Film Terms 9 - Story, Script, Direction, Production

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pre-production, story, script, direction

 

treatment script/screenplay teleplay
adaptation story plot
theme protagonist antagonist
character traits character conflict rule of threes
three-act structure backstory plot points (turning points)

point-of-view (POV)

INT.

EXT.

beat V/O or V.O. (voice over) O.S. (off screen)
scene sequence moment
climax denouement storyboard
structure juxtaposition pace

story time

running time

closure

flashforward flashback  
moral theme (motif) ideology

red herring

MacGuffin (or McGuffin)

 

 
production, direction
 

principal photography

shooting phase

backlot

set (noun) Alan Smithee wrap
 
acting
 

stylized performance

cue mark
stunt squib

motivation

 
animation
 

computer generated imagery (CGI)

clay animation (claymation)

cels

pixillation animatronics animé