| 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 |