Culture

Iina's words

continuity the fact of not stopping or not changing Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy. jatkuvuus
clapperboard a device that is used when making films. It consists of two connected boards that are hit together at the start of a scene, and its purpose is to help to match the pictures with the sound. She showed clapperboard and they started to film. Klaffi
filmgoer a person who goes to the cinema, especially when they do it regularly This is his fifth time at the cinema this week, so he is basically a film goer elokuvissa kävijä
curtain call the time in the theatre when the actors come to the front of the stage at the end of a play to receive the applause of the audience The audience clapped so much that the stars had to take fifteen curtain calls. esiintyjät esittäytyvät teatterissa
adaptation a film, television drama or play that is based on a particular book or play but has been changed to suit the new medium It's a screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. sovitus
denouement the end of a play, book, etc., in which everything is explained or settled; the end result of a situation Denouement of the book was amazing. loppuratkaisu
cliffhanger a situation in a story, film, competition, etc. that is very exciting because you cannot guess what will happen next, or you do not find out immediately what happens next The first part of the serial ended with a real cliffhanger. yhtäkkinen yllättävä lopetus 
melodrama a story, play or novel that is full of exciting events and in which the characters and emotions seem too exaggerated to be real Instead of tragedy, we got melodrama. innostava draama
stage whisper words that are spoken quietly by an actor to the audience and that the other people on stage are not supposed to hear “I've had more than I can stand,” she complained in a stage whisper" teatterikuiskaus
backcloth everything that can be seen around an event or scene You can see the backcloth of this movie. näkyvä ympäristö

Iina's words

bit player an actor with a small part in a film She was a bit player in a couple of movies. sivurooli/näyttelijä
dramatis personae all the characters in a play in the theatre That is the dramatis personae of this play. näyttelijä kokoonpano
aside something that a character in a play says to the audience, but that the other characters on stage are not intended to hear Shakespeare’s use of asides and soliloquies kommentti 
run-through a practice for a performance of a play, show, etc. Can we have just one more run-through? kenraaliharjoitus
allegory a story, play, picture, etc. in which each character or event is a symbol representing an idea or a quality, such as truth, evil, death, etc.; the use of such symbols The poet’s use of allegory. vertauskuva
filmstrip a series of images on a film, through which light is shone to show them on a screen I have a lot of pictures on filmstrips. filminauha
costumier a person or company that makes costumes or has costumes to hire, especially for the theatre I have a firm of theatrical costumiers puvustaja
kabuki traditional Japanese theatre, in which songs, dance and mime are performed by men Did you saw this kabuki? japanilainen miesten teatteri
biopic a film about the life of a particular person This is a political biopic about President Kennedy. elämänkerta
potboiler a book, a play, etc. that is produced only to earn money quickly Her most recent potboiler was one of last year's bestselling paperbacks. tusinatuote

Roosa's words

acid house a type of electronic music with a strong steady beat, popular in the 1980s, often played at parties where some people take harmful drugs Acid house fever escalated in London and Manchester, and it quickly became a cultural phenomenon. acid house musiikki
balalaika a musical instrument like a guitar with a body in the shape of a triangle and two, three, or four strings, popular especially in Russia "All soldiers had to play the balalaika and teach the people." balalaikka
fiddler a person who plays the violin, especially to play folk music "The curtain opens for the first act : the little fiddlers." viulisti
ghetto blaster a large radio and CD or cassette player that can be carried around, especially to play loud music in public "The box set came in a package shaped as an 80s ghetto blaster." radionauhuri
iPod a brand of MP3 player that can store information taken from the internet and that you carry with you, for example so that you can listen to music "The iPod plays audio for up to 20 hours." iPod
klezmer traditional Eastern European Jewish music "He also wove in traditional prayer melodies and klezmer wedding songs." klezmer
hum singing a tune with your lips closed "He began to hum along with the music." hyräily
jam playing music with other musicians in an informal way without preparing or practising first "They jammed together at the pub till 3am." jammailla
VJ a person who introduces music videos on television "You be the VJ and follow these links to some great new music videos." VJ
remix  to make a new version of a recorded piece of music by using a machine to arrange the separate parts of the recording in a different way, add new parts, etc. "The band have released a remixed version of their first single." uudelleenmiksaus

Roosa's words

batik a method of printing patterns on cloth using wax (= a solid substance made from fat or oil) on the parts that will not have any colour; a piece of cloth printed in this way "The batik pictures are the combination of the encaustic and dyeing." batiikki
daub to spread a substance such as paint, mud, etc. thickly and/or carelessly onto something "All the windows are smashed and the walls are daubed with graffiti." sutia, töhriä
atelier a room or building in which an artist works "The Atelier offers French cuisine with a modern flair." ateljee
frieze a border that goes around the top of a room or building with pictures or crvings on it "The frieze consisted of white marble figures in relief, affixed to a background of black Eleusinian stone." friisi
origami the Japanese art of folding paper into attractive shapes "In the bathroom someone has artfully turned the paper hanging from the toilet roll into a piece of origami." origami
rococo used to describe a style of architecture, furniture, etc. that has a lot of decoration, especially in the shape of curls "18th century rococo style was different from traditional English architecture in that it focused on both ornateness and symmetry." rokokoo
impasto a painting technique in which the paint is put on so thickly that it stands out from the surface "Paint applied thickly with a palette knife has a deep impasto." impasto
the Renaissance;
the period in Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries when people became interested in the ideas and culture of ancient Greece and Rome and used these influences in their own art, literature, etc.
" The Renaissance had little or no influence on Sardinian architecture and culture." Renesanssi
sepia a brown substance used in inks and paints and used in the past for printing photographs "glistening in the sepia colored sunshine." seepian väri
pottery pots, dishes, etc. made with clay that are baked in an oven, especially when they are made by hand "The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes." keramiikka