Terrific Terms
A method that uses messages or photos to persuade someone to buy a product
What is advertising
What is the news lead
An outline of what the audience sees, hears, and experiences during a film
What is a script
When computers are used to generate the full imagery of a film
What is CGI (Computer Generated Image)
A scene-by-scene description of a screenplay without most or all of the dialogue
What is a plot treatment
An image or headline that tries to get you to click on it, usually for advertising purposes
A feature or human interest story about a specific person
A film with a simple, focused plot
What is high concept
The heart of drama when someone wants something and keeps running into obstacles
What is conflict
What the camera sees
The desire people have to figure out missing information
What is the curiosity gap
The process of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news information
What is journalism
The type of concept film that has a low budget
What is low concept
Proof of ownership of an artistic property that comes with registering your script
What is copyright
A fast-paced, high stakes crime story in which the protagonist is generally in danger at every turn
What is a thriller
The act of determining which stories are newsworthy
What is gatekeeping
A statement that cannot be argued
What is a fact
A one-sentence statement that summarizes what the film is about
What is a logline
A professional whose job includes envisioning costumes, sets, lights, sounds
What is a designer
The character is from a financially unfortunate situation and falls in love with a person whose family is wealthy - what type of plot structure is this?
What is two worlds collide
The five news determinants
What are proximity, prominence, timeliness, consequence/impact, and human interest
Something that pokes fun at the news or uses parody portrayed as conventional news
What is satire
Dialogue in which actors make up what they say in real time on the movie set or stage
What is ad-lib
What is reversal
The three dimensions of character are...