Cinematic vocabulary

A professional who publishes his opinion on a particular movie/ play/book

• Critic

• Mediocre

• character

• puns

Something that’s been used so many times that it no longer surprises or interests the audience; overexposure

• Mediocre

• Hype

• Cliché

• Critical bias

When the characters in a fictional work develop over the course of the story into people you care about

•(ex – “Twilight” is about vampires, but more importantly, it’s the relationship between the characters that makes us care about the story)

• Mediocre

• Character Driven

• High-Concept

• risqué

When the idea behind the story is interesting enough to get people to see the movie without knowing anything else about it

• Plot

• Hype

• Out of Context

• High-Concept

Using different techniques to get the audience excited about the story

• Hype

• out of context

• character

• puns

When a critic reveals secrets and plot points that could ruin the surprise for the audience and lessen their enjoyment of the movie.

• critical bias

• spoiler

• plot

• sequel

When the critic cannot review the film fairly due to a personal problem with something in the film

• Audience demographics

• Ratings system

• Critical bias

• people preference

A clever play on words

• wordplay

• puns

• tongue twister

• word game

When the critic uses a scale to show the degree of how much they recommend the movie

• Scales

• scoring system

• Calification

• Ratings system

When quotes are mixed up and changed around to give the words a different meaning

• randomness

• Hype

• Out of Context

• Blurbs