pre-production, story, script, direction |
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| treatment | script/screenplay | teleplay |
| adaptation | story | plot |
plot points (turning points) |
protagonist | antagonist |
| character traits | character conflict | rule of threes |
| three-act structure | backstory | storyboard |
| scene | sequence | story setting vs. actual location |
| climax | denouement | closure |
| structure | juxtaposition | pace |
story time |
running time |
flashback |
| flashforward | red herring | MacGuffin (or McGuffin) |
| moral | theme (motif) | moment — a supremely memorable point in a film; examples: |
EXT. — in a screenplay, an outside (exterior) scene, though it may be shot on a sound stage for technical convenience |
INT. — in a screenplay, an inside scene |
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| O.S. — in a screenplay, the speaker of the dialog is technically in the scene but off screen | V/O or V.O. — in a screenplay, a voice over, or a voice acting as a narrator | POV — point-of-view, as in POV SHOT |
production,
direction |
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principal photography |
shooting phase |
backlot |
| set (noun) | Alan Smithee | wrap |
acting |
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stylized performance |
cue | mark |
| stunt | squib |
motivation |
animation |
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computer generated imagery (CGI) |
clay animation (claymation) |
cels |
| pixillation | animatronics | animé |