act

act break

antagonist

associate producer

bad version

base camp

bio-pic

bump

buy

business

catharsis

character

character arc

circus

cliché

climax

close up

co-executive producer

co-producer

copyright

courier

CUT TO

cutty

day player

denouement

deus ex machina

development

development executive

diegetic

docu-drama

draft

draft and set

earned

edgy

eighth

entrance

establishing shot

execspeak

executive producer

exit

exit line

EXT.

extreme close up

eye candy

fantasy sequence

flash cut

flashback

flashforward

genre

hack

half-hour

hamartia

happy ending

hero

hubris

in

inciting incident

industry

INT.

line producer

manuscript

macguffin

meet-cute

momentum

montage

motivated

motivation

noir

non-diegetic

non-linear

notes

on the nose

one-hour

out

pacing

plot

plot point

plot twist

polish

post

prep

pre-production

principal photography

producer

protagonist

quest

red herring

residuals

reveal

scale

scene

scene header

scene number

screenplay

script supervisor

set-piece

sequence

single-camera

slow-motion

slugline

split-screen

studio

sub-rights

subtext

take

teleplay

tentpole

theme

three-camera

tracking

transition

"up and back"

video village

villain

voice-over

wonky

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