Film And Television Terminology

noun a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes

adjective describing characteristics of an antihero

• The novel's protagonist is portrayed as an antihero, displaying morally ambiguous traits.
• The main character in the movie is kind of an antihero, doing good things but in a questionable way.
• That guy is like the ultimate antihero - he breaks all the rules but still gets the job done.
• In a world full of heroes, sometimes you need an antihero to shake things up and challenge the status quo.

noun a facial expression characterized by lack of emotion or enthusiasm

adjective showing no emotion or enthusiasm

• The speaker delivered the news with a dead pan expression, showing no emotion.
• She told the joke with a dead pan face, making it even funnier.
• He always has this dead pan look on his face, it's kinda creepy.
• Her dead pan delivery of the bad news left everyone feeling uneasy.

noun a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past

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• The novel begins with a flashback to the protagonist's childhood.
• I had a flashback to that time we went camping and got lost in the woods.
• Whenever I hear that song, I always get a flashback to my high school days.
• Seeing the old photo album was like a flashback to a different era.

verb to give a spoken or written account of something

• The historian proceeded to narrate the events leading up to the French Revolution.
• She loves to narrate stories about her travels to exotic destinations.
• I can't wait to hear him narrate the drama that went down at the party last night.
• The artist used vibrant colors to narrate the emotions of the characters in the painting.

noun a written version of a play, movie, or broadcast

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• The playwright spent months perfecting the script for the upcoming theater production.
• I need to memorize my lines from the script for the school play.
• I can't believe he freestyled his entire script for the presentation.
• Life doesn't always follow the script we have in mind.

adjective describing a state of being fully awake and alert

• After a good night's rest, I woke up feeling wide awake and ready for the day ahead.
• I chugged a large coffee so now I'm wide awake and ready to tackle anything!
• I was so pumped up on energy drinks that I was wide awake all night.
• The thrilling movie had me wide awake with excitement until the very end.

adverb in a humorous or amusing way

• The comedian delivered his lines drolly, eliciting polite laughter from the audience.
• She recounted the story of her day drolly, adding humor to even the most mundane events.
• The way he imitated his teacher was so drolly, we couldn't stop laughing.
• The old man looked at the world through drolly tinted glasses, finding humor in everything.

noun camera - a device used to capture images or record videos

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

article a word that is used to specify a noun, such as 'the' or 'a'

• The actor was instructed to spike the camera during the intense scene.
• Hey, did you see that actor spike the camera in the last shot?
• That actor really knows how to spike the camera, it's impressive.
• She always finds a way to spike the camera and steal the spotlight.