This section is a compilation of words,
expressions or phrases which appear on the blog. By drawing your attention to
them, I intend to clarify their meaning and help you to gain confidence so that
you can incorporate new vocabulary into your daily practice of the English
language.
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Film buff / /fɪlm bʌf/: someone who is interested and knows a lot
about a particular subject. “Film buff” is a very common expression as well as
“computer buff” or “wine buff”.
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Host /həʊst/: the presenter of a television or radio
programme. There is also a feminine noun: hostess. This is the meaning that has
appeared repeatedly throughout the first posts of the blog. However, another
common meaning refers to a person who receives or entertains other people as
guests, e.g: “a dinner-party host”.
This word has also been used as a verb: to host
= to act as a host at an event or for a television or radio programme. e.g: “London hosted the Olympic
Games in 2012”;
“Seth MacFarlane has hosted the Oscars this year”.
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Subtitle(s) [plural] /´sʌb,taɪt(ə)l/ : a translation of what people are
saying in a foreign language film or television programme that appears at the
bottom of the screen.
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To dub /dʌb/: to provide (a film) with a soundtrack in a
different language from the original.e.g: “American films are usually dubbed
into Spanish.”
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Soundtrack /´saʊn(d),træk/ : a recording of the musical accompaniment
of a film.
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To release
/rɪˈli:s/ : to make (a film,
recording, or other product) available to the public.
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Plot /plɒt/ : the main events of a
play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an
interrelated sequence.
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To put sb off
/pʊt ɒf/: :to to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something.
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Sci-fi /ˈsaɪ faɪ / : short for science fiction " books and films about imaginary
events and characters often dealing with space travel and life on other
planets, futuristic science and technology or parallel universes.→Sci-fi film /ꞌsaI faI fIlm/
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Screen /skri:n/ : (countable) the
flat surface in a cinema where the picture is shown;(uncountable)
cinema in general;(only before noun) connected with the cinema.
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Review /rɪˈvju:/ an article that
critically examines a new book, play, film, art exhibition and so on.
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Cast /kɑ:st/: the set of actors taking part in a play, film or other production.
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Director /dɪˈrektə(r), dʌɪˈrektə(r)/ :a person who supervises and
instructs the set of actors and other staff in a film, play, or similar
production.
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Film adaptation " adaptation
/adəpꞌteɪʃ(ə)n/ : a film,
television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work.
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Hype /haɪp/: the use of a lot of advertisements
and other publicity to influence or interest people.
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Classic /ꞌklæsIK/(countable noun) a work of art of recognized and established value.
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Screenwriter /´skri:n,raItə(r)/: a
person who writes a screenplay→ the script of
a film, including acting instructions and scene directions.
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Film reviewer → reviewer /rɪˈvjuːə(r)/: a person who writes
critical appraisals of books, plays, films, exhibitions or other type of
artistic expression for publication. (appraisal → an act of assessing something
or someone)
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Opening gala /əᴕp(ə)nIᶇ/→ the initial gala /ˈɡɑːlə/ or/ˈɡeɪlə/ : a celebration
or a special event to celebrate something.
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Film festival /fɪlm ꞌfestIv(ə)l/: an organized event at which many
films are shown; it is typically held annually in the same town.
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Trilogy /ˈtrɪlədʒi/: a group of three related novels, films or plays.
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Script /skrɪpt/:
the written text of a play, film, radio or television programme or speech.
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To shoot /ʃuːt/: to take photographs or to make a film or video (to shoot / shot/
shot: /ʃɒt/)
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Film-maker/ˈfɪlmˌmeɪkər/: a person who directs or produces
films.
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To reprise /rɪˈpriːz/:to repeat a performance
or a piece of music.
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To masquerade /ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/: to pretend to be
someone that you are not→ Someone masquerades as someone else, e.g. In Under the Skin Scarlett Johansson plays
the part of an alien who masquerades as an attractive woman, that is, the alien
pretends to be an attractive woman.
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Mainstream /ˈmeɪnstriːm/: (adjective) considered
ordinary, normal or conventional and accepted or used by most people.
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Premiere /ˈprɛmɪeə/: the first public performance of a
play or the first showing of a film.
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To present someone with /prɪˈzent/: to give something (an award or a
gift) to someone in a formal or ceremonial way.
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To hit the screen /hɪt ðə
skriːn/: an expression which means that a new film
will be shown at the cinema. = to come to the screen / to reach the screen.
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Film noir: /fɪlm ˈnwɑː/: a style or genre of
films marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism and menace. The term was
originally applied by a group of French critics to American thriller or
detective films made in the period of 1944-1954.
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The big screen /ðə bɪg
skriːn/: a colloquial expression to refer to the
cinema.
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Improvisational /ˌɪmprəvʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l/:
characterized by spontaneous performance, especially in music or drama.
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Stand-up /ˈstandʌp/: a
comedian who performs by standing in front of an audience and telling jokes.
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To premiere /ˈprɛmɪeə/: to have the
first performance of theatrical work or a film.
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Romcom /ˈrɒmkɒm/: an informal way of referring to a romantic
comedy.
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Genre /ˈ(d)ʒɒnrə/: a
term used in relation to films, writing or art to refer to a particular category
or style which can be recognised by
certain features.
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To play host /pleɪ həʊst/:
an expression used to refer to a person,
place or organisation that holds an event to which others are invited.
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Behind the scenes /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə
siːnz/ : out of sight of the public at a
theatre, cinema or organisation.
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Sypnosis /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/: an
outline or short summary of the plot of a play, film or book.
- Sleuth: /slu:θ/: an old-fashioned or humorous way of referring to a detective.
- Whodunnit:/hu:dɅnɪt/ (or whodunit): a novel, film o play which is about a murder and which does not tell you who the murderer is until the end.
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