Ch. 16 - Films & TV

a crew

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

a shot or take

a short piece of action which is filmed in one continuous session

a sequence

a scene in a film

the credits

the list of people who helped to make it, which is usu shown at the end of the film

the soundtrack

the sound, speech and music

the score

the music which is written or used for a movie

dubbed

the soundtrack you hear is not the actors speaking, but other actors speaking the language of the audience

subtitles

the printed translations that you can read at the bottom of the screen

a voice over

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

go to the pictures/movies

going to a showing of a film at the cinema

a screen

usu. a white or silver surface on which an image is shown

to be screened

shown in the cinema or on television

the screen

the films that are shown

a feature (film)

a full-length film intended as the main item in a cinema programme

a trailer

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

a cinema

a movie theater <AmE>

an announcer

a person who announces or introduces programmes on television or radio

a presenter

introduces the separate parts of a programmes, esp. news or information programmes

an anchorman/woman

a person in a central studio who acts as a link between the different parts of a programme and maintains contacts with people and reporters in other studios

a newscaster/newsreader

reads the news on a television or radio broadcast

talking heads

presenters or other familiar faces who appear on TV giving opinions

a chat show or talk show

a television show in which a host and his or her guests talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics

a phone-in or call-in

a broadcast during which the viewers (or listeners) telephone the studio etc. and participate

a television series

a number of programmes, each complete in itself, linked to each other by the theme, characters, etc.

A feature

a special programme on TV (or on the radio) that is not part of a series, and which is usually about a serious subject

a soap opera

a popular television drama serial about the daily lives and problems of the same group of people, such as “Dallas” or “Dynasty”

A situation comedy or a sitcom

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

a commercial

a television (or radio) advertisement

a repeat or a re-run

a programme, film (or play) that is repeated or put on again

to broadcast/transmit

to be sent out by radio waves, so that it can be seen on television

a broadcast or transmission

sth that is seen on TV or heard on the radio

on the air

they are broadcasting or being broadcast on TV or radio

off the air

they are no longer broadcasting or being broadcast

to tune in

to set the controls of your set so that you can receive that particular station