Oxford 3, Unit 6, Movies

Choose the correct word for the definition.

It is the story of a book, film, play, etc.

• Blockbuster

• Cast

• Performance

• Plot

How well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or an activity:

• Blockbuster

• Cast

• Performance

• Plot

The actors in a film, play, or show.

• Blockbuster

• Cast

• Performance

• Plot

A book or film that is very successful

• Blockbuster

• Cast

• Performance

• Plot

The text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors and instructions for the cameras.

• scene

• screenplay

• set

• soundtrack

A part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time.

• scene

• screenplay

• set

• soundtrack

If a story, film, etc. is set in a particular time or place, the action in it happens in that time or place.

• scene

• screenplay

• set

• soundtrack

The sounds, especially the music, of a film, or a separate recording of this.

• scene

• screenplay

• set

• soundtrack

Artificial images, esp. in a film, that appear real but are created by artists and technical experts:

• screenplay

• special effects

• trailer

• soundtrack

An advertisement for a film or a television or radio programme, consisting of short parts taken from it:

• screenplay

• special effects

• trailer

• soundtrack