ELEMENTS OF A PLAY OR FILM - RELATED VOCABULARY - PART TWO (54)

ELEMENTS OF A PLAY OR FILM-RELATED VOCABULARY - PART TWO line  the words delivered by a performer in a play or film love interest a character in a film or story who plays the role of the sweetheart of the main character monologue a long discourse by one actor during a conversation in the form of a soliloquy narrate to give a spoken explanation of the progress of the narrative, film or program to avoid picturization opening the starting or initial segment of something part the specific role played by an individual actor plot the sequence of events that form the tale of a novel, play, film or any literary composition prologue a discourse at the start of a play, book or film that presents the audience with a gist of what is about to happen in the narrative protagonist an individual who plays a pivotal role in a play, film or book etc., scenario a blueprint of what happens sequentially in a film or play scene a part of one act in which the action happens in one place or is of one particular type In a film or play score the music composed for a movie or dramatic production setting the backdrops and the specific properties used in a theatrical or film production soliloquy a discourse in a play wherein a character takes the centerstage and speaks aloud his or her contemplations and thoughts without inhibition storyline the rudimentary story in a novel, play, film, and so on. subplot a progression of events in a play, novel, and so forth that forms a subordinate plot and bears a lot of significance to the main story superhero a fictional hero in a story, film, and so forth who has extraordinary strength or power and uses his prowess to help impoverished people tension the sensational twists and turns that are consciously incorporated in the course of the plot by an essayist or a film director twist a startling change in a story or situation to create a sense of surprise in the minds of the audience villain the terrible and manipulative person in a story or play who opposes the protagonist in every possible manner voice-over a creation strategy where an off-camera dubbing artist or individual renders his or her voice for use in a film, program, narrative etc., in the post-production stage