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act
verb
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act
noun
c1
acting
noun
a2
action
noun
b2
actioner
noun
c2
action film
noun
b1
action movie
noun
b1
actor
noun
a1
actor-manager
noun
c1
actress
noun
a1
adapt
verb
b2
adaptation
noun
c1
ad lib
adverb
c2
ad lib
noun
c2
ad-lib
verb
c2
ad-lib
adjective
c2
agent
noun
b1
aisle
noun
b2
allegory
noun
c2
amateur dramatics
noun
c2
animate
verb
c1
animated
adjective
b2
animation
noun
b2
anime
noun
c2
appear
verb
b2
art director
noun
c1
artistic director
noun
c1
aside
noun
c2
audience
noun
a2
audition
verb
c2
auditorium
noun
c2
backcloth
noun
c1
backdrop
noun
c1
backlot
noun
c2
backstage
adverb
c2
backstory
noun
c1
baddy
noun
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balcony
noun
c2
ballet
noun
b2
be in the can
idiom
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benefit
noun
c2
BGM
noun
c2
big screen
noun
c2
bill
noun
c2
biopic
noun
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bit part
noun
c2
bit player
noun
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black and white
idiom
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blockbuster
noun
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blockbusting
adjective
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Blu-ray
noun
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Blu-ray Disc™
noun
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B-movie
noun
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bodice-ripper
noun
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body double
noun
c2
Bollywood
noun
c1
booking
noun
b2
booking office
noun
b2
box office
noun
b2
B-picture
noun
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Broadway
noun
c1
buddy movie
noun
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buff
noun
c2
cameo
noun
c2
camera
noun
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cameraman
noun
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camerawoman
noun
b1
camerawork
noun
c1
canister
noun
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cartoon
noun
a2
cast
verb
c1
cast
noun
b2
casting
noun
c1
castmate
noun
c2
celluloid
noun
c2
CGI
abbreviation
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character
noun
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character actor
noun
c1
chick flick
noun
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chorus
noun
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chorus line
noun
c2
cinema
noun
a1
cinemagoer
noun
c1
cinematography
noun
c2
circle
noun
c2
clapperboard
noun
c2
classic
noun
b2
cliffhanger
noun
c2
climax
noun
c1
clip
noun
b2
close-up
noun
c1
colorize
verb
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colourize
verb
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comedy
noun
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comedy of manners
noun
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community theater
noun
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continuity
noun
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co-star
noun
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costume
noun
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costume drama
noun
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costumier
noun
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coup de théâtre
noun
c2
credit
noun
c2
critic
noun
b2
cue
noun
b2
curtain
noun
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curtain call
noun
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curtain-up
noun
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cut
verb
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cut
noun
c1
debutant
noun
c2
debutante
noun
c2
denouement
noun
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detective story
noun
a2
dialogue
noun
a1
direct
verb
b1
direction
noun
c1
director
noun
a2
director’s chair
noun
b2
director’s cut
noun
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dolly
noun
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doorman
noun
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doorwoman
noun
c1
double
noun
b2
double feature
noun
c2
downstage
adverb
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drama
noun
a2
dramatic
adjective
b2
dramatic irony
noun
c2
dramatis personae
noun
c2
dramatist
noun
c1
dramatize
verb
c1
dresser
noun
c1
dressing room
noun
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dress rehearsal
noun
c1
drive-in
noun
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drop curtain
noun
c2
dub
verb
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dub
noun
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DVD
noun
a1
edit
verb
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editor
noun
b2
enact
verb
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ending
noun
a2
entr’acte
noun
c2
epic
noun
c1
epilogue
noun
c2
exit
noun
c1
extra
noun
c1
fade-in
noun
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fade-out
noun
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farce
noun
c2
feature
noun
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feature film
noun
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feature-length
adjective
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fictionalize
verb
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film
noun
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film
verb
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filmgoer
noun
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film-maker
noun
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film noir
noun
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film star
noun
a1
filmstrip
noun
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first night
noun
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flashback
noun
c2
flash-forward
noun
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fleapit
noun
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floodlight
noun
c1
flop
verb
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flop
noun
c2
footage
noun
c1
footlights
noun
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fourth wall
noun
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foyer
noun
c2
fps
abbreviation
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frame
noun
c1
franchise
noun
c2
freeze
verb
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freeze-frame
noun
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fringe theatre
noun
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front of house
noun
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gaffer
noun
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gallery
noun
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gangway
noun
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genre
noun
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god
noun
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goodie
noun
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goody
noun
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green room
noun
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grip
noun
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ham
noun
c2
HD
noun
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heart-throb
noun
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hero
noun
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heroine
noun
a2
Hollywood
noun
a2
Hollywood ending
noun
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home cinema
noun
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home theater
noun
b1
horror
noun
b1
house
noun
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intercut
verb
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interlude
noun
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intermission
noun
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interpretation
noun
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interval
noun
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kabuki
noun
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key grip
noun
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Kollywood
noun
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lead
noun
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leading lady
noun
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lighting engineer
noun
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line
noun
b1
location
noun
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love interest
noun
c1
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noun
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make-up
noun
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manager
noun
b2
masque
noun
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master
noun
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masterpiece
noun
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masterwork
noun
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matinee
noun
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matinee idol
noun
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megastar
noun
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melodrama
noun
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merchandising
noun
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meta
adjective
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method acting
noun
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mezzanine
noun
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mime
noun
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miscast
verb
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mixer
noun
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mocap
noun
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monologue
noun
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montage
noun
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morality play
noun
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motion capture
noun
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motion-capture
verb
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motion picture
noun
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movie
noun
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moviegoer
noun
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movie star
noun
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movie theater
noun
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multiplex
noun
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musical
noun
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music hall
noun
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mystery play
noun
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narrate
verb
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nativity play
noun
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new wave
noun
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Nollywood
noun
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off-Broadway
adjective
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offstage
adjective
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offstage
adverb
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onstage
adjective
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onstage
adverb
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opening
noun
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opening night
noun
b2
orchestra
noun
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orchestra pit
noun
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out-take
noun
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ovation
noun
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overact
verb
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pantomime
noun
c2
part
noun
b1
perform
verb
a2
performance
noun
b1
performer
noun
b1
performing arts
noun
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period piece
noun
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PG
abbreviation
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play
noun
a1
playbill
noun
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player
noun
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playgoer
noun
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playwright
noun
c1
plot
noun
b1
plug
verb
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portray
verb
c1
potboiler
noun
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premiere
noun
c1
pre-production
noun
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pre-production
adjective
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prequel
noun
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press agent
noun
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preview
noun
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preview
verb
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prima donna
noun
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produce
verb
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producer
noun
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production
noun
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production number
noun
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production values
noun
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projector
noun
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prologue
noun
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promoter
noun
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prompt
verb
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prompt
noun
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prompter
noun
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prop
noun
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proscenium
noun
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protagonist
noun
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psychodrama
noun
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publicist
noun
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put on
phrasal verb
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R
abbreviation
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rating
noun
c2
rave review
noun
c2
read-through
noun
c2
reel
noun
c1
rehearsal
noun
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rehearse
verb
b2
release
verb
b2
release
noun
b2
remake
noun
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review
noun
a2
review
verb
a2
revival
noun
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revue
noun
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road movie
noun
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role
noun
a2
romcom
noun
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rough cut
noun
c2
routine
noun
b2
running time
noun
c2
run-through
noun
c2
safety curtain
noun
c2
scenario
noun
b2
scene
noun
a2
scenery
noun
b1
scene-shifter
noun
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scene-shifting
noun
c2
science fiction
noun
a2
sci-fi
noun
b2
score
noun
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screen
noun
a2
screen
verb
b2
screening
noun
b2
screenplay
noun
c1
screen test
noun
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screenwriter
noun
b2
script
noun
b1
season
noun
b2
seiyuu
noun
c2
sell-out
noun
c2
sequel
noun
c1
sequence
noun
c2
set
verb
b1
set
noun
b1
set piece
noun
c2
setting
noun
b1
SFX
abbreviation
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shoot
verb
b2
shooting
noun
b2
short
noun
c2
shot
noun
b2
show business
noun
b2
showing
noun
c1
silent
adjective
b2
silver screen
noun
c2
sketch
noun
c1
slasher
noun
c2
sleeper
noun
c2
smash
noun
c2
soliloquy
noun
c2
sound
noun
a1
sound effect
noun
b2
sound stage
noun
c2
soundtrack
noun
c1
spaghetti western
noun
c2
special effects
noun
b1
speech
noun
b1
spin-off
noun
c2
spoiler
noun
c2
spoiler alert
noun
c2
spoof
noun
c2
spotlight
noun
c1
stage
noun
b1
stage
verb
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stagecraft
noun
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stage direction
noun
c2
stage door
noun
c2
stagehand
noun
c2
stage left
adverb
c2
stage manager
noun
c2
stage right
adverb
c2
stage-struck
adjective
c2
stage whisper
noun
c2
stall
noun
c2
stand-in
noun
c2
star
noun
a1
starlet
noun
c2
still
noun
c2
storyboard
noun
c2
storyboard
verb
c2
storyboarding
noun
c2
story editor
noun
c2
storyline
noun
b2
studio
noun
b1
stunt
noun
b2
stuntman
noun
c1
stuntwoman
noun
c1
subplot
noun
c2
subtitle
noun
b2
superhero
noun
b1
superstar
noun
b1
supporting
adjective
c2
surtitles
noun
c2
suspenseful
adjective
c2
take
noun
c1
takings
noun
c2
talkie
noun
c2
tear-jerker
noun
c2
telefilm
noun
c2
tension
noun
b2
theatre
noun
a1
theatregoer
noun
c1
theatre-going
adjective
c1
theatrical
adjective
c1
theme music
noun
c1
thriller
noun
b1
tout
noun
c2
tragedian
noun
c2
tragedy
noun
b2
tragicomedy
noun
c2
trailer
noun
c1
trouper
noun
c2
twist
noun
c1
two-hander
noun
c2
typecast
verb
c2
U
abbreviation
c2
understudy
noun
c2
upper circle
noun
c2
upstage
adverb
c2
usher
noun
c2
usherette
noun
c2
variety
noun
c2
vaudeville
noun
c2
villain
noun
b2
voice actor
noun
b2
voice-over
noun
c1
wardrobe
noun
c2
wardrobe master
noun
c2
wardrobe mistress
noun
c2
weepy
noun
c2
western
noun
b1
whodunnit
noun
c2
wind machine
noun
b2
wing
noun
c2
young adult
adjective
b1
zoom in
phrasal verb
c2
zoom out
phrasal verb
c2
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