actor-manager
/ˈæktɚmˈænɪdʒɚ/
nounsomeone who manages a theater company and also acts in their plays
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art director
/ˈɑːɹt dɚɹˈɛktɚ/
nounsomeone who is in charge of the artistic features, such as props and costumes of a movie or play
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1. an art director it's awesome.
2. I'm the art director.
3. And the art director works under them as sort of the business end of that.
4. I'm the art director here at Blizzard Entertainment on Hearthstone.
5. Art directors interpret their employer’s or a client’s vision to create the visual style of print publications, movie, and television productions.
dresser
/ˈdɹɛsɝ/
nounsomeone whose job is to help an actor get dressed for a play or is in charge of their costumes
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1. This crab is a picky dresser.
2. My dresser has many drawers.
3. Do you have a dresser?
4. Turn a hefty dresser into a modern media consul.
5. A dresser, that's good.
lead
/ˈɫɛd/, /ˈɫid/
nounan actor who plays the main role in a play or movie
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1. A culinary choice in South China led to a fatal infection in Hong Kong, subsequently 8,000 cases of SARS, nearly 1,000 deaths, 30 countries, six continents.
2. My ego is leading the way.
3. The royal always leads the way.
4. Lead your partner.
5. - Lead the conversation.
moviegoer
/ˈmuˌviˌɡoʊɝ/
nounsomeone who, on a regular basis, goes to the cinema
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1. Ingrained in every moviegoer's brain is the smell of buttery popcorn.
2. One moviegoer was a dentist and his name was Charles Pincus.
3. Moviegoers were wowed by the perfect smiles of their favorite stars.
4. From Toy Story to Coco, the studio has become a favorite of moviegoers of all ages.
5. [screaming] - This moment from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, became indelible in the minds of moviegoers the world over.
Bollywood
/bˈɑːliwˌʊd/
nounthe film industry of India, based in the city of Mumbai
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1. Bollywood is a fictitious thing.
2. A Bollywood actor sang a line on a DVD in a cafe.
3. Thanks to Bollywood They got really good food really nice people.
4. And one of those things was Bollywood.
5. I was Bollywood.
Broadway
/bɹˈɔːdweɪ/
nouna well-known street in New York City where many theaters are located, which is considered the center of theater industry in the US
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1. Broadway: Extend the arms.
2. Broadway: Extend the arms.
3. Broadway: Follow through.
4. Broadway: Follow through.
5. Broadway: You got that ball
backdrop
/ˈbækˌdɹɑp/
nouna piece of painted cloth that is hung at the back of a theater stage as part of the scenery
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1. That backdrop is very important.
2. The ruins on top of Weathertop create the backdrop for one of Frodo's most harrowing adventures.
3. Love that backdrop.
4. - I like the backdrop.
5. We love our backdrop.
adaptation
/ˌædəpˈteɪʃən/
nouna movie, TV program, etc. that is based on a book or play
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1. This adaptation has to do with a specialized enzyme: lactase.
2. Other creatures' eyes display different adaptations.
3. Adaptation is already happening.
4. Adaptation is already happening.
5. Our point was adaptation.
camerawork
/kˈæmɹəwˌɜːk/
nounthe style in which a movie or photograph is shot
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1. It has practical lighting and intimate camerawork.
2. What a surprise Look at that coordination with the camerawork and Randy Savage as an actor Woah Man!
3. The opening chase sequence is a death-defying spectacle, employing Matthew Vaughn's signature frenetic camerawork.
4. Yeah, but you're admiring the camerawork, not the game.
5. - I am admiring the camerawork.
casting
/ˈkæstɪŋ/
nounthe process of assigning roles and parts to actors or performers in a movie, play, etc.
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1. -They're central casting.
2. Casting is a key ingredient in the secret sauce of great filmmaking.
3. You talk central casting.
4. Casting is officially closed!
5. Good casting can bring a script to life.
screenplay
/ˈskɹinˌpɫeɪ/
nounthe script and written instructions used in producing a motion picture
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1. My screenplay's on that!
2. So he wrote the screenplay.
3. I love her screenplays.
4. Write another screenplay.
5. He wrote a screenplay.
climax
/ˈkɫaɪˌmæks/
nounthe most significant moment in a story, play, movie, etc. with a high dramatic suspense
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1. You both reach climax simultaneously.
2. An elephant ride climaxes the visit to Amber.
3. By 1794, The Northwest Indian war was nearing its climax.
4. You climaxed?
5. You climaxed?
closeup
/ˈkɫoʊˈsəp/
nouna detailed and tightly framed photograph or film shot of a subject at close range
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1. Getting a good closeup on that?
2. Going in for the closeups.
3. It takes closeup images really well and really sharply.
4. Look at them closeup.
5. Can you get a closeup?
to cut
/ˈkət/
verbto stop filming or recording
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1. How can you cut the blob entirely into acute triangles and stop it from destroying the planet?
2. [Crew Member] Cut the bun! -
3. - Cut my toe nails too.
4. - Cut your toe nails?
5. This cheekbone could cut diamonds!
to dramatize
/ˈdɹæməˌtaɪz/, /ˈdɹɑməˌtaɪz/
verbto make a movie or write a play based on a book or event
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1. [or] did the play Rather Dramatize
2. That's dramatize.
3. It dramatizes it.
4. So the re-composition of the playing field is dramatized in some sense through that imperfect command of the English language.
5. The movies really dramatize prison escapes.
to dub
/ˈdəb/
verbto change the original language of a movie or TV show into another language
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1. Scientists have dubbed this cumulative effect as sleep debt.
2. Dubbing for a lot of commercials and films and stuff like that.
3. What's a dub?
4. Narrator: MacPhee's disease idea was dubbed the lll Theory.
5. She even dubbed her home in Montecito, California, the quote, "Promised Land."
to narrate
/ˈnɛˌɹeɪt/
verbto explain the events taking place in a movie, documentary, etc. as part of the program itself
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1. Describing-- narrating this scene.
2. Um, narrate my life.
3. Music does not narrate.
4. You can narrate your day.
5. First narrate your day every step of the way.
to portray
/pɔɹˈtɹeɪ/
verbto play the role of a character in a movie, play, etc.
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1. A young merchant portrayed the human suffering.
2. She portrays her name.
3. They portray scientists well.
4. Extensive battle scenes are portrayed, highly detailed armours, horses, and dozens of warriors.
5. We portray women all shapes and colors, sizes, religion.
epic
/ˈɛpɪk/
nouna long movie or book full of adventure that could be about a historical event
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1. My mom is epic!
2. That little drive was epic.
3. That humor was epic.
4. That math class was epic!
5. The search was epic.
feature film
/fˈiːtʃɚ fˈɪlm/
nouna full-length movie that has a story
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1. Additionally, the band made five feature films, received ten Grammy Awards and even an Oscar.
2. My first feature film was Batman Returns.
3. That's my feature film.
4. I'm making a feature film!
5. Our first feature film, A Trip To Unicorn Island is now available in so many more countries.
frame
/ˈfɹeɪm/
nounone of a series of photographs forming a movie or video
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1. Many investors frame gold as a perfect hedge for inflation.
2. The film frames the narrative through Wilfred's telling of events.
3. Mistake number fourteen is framing your conversations around negativity.
4. Its long mane frames its bare face, thus the feline namesake.
5. Frames the spaceship Earth ball.
floodlight
/ˈfɫədˌɫaɪt/
nouna large lamp that produces a powerful beam of light used for lighting areas such as sports grounds or the outside of buildings
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1. The search went on through the night, under the glare of floodlights and the watchful eye of anxious parents.
2. The floodlight Cam 2 Pro does have motion tracking up to 40 feet away.
3. Uplights or spotlights for trees, floodlights for beds, and path lights illuminate a landscape for nighttime enjoyment.
4. Imagine a floodlight coming through your bedroom window.
5. When that didn't work, he aimed massive floodlights at their house all night long.
projector
/pɹəˈdʒɛktɝ/
nouna device used for making images or videos appear on a screen, wall, or other flat surfaces
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1. You got a 4,000-lumen laser frickin' projector.
2. And as for content, every projector has an HTMI input.
3. For under a hundred bucks, this projector does the job.
4. We set up the projector right here.
5. That projector is so cool.
reel
/ˈɹiɫ/
nouna circular item around which film, wire, etc. is wound
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1. Each story reel is like a rewrite.
2. So things like the air conditioner, the dryer, the hose reel.
3. His mind was reeling.
4. One of my favorite brands is Reel paper.
5. - Reel the baby in. -
interpretation
/ˌɪnˌtɝpɹɪˈteɪʃən/
nouna representation that an actor or a performer gives of an artistic or musical piece that shows their understanding and feeling toward it
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1. Interpretation is a powerful thing.
2. It needs interpretation.
3. Thinking is interpretation.
4. Interpretation is the real story of the performer.
5. Interpretation is subject to perspective.
premiere
/pɹɛˈmɪɹ/
nounthe first public screening or performance of a movie or play
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1. Prehistoric Road Trip premieres Wednesdays, June 17th-July 1st at 10/9c.
2. The show premiered in October, 1966.
3. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
4. The series premiered in November of that year.
5. Matt James' season of The Bachelor premiered on Monday, January 4th.
score
/ˈskɔɹ/
nounthe music composed for a movie or play
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1. Only the Prussian allies and the Hunters scored victories on the Austrians.
2. Justice has scored the tying run, Bream to the plate.
3. - 16-year-old lifeguards can score cigs.
4. Scored two goals.
5. Scored two goals.
spotlight
/ˈspɑtˌɫaɪt/
nouna lamp that produces a very strong beam of light that can be cast on someone or something, particularly a person on stage
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1. spotlight draw attention to an issue
2. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
3. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
4. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
5. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
backstage
/ˈbækˈsteɪdʒ/
nounthe part of a theater that is out of the audience's sight where performers can change their clothes
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1. Going backstage.
2. -I scared Jimmy backstage.
3. have 300 puppies backstage.
4. -Okay, my backstage has many pictures of me.
5. The three scenes will each take place backstage before a product launch.
legendary
/ˈɫɛdʒənˌdɛɹi/
adjectivevery well-known and admired
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1. His Jordan 3 design became legendary.
2. Their brutality was legendary.
3. New York pizza is legendary.
4. His crusades are legendary.
5. The Peruvian’s treasure is legendary.
theatrical
/θiˈætɹɪkəɫ/
adjectiverelated or belonging to the theater or acting
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1. Some theatrical productions have gone on as long as six.
2. It's more theatrical.
3. Theatrical culture it was also global.
4. - It was very theatrical.
5. He's very theatrical.
break a leg
/bɹˈeɪk ɐ lˈɛɡ/
sentenceused to wish a person good luck, particularly before their performance
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1. If you break a leg, if you have an operation on the stomach, if you have a serious accident or if you have a disease like cancer, you get prescribed paracetamol, something like ibuprofen, et cetera.
2. It means basically good luck, or go you, or break a leg.
3. Break a leg on your next presentation!
4. Break a leg out there.
5. - We're gonna break a leg today.
foyer
/ˈfɔɪɝ/
nouna large space at the entrance of a hotel or theater where people can wait or meet
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1. - Is this a foyer?
2. The third courtyard is the roofed foyer, the entrance hall for visitors.
3. A patient advocacy group did a foyer request for nursing home data.
4. This is the foyer area.
5. My foyer is about two feet by two feet.