U4. Movie related vocabulary

The events that make up a storyline

• Plot

• scene

• credits

• sequel

a very big change in the expected storyline of a movie

• scene

• adaptation

• plot twist

• premise

a list of the names of the people who helped make a movie

• protagonists

• credits

• antagonists

• thespians

a movie that continues the story of another movie

• plot

• premise

• prequel

• sequel

a movie that tells the events that occurred before a particular movie

• sequel

• prequel

• scene

• premise

the spoken words of a movie written as text—usually for the hearing impaired

• closed captions

• subtitles

• ushers

• underdogs

the main idea of a movie

• spoiler

• premise

• plot

• trailer

perform terribly or worse than expected

• flop

• understudy

• underdog

• film buff

describes a film that was given more praise than it deserved

• overqualified

• overhyped

• gory

• tear-jerker

describes a movie with lots of blood and violence

• raunchy

• overhyped

• gory

• tear-jerker