Vocabulary
VOCABULARY
CINEMA
Cinema (BE): a theatre where films are shown for public entertainment.
Example: ‘I was weaned on a diet of Hollywood fantasy at my local’cinema’
Movie (US), film: a cinema film.
Example: ‘a movie star’
Action film: such a film featuring fast-moving action; = "action movie"
Cartoon: a film using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects.
Comedy: a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh.
Detective film: a movie denoting a rank of police officer with investigative duties
Horror film: a literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror.
Science-fiction film: a fiction movie based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
Silent film: without an accompanying soundtrack.
Actor: a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.
Actress: a woman whose profession is acting on stage, in films, or on television
Cameraman: a person whose profession is operating a video, television, or film camera.
Cast: the actors taking part in a play, film, or other production.
Cinema review: a critical appraisal of a book, play, film, etc. published in a newspaper or magazine.
Dialogue: a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.
Director: a person who supervises the actors and other staff in a film, play, or similar production. Extras: a person engaged temporarily to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play.
Producer: a person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc.
Role: an actor's part in a play, film, etc.
Scene: a sequence of continuous action in a play, film, opera, or book.
Screenwriter: a person who writes a screenplay.
Set: represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place. Studio: a place where cinema films are made or produced.
Subtitles: captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative.
TELEVISION
Media: the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.
Example: ‘their demands were publicized by the media’
Soap opera: a television or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.
Sitcom: a situation comedy.
Drama: a play for theatre, radio, or television.
News broadcast: transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.
Music programme: music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events. Sports programme: a planned series of future events or performances related with an occasion on which people compete in various athletic activities.
Weather forecast: an analysis of the state of the weather in an area with an assessment of likely developments.
Variety show: a theatrical show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances or acts, such as comedy turns, songs, dances, sketches, etc
Talk show: a chat show, especially one in which listeners, viewers, or the studio audience are invited to participate in the discussion
Game show, quiz show: a television programme in which people compete to win prizes./ A broadcast entertainment programme in which people compete in a quiz, typically for prizes.
Reality show: a television programme in which ordinary people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative.
Example: ‘a reality show following young people who are trying to become professional athletes’ Commercial: (of television or radio) funded by the revenue from broadcast advertisements.
Episode: each of the separate instalments into which a serialized story or radio or television programme is divided.
Character: a person in a novel, play, or film.
Satellite dish: a bowl-shaped aerial with which signals are transmitted to or received from a communications satellite.
Radio: the activity or industry of broadcasting sound programmes to the public.
Headphones: a pair of earphones joined by a band placed over the head, for listening to audio signals such as music or speech.
Speakers: a device consisting of a magnet and a diaphragm of paper, plastic, etc., for converting electrical signals to sound waves that are radiated into the air
Broadsheet: a newspaper with a large format, regarded as more serious and less sensationalist than tabloids
Editorial: relating to the part of a newspaper or magazine that contains news, information, or comment as opposed to advertising.
Ad/Advertisement: a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.
Crossword: a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.
Magazine: a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, often on a particular subject or aimed at a particular readership.
Comic: causing or meant to cause laughter.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Oxford University Press. “Oxford Dictionaries | The World’s Most Trusted Dictionary Provider.” 2017. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Dec. 2017. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
EXERCISE ONE VOCABULARY CINEMA AND TELEVISION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Oxford University Press. “Oxford Dictionaries | The World’s Most Trusted Dictionary Provider.” 2017. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Dec. 2017. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
EXERCISE TWO VOCABULARY CINEMA AND TELEVISION
Complete the sentences with jobs in the media
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Oxford University Press. “Oxford Dictionaries | The World’s Most Trusted Dictionary Provider.” 2017. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Dec. 2017. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
Latham-Koeing,Christina;Oxenden, Clive; Hudson, Jane. ENGLISH FILE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press , 2014.
CINEMA
Cinema (BE): a theatre where films are shown for public entertainment.
Example: ‘I was weaned on a diet of Hollywood fantasy at my local’cinema’
Movie (US), film: a cinema film.
Example: ‘a movie star’
Action film: such a film featuring fast-moving action; = "action movie"
Cartoon: a film using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects.
Comedy: a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh.
Detective film: a movie denoting a rank of police officer with investigative duties
Horror film: a literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror.
Science-fiction film: a fiction movie based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
Silent film: without an accompanying soundtrack.
Actor: a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.
Actress: a woman whose profession is acting on stage, in films, or on television
Cameraman: a person whose profession is operating a video, television, or film camera.
Cast: the actors taking part in a play, film, or other production.
Cinema review: a critical appraisal of a book, play, film, etc. published in a newspaper or magazine.
Dialogue: a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.
Director: a person who supervises the actors and other staff in a film, play, or similar production. Extras: a person engaged temporarily to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play.
Producer: a person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc.
Role: an actor's part in a play, film, etc.
Scene: a sequence of continuous action in a play, film, opera, or book.
Screenwriter: a person who writes a screenplay.
Set: represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place. Studio: a place where cinema films are made or produced.
Subtitles: captions displayed at the bottom of a cinema or television screen that translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative.
TELEVISION
Media: the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.
Example: ‘their demands were publicized by the media’
Soap opera: a television or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.
Sitcom: a situation comedy.
Drama: a play for theatre, radio, or television.
News broadcast: transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.
Music programme: music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events. Sports programme: a planned series of future events or performances related with an occasion on which people compete in various athletic activities.
Weather forecast: an analysis of the state of the weather in an area with an assessment of likely developments.
Variety show: a theatrical show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances or acts, such as comedy turns, songs, dances, sketches, etc
Talk show: a chat show, especially one in which listeners, viewers, or the studio audience are invited to participate in the discussion
Game show, quiz show: a television programme in which people compete to win prizes./ A broadcast entertainment programme in which people compete in a quiz, typically for prizes.
Reality show: a television programme in which ordinary people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative.
Example: ‘a reality show following young people who are trying to become professional athletes’ Commercial: (of television or radio) funded by the revenue from broadcast advertisements.
Episode: each of the separate instalments into which a serialized story or radio or television programme is divided.
Character: a person in a novel, play, or film.
Satellite dish: a bowl-shaped aerial with which signals are transmitted to or received from a communications satellite.
Radio: the activity or industry of broadcasting sound programmes to the public.
Headphones: a pair of earphones joined by a band placed over the head, for listening to audio signals such as music or speech.
Speakers: a device consisting of a magnet and a diaphragm of paper, plastic, etc., for converting electrical signals to sound waves that are radiated into the air
Broadsheet: a newspaper with a large format, regarded as more serious and less sensationalist than tabloids
Editorial: relating to the part of a newspaper or magazine that contains news, information, or comment as opposed to advertising.
Ad/Advertisement: a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.
Crossword: a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.
Magazine: a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, often on a particular subject or aimed at a particular readership.
Comic: causing or meant to cause laughter.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Oxford University Press. “Oxford Dictionaries | The World’s Most Trusted Dictionary Provider.” 2017. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Dec. 2017. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
EXERCISE ONE VOCABULARY CINEMA AND TELEVISION
Crossword
Complete the crossword with the topic "cinema and television". If you have no idea press "clue" to get the first letter and then check.
Oxford University Press. “Oxford Dictionaries | The World’s Most Trusted Dictionary Provider.” 2017. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Dec. 2017. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
EXERCISE TWO VOCABULARY CINEMA AND TELEVISION
Complete the sentences with jobs in the media
Gap-fill exercise
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Oxford University Press. “Oxford Dictionaries | The World’s Most Trusted Dictionary Provider.” 2017. N.p., 2017. Web. 8 Dec. 2017. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
Latham-Koeing,Christina;Oxenden, Clive; Hudson, Jane. ENGLISH FILE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press , 2014.
