16 Film & tv

to shoot (a shot / a take)

to photograph (a short piece of action which is filmed in one continuous session)

a director (to direct sth)

the one who directs a film

a (film) crew

a group of technically skilled people who work together in the making of a film

to edit sth / to cut sth

when you choose the best shots & arrange them in particular order

a sequence

a scene in a movie

the credits

list of people who helped to make a movie, which is usu shown at end of film

a soundtrack

sound, speech, music

a score

music which is written or used for it

to subtitle sth (subtitles)

to translate sth written & shown at bottom of screen

to dub sth

when an other actor speaks the language of the audience (the soundtrack you hear is not the actors speaking)

a voice-over

commentary which is heard as part of a film or television programme but which is spoken by sb who's not actually seen

to go to the pictures (BrE) / to go to the movies (AmE)

when you go to a showing of a film at cinema

a cinema / a movie theatre (AmE)

the place a movie's shown

to screen sth (a screen, the screen)

to show sth in the cinema or on tv (a white or silver surface on which an image is shown, the film shown)

a feature (film)

full-length film intended as main item in cinema programme

a trailer

series of brief extracts from film used to advertise it in advance

an announcer

person who announces or introduces programmes on tv or radio

a presenter (BrE)

person who introduces separate parts of programme, esp news or information programmes

an anchor(wo)man / an anchor

person in central studio who acts as a link between different parts of programme & maintain contacts with people/reporters in studio

a newscaster / a newsreader

person who reads the news on tv or radio broadcast

talking heads

presenters or familiar faces who appear on tv giving opinions

a chat show (BrE) / a talk show (AmE)

tv or radio show in which host & guests talk in friendly/informal way about different topics

a host(ess) (to host sth)

presenter of chat show

a phone-in (BrE) / a call-in (AmE)

broadcast during which viewers (or listeners) telephone studio… & participate

a series

number of programmes, each complete in itself, linked to each other by theme, characters…

a feature

special programme on tv or on radio that's not part of series & which is usu about serious subject

a soap opera

popular tv drama serial about daily lives & problems of same group of people (no fixed number of episodes)

a situation comedy / a sitcom

comedy which shows characters in amusing situations that are similar to everyday life

a commercial

tv or radio ad

a repeat / a re-run

programma, film or play that's repeated or put on again

to broadcast / to transmit sth

to sent out sth by radio waves so that it can be seen on tv or heard on radio

a broadcast / a transmission

sth that's seen on tv or heard on radio

on the air OR off the air

sb who's broadcasting on tv or radio & OPPOSITE

to receive sth

when tv or radio set receives signals, it changes them into pictures & sounds

to tune in (to be tuned in to sth)

when you set controls of your set so that you can receive that particular station