language of film dictionary

            Language of film dictionary

Body language the conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings are communicated.

Costumes a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period.

Hairstyles a particular way in which a person's hair is cut or arranged.

Make-up cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance.

Colour the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light. 

Lighting equipment in a room, building, or street for producing light.

Props a portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or film.

Settings the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. 

Dialogue a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film. 

Sound effects a sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, film, or other broadcast production. 

Music vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. 

Silence complete absence of sound.

Symbols a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation. 

Special FX Special effects (usually visual), illusions used in film, television, and entertainment.