Key Words in the Media ZHAW_IAM
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solicitor (UK noun)
a lawyer who gives legal advice, writes legal contracts, and represents people in the lower courts of law
barrister (noun)
a lawyer in England or Wales who is allowed to speak in the higher law courts
attorney (US noun)
a lawyer, especialls one who represents people in court (US)
plot (noun)
the story of a book, film or play
review (noun)
to write an artivle giving yout opinion of a play, book, art exhibit
critic (noun)
some whose job is to write or broadcast their opinion about things such as books, movies, or plays
exhibition (noun)
when objects such as paintings are shown to the public, or when someone shows a particular skill or quality to the public
character (noun)
a person in a bool, play or film
performer (noun)
someone who acts, sings or plays for an audience
production (noun)
a movie, play TV or radio program, CD etc., especially when you are talking about the way it is created and performed
release (noun)
to make a movie, video or CD available for people to see or buy
scene (noun)
a party of a play, book, movie etc., in which events happen in the same place or period of time
screenplay (noun)
the text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actores and instructions for the cameras
soundtrack (noun)
the music that is played during a movie or TV program
trailer (noun)
an advertisement for a movie or TV program that shows a short part of that movie or programme
subtitles (pl. noun)
translation of foreign diaglogue of a movie or TV progamme
to dub
the change the sound and speech an a film or TV programme, especially to a different language
box office (noun)
the officie where tickets or admission are sold
box office hit (noun)
successful film
box office flop
unsuccessful film
credits (pl. noun)
a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed the the creation of a film (usually run at the end of a film)
adaption (noun)
a movie, TV programme, etc. that has been made from a book or play
playwright (noun)
a person who writes plays
buff (noun)
someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particualr subject
blockbuster (noun)
something that is very successful, especially a movie, show, or novel
to publish
to make available to the public, usually by printing, a book, magazine, newspaper, or other documents
hardback (noun)
a book with a hard cover
paperback (noun)
a book with paper cover (cheaper than hardback)
fiction (noun)
books and stories about imaginary events and people
non-fiction
writing that is about real events and facts
blurb (noun)
a short description of a book, or film etc., written by the people who have produced it, and intended to make people want to buy it or see it
to record
store music electronically
album (noun)
a CD or record, etc. that has several pieces of music on it
record label (noun)
a company that records and sells music
lyrics (pl. noun)
words that accompany a piece of music
composer (noun)
someone who writes a piece of music
track (noun)
one of several songs or pieces of music on a CD or other musical recording
copyright (noun)
the legal right to have control over the work or a writer, artist, musicial, etc.
gig (noun)
a single performance by a muscial or group of musicians, especialls playing modern or pop music
