MOVIES VOCABULARY

Films were music and dance routines are central to the story

• musicians

• musical

• comedies

• drama

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Movies that are scary or tell a frightening story, usually with ghosts or murderers as important characters

• horror

• action

• musicals

• sci-fi

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

movies that are funny and make us laugh

• drama

• detective

• comedy

• musicals

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The group of actors that play different roles in movies

• the director

• the producers

• the cast

• the extras

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The person who cuts shots and join them together (edits the film)

• editor

• cinematographer

• director

• producer

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The person who writes a film's screenplay and the actors' dialogue is the

• Producer

• Director

• Cast

• Screenwriter

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The story of a book or a film

• The cast

• The plot

• The setting

• The set

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Artificial images in a film that look real but they are created by artists and technical experts

• Production

• special effects

• 3D

• Fantasy

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A part of a film where they tell something from the past of the story

• A flashback

• A flashforward

• A flashmemory

• memory

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A book, film, or play that continues the story of the previous one

• A prequel

• A saga

• A sequel

• A short film

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C