main roles), or supporting roles (not main roles). Every year, the Oscars gives awards to lead actors and supporting actors, but never to the extras (the actors who play people in a crowd, often without a speaking part.) We like reading the film credits, firstly to see who's in the cast (everyone who acted in the film) and if there's a special appearance by a famous actor who's only in the film for a couple of minutes.

More film vocabulary

Then we like to see who the director or producer is, the screenwriter who wrote the screenplay (the script that the actors speak) and who composed the soundtrack (the music background in the film). We'll read film reviews to find out more about the plot (or storyline) and how good the lighting, cinematography (art of shooting the film) or costumes are. We might even watch a trailer (short extract from the film) to see the special effects.

send chills down/up somebody's spine -to make someone feel very frightened Just thinking about walking back through the dark streets sent chills down herspine.

Words to describe a plot

Realistic – unrealistic

Suspenseful/unpredictable – predictable

Satisfying ending – frustrating ending

Well-developed ideas – sketchy ideas

Original/ full of twists - Filled with clichés

Complicated – simplistic

Thought-provoking

Spellbinding - something that is spellbinding is so interesting that it holds your attention completely

Words to describe characters

Original – stereotyped

Believable – unbelievable

Well-rounded – flat

Well-developed – flawed

Convincing – unconvincing

Versatile

Talented

Dialogues

Witty

Amusing

Fast-paced – slow paced

Smart

Obvious

Cast and crew:

Leading male/female actor, actress, supporting actor,

Dubbed

subtitles

Cinematography – camera work

Versatile – having great diversity or variety

To give a cameo – guest appearance

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