To direct

a film

A film director

A screenplay (the actions and diaogue of a film)

Actor(s) (actress(es) - still used in Europe for female actors)

The soundtrack consists of the dialogues, the

film score (instrumental music), the sound effects and silence.

The sets (the background)

The lighting

The props (objects)

The special effects (images usually created by computer)

To shoot (film) in the studio

To shoot on location (outside the studio)

The shots (a camera image)

PICTURE GENRES

Picture (UK) / movie (US)

Feature film (long)

Short film

Silent film

Adventure film

Disaster film

Thriller (that keeps you guessing)

Musical

Animated film/cartoon

documentary film

More types: gangster film, detective film, western, comedy, drama,

science fiction film or space opera, war film, horror film …

OTHER USEFUL VOCABULARY

Motion-picture industry

Credits (the names at the end of the film)

To screen a novel (adapt it)

An extra (the people in the films who are not actors)

A stuntman (the person who does the dangerous scenes instead of an actor)

A stunt (a dangerous part of filming usually performed by a stuntman)

An understudy (the person who will replace the actor in case of an emergency - usually in the theatre)

To focus (when the camera lense zooms in)

Blurred (without any defined lines, hard to see)

To dub (to translate the film into another language using voice actors)

An American film dubbed in French

The voice-over (the narration)

The subtitles (a transaltion at the bottom of the screen)

Original version with subtitles

 A cine buff, moviegoer (somebody who loves going to the cinema)

A slow motion (when the action is sower than normal)

A fast motion (the opposite of slow motion)

A trailer (a small part of the film used in cinemas to advertise it)

A flop (an unsuccessful film)

 A box office success / blockbuster