Ch. 16 - Films & TV

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a crew

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

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a shot or take

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

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a sequence

a scene in a film

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the credits

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

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the soundtrack

the sound, speech and music

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the score

the music which is written or used for a movie

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dubbed

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

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subtitles

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

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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

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go to the pictures/movies

going to a showing of a film at the cinema

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a screen

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

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to be screened

shown in the cinema or on television

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the screen

the films that are shown

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a feature (film)

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

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a trailer

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

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a cinema

a movie theater <AmE>

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an announcer

a person who announces or introduces programmes on television or radio

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a presenter

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

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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

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a newscaster/newsreader

reads the news on a television or radio broadcast

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talking heads

presenters or other familiar faces who appear on TV giving opinions

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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

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a phone-in or call-in

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

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a television series

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

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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

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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”

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A situation comedy or a sitcom

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

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a commercial

a television (or radio) advertisement

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a repeat or a re-run

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

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to broadcast/transmit

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

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a broadcast or transmission

sth that is seen on TV or heard on the radio

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on the air

they are broadcasting or being broadcast on TV or radio

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off the air

they are no longer broadcasting or being broadcast

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to tune in

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

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