Editing and Lighting
The tonal range of the image. Contrast is simply difference, and in film, contrast usually alludes to tone, and tone denotes the brightness of objects.
Climax
The climax is the high point of the movie where the protagonist, based on the knowledge gained from the rising action, determines what the final action needs to be taken in order to resolve the conflict.
Protagonist
The protagonist is the character who drives the action--the character whose fate matters most. In other words, they are involved in —and often central to—the plot or conflict of the story, but are also usually the emotional heart of the narrative.
Foreshadowing
A literary device where a writer gives a sneaky hint about what's going to happen later in the story.
Directors
Directors audition and cast actors; assemble and oversee the production team; provide design directives; lead rehearsals; and manage the production schedule of the project, ensuring that all the moving parts connect.
Back Lighting
Backlight is often used to separate an object or an actor from a dark background and give the subject more shape and depth. Backlighting can help bring your subject out and away from looking two-dimensional
Rising Action
The rising action is the second of six essential plot elements, which comes right after the opening of a story, otherwise known as the exposition. It is usually made up of a series of events that lay down breadcrumbs, ask questions, and set roadblocks and conflicts that must be overcome.
Antagonist
The antagonist is the opposer or combatant working against the protagonist's or leading characters' goal (“antagonizing”) and creating the main conflict. The antagonist can be one character or a group of characters.
Dramatic irony is when the audience understands more about a situation than some of the characters do.
Producers
Producers will come up with story ideas and hire writers or choose and secure rights to scripts.
Limbo Lighting
A lighting technique in which the background of the set is lit to create the illusion of a solid-colored, indistinct background.
Falling Action
Falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.
Supporting Characters
A supporting character is a person who plays a role in the life of a story's protagonist. Novelists and screenwriters don't anchor a story around supporting characters, but they use them in the process of world building to create a compelling backdrop to the main character's story arc.
Verbal Irony
In movies and TV, these are lines given that directly contradict what we see on screen. A lot of times, these can be sarcastic comments, but they're not always supposed to be mean or snippy.
Screenwriters
A screenwriter is essentially a writer who creates or adapts a story into a script for the entertainment industry.
Transition
A film transition is a technique used in the post-production process of film editing and video editing by which scenes or shots are combined. Most commonly this is through a normal cut to the next shot.
Exposition
Exposition is a literary term that refers to the background information the audience needs to know for the world of your story to make sense.
Soundtrack/Score
Soundtrack-Soundtrack is the compilation of songs and sounds that comprise all of the film's music.
Score-A score is the specific musical piece or incidental music that accompanies a scene or moment in the film
Symbolism
Symbolism is the art of imbuing objects or things with meaning, making them represent something more than the sum of its parts
Cinematographer
Cinematographers play an essential role in film production, dictating the overall look and visual style of a motion picture, television show, music video, or advert.
Continuity
Continuity is the principle of making sure that all details in a film or TV show are consistent from shot to shot and from scene to scene.
Resolution
The resolution is the end of the story. It occurs after the climax.
Sound effects/Background sound
Sound Effect-Sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music
Background Sound- Ambient sound broadly denotes the background sounds that are present in a location: wind, water, birds, room tone, office rumbles, traffic, forest murmurs, waves from seashore, neighborhood mutters, and so on.
Conflict
In literature and film, conflict is a clash between two opposing forces that creates the narrative thread for a story.
Operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.