Film words for Alias — genres, crew, shooting

Everything around cinema, from the poster to the credits. For a night with film fans.

A set built around cinema: the crafts of a film set, the genres, the technical vocabulary and what the audience meets in the cinema itself. No film titles — they age quickly and split a group into those who saw it and those who did not.

Who this set is for

It assumes the room cares about film at least a little. Everyone knows a stuntman or a sequel, but "props" and "running time" already ask for some viewing history. Perfect for the evening after you all watched something together.

• Lean on recognisable moments: "the thing that rolls while everyone is already leaving" is the credits.
• Explain crew jobs through what they physically do on set, not by the job title.
• For technical words, come at it from the audience side: how does a viewer notice this in the finished film?

actor, poster, blockbuster, western, makeup, scenery, detective, drama, dubbing, screen, episode, genre, star, stuntman, casting, cinema, comedy, costume, romance, editing, cartoon, cameraman, panorama, character, popcorn, premiere, producer, director, props, line, role, screening, series, sequel, script, plot, credits, trailer, thriller, festival, finale, soundtrack, clapperboard, runtime, censorship, tripod, take, closeup, shooting, applause

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