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Film Vocab Flashcards

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1
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Work

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Une œuvre

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Scène

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Une scène

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Dialogue

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Un dialogue

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Monologue

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Un monologue

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Quote

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Une citation

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Plot

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L’action/ l’intrigue / l’histoire

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Subplot

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L’intrigue secondaire

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Character

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Le personnage

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Protagonist

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Le protagoniste

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Minor character

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Un personnage secondaire

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To tell a story

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Raconter une histoire

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It is about

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Cela parle de

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It deals with a theme

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Cela traite du thème de

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Style

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Le style

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Relationship

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La relation

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Meaning

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Le sens, la signification

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To convey

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Transmettre

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Effect on sth

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L’effet/ l’impact sur qqc

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To symbolise

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Symbolise

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Représentation / characterisation

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La représentation / la caractérisation

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To come to a judgement

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Porter un jugement

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Setting

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Le cadre

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The climax

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L’apogée / le point culminant

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Irony

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L’ironie

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Symbol

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Le symbole

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Humour

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L’humour

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Witty

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Spirituel/ plein d’esprit

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To personify

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Personnifier

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Personification

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La personnification

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To question sth

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Questionner qqc

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Première

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La première

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To be central to

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Être central à

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Flashback

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Un flash-back

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To hold a monologue

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Faire un monologue

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Antithesis

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L’antithèse

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Recurring theme

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Le thème récurrent

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Through the personification of love

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À travers la personnification de l’amour

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To examine more closely

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Examiner de plus près

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The characterisation of the protagonists is realistic and convincing

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La caractérisation des protagonistes est réaliste et convaincante

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Text

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Le texte

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Story

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L’histoire

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Part

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Une partie

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From that we can conclude that

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À partir de ça, nous pouvons conclure que

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The action takes place in

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L’action se déroule en/à

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Scriptwriter

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Le scénariste

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Camera man

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Le cadreur

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Costume designer

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Le costumier/costumière

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Lighting

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L’éclairage

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Staging

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La mise en scène

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Location

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Le lieu de tournage

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Editing/cutting

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Le montage

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Shot

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Un plan

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The lighting is natural

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L’éclairage est naturel

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Birds eye view

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Une vue de dessus/ une vue d’ensemble /aérienne

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World eye view

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La contre-plongée

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Framing

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Le cadrage

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Image composition

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La composition photographique

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Camera movement

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Le mouvement de caméra

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Camera tracking

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Le travelling

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Very wide camera shot

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Le plan général

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Wide camera shot

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Le plan d’ensemble

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Semi-wide camera shot

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Le plan de demi-ensemble

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Full body shot

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Le plan moyen

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Half body shot

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Le plan taille/ rapproché

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Chest and face shot

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Le plan poitrine

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Close up shot

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Le gros plan

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Panorama

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Le panoramique

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Low angle

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La prise de vue contre plongée

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Straight on angle

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La prise de vue neutre

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High angle camera shot

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La prise de vue plongée

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Zoom

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Le zoom

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Dolly shot (move left or right, forward or backward)

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Le travelling contrarié

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Real sound in film

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Un son diégétique

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Sound added in editing

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Un son non-diégétique

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Lighting set up

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L’éclairage

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Pathetic fallacy

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L’illusion anthropomorphique

French A-level (9 decks)

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