GENRE - A class or catorgary of artistic endeavor having a particularform, content, technique.
Examples; Horror, Romance (Film) Country (Music).
CLICHE - A trite or overused expression or idea.
A person or character whose behaviour is predictable or superficial
Examples; What goes around comes around.
STEREOTYPE - A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "sexual and racial stereotypes.
Examples; Asian are smart.
ANTAGONIST - A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another opponent; adversary.
Examples; Orochimaru (Naruto).
PROTAGONIST - The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
Examples; Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach).
SUPPORTING CHARACTER - A character of a book, play, video game, movie, television or radio shows or other form of storytelling usually used to give added dimension to a main character, by adding a relationship with this character. Sometimes supporting characters may develop a complexity of their own, but this is usually in relation to the main character, rather than entirely independently.
Examples; Ablus Dumbledore (Harry Potter).
COMIC RELIEF - The inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
Examples; Sokka (Avatar).
CHARACTERIZATION - Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
Define these terms: (no examples needed)
Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization
Examples;
(Direct Characterization): The patient boy was well mannered and didn't disobey his parents.
(Indirect Characterization): He used to sleep on newspapers,his clothes were dirty.
-(Direct Characterization): The patient boy was well mannered and didn't disobey his parents.
(Indirect Characterization): He used to sleep on newspapers,his clothes were dirty.
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CONCEPT / CONCEPTUALIZATION - An idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars.
THEME -
A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition.
PITCH - A concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film or TV series generally made by a screenwriter or director to a producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for the writing of a screenplay.
LOGLINE - A brief summary of a television program of film, often providing both a synopsis of the program's plot, and an emotional "hook" to stimulate interest.
CHARACTER BIO - A brief history, description, or analysis of a character in a film.
SYNOPSIS - A synopsis is a brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgement or condensation of a work.
TREATMENT - A film treatment (or treatment for short) is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards (index cards) and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or radio play. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline (or one-page synopsis), and it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits. They read like a short story, except told in the present tense and describing events as they happen. There are two types: the original draft treatment, created during the writing process, and the presentation treatment, created as presentation material.
DEVELOPMENT HELL - In the jargon of the media-industry, "development hell" (or "development limbo") is a period during which a film or other project is trapped in development. A film, television program, screenplay, computer program, concept, or idea stranded in development hell takes an especially long time to start production, or never does.
