Class Activity 1

Define these terms & give examples:
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. 

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.

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Define these terms: (no examples needed) 

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.

STORYLINE - The plot of a book or play or film.

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.

Sources: http://www.thefreedictionary.com, http://en.wikipedia.org, http://dictionary.reference.com