Movie Quotes
"May the Force be with you."
Star Wars
This teenage wizard is famous for his lightning bolt scar and glasses.
Harry Potter
This massive, moon-sized space station is a super-weapon capable of destroying an entire planet.
Too bad they overlooked the design of the thermal exhaust port!
The Death Star (Star Wars)
This is the phase of production where storyboarding, script writing, and shot planning takes place.
Pre-Production
The main character of a story, who the audience is meant to follow on their journey.
The Protagonist
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Forrest Gump
This genius billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist creates a powerful suit of armor to become a superhero after a life-altering experience.
Tony Stark (Iron Man)
A remote island off the coast of Costa Rica that serves as a high-tech theme park for cloned dinosaurs before everything goes wrong.
Isla Nublar (Jurassic Park)
This is the phase of production where filming takes place on set with actual video production equipment.
The part in a narrative structure where information is provided to the audience, including the setting, characters, backstory, and general theme.
Exposition
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
The Princess Bride
This legendary archeologist is known for his bullwhip, fedora, and fear of snakes.
Indiana Jones
This highly advanced, technologically-superior nation, rich in Vibranium, is secretly hidden in the jungles of Africa.
Wakanda (The Black Panther)
This is the phase of production when video editing, sound design, and special effects are applied.
Post-production
The pivotal moment of the story, where the conflict comes to a head and the tension is at its highest.
The Climax
"There's no place like home."
The Wizard of Oz
A young hobbit from the Shire tasked with destroying a powerful ring in Mount Doom.
Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
This fictional jungle in Africa is the home of Simba and his family, and the setting for the iconic "Circle of Life" ceremony.
The Pride Lands (The Lion King)
A series of illustrations or images that serve as a visual blueprint, showing the shots and action in a scene before filming begins.
Storyboards
The series of escalating events, conflicts, and challenges that leads a story directly to its turning point.
Rising Action
"You can't handle the truth!"
A Few Good Men?
This computer hacker is told by a mysterious group of rebels that he is "The One," destined to free humanity from a simulated reality.
Neo (The Matrix)
In Ready Player One, this is the name of the vast, immersive virtual reality universe where players go to escape the dreary real world.
The OASIS
Adobe Premiere Pro
This five-part structure, named after a 19th-century German playwright, includes the rising action, climax, and falling action.
Freytag's Pyramid