GENRE
A Category that the story, show or game falls under.
Examples:
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Action
CLICHE
an overused idea or element in a story that one has seen multiple times and can identify with.
Examples:
birthday cakes at parties - someone getting their face smash in it.
Protagonist always defeats the villain.
door locks can be picked using paper clips
STEREOTYPE
Characters that have recognisable nature and predictable outcomes for them.
Examples:
James Bond escaping a seemingly impossible situation
ANTAGONIST
Usually a character or a group of characters in the story that obstructs the protagonist progress
The villain or "bad guy" in most stories that the main character must overcome/defeat.
Examples:
Ursula from Disney's The Little Mermaid
Sauron from The Lord of the Rings
Darth Vader from Star Wars
Usually a character or a group of characters in the story that obstructs the protagonist progress
The villain or "bad guy" in most stories that the main character must overcome/defeat.
Examples:
Ursula from Disney's The Little Mermaid
Sauron from The Lord of the Rings
Darth Vader from Star Wars
PROTAGONIST
Usually the main character of the story/series and usually the character that the story is based around. In other stories there may be more than a single protagonist.
Examples:
The Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings
Hellboy from the Hellboy Series
Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock Holmes
V and Evey Hammond from V from Vendeatta
SUPPORTING CHARACTER
A character that usually used to give added dimension to the main character.
Examples
Aunt May from Spider-Man
Alfred Pennyworth from the Batman
COMIC RELIEF
Usually a character, scene or witty dialogue that is humorous in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
Examples:
Timon & Pumbaa from Disney's The Lion King
Sebastian from Disney's The Little Mermaid
Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars
Usually a character, scene or witty dialogue that is humorous in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
Examples:
Timon & Pumbaa from Disney's The Lion King
Sebastian from Disney's The Little Mermaid
Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars
CHARACTERIZATION
the art of creating characters by
conveying information to the audience.
Characters may be presented by means of description, through their actions, speech, or thoughts
Examples
Deadpool from Marvel Comics
Sweet Pea from Sucker Punch
define these terms: (no examples needed)
CONCEPT / CONCEPTUALIZATION
inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
THEME
a central topic, subject or concept that is in a story.
historically common or cross-culturally recognizable ideas and are almost always implied rather than stated explicitly.
PITCH
A concise verbal (sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a screenplay generally made to a producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for the writing of screenplay
LOGLINE
a brief one-sentence summary to a story, that is used for pitching a screenplay.
CHARACTER BIO
a biography or a description of a character from the story.
SYNOPSIS
a brief summary of a plot of the story.
STORYLINE
The plot of the story.
TREATMENT
is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards and the first draft of a screenplay.
They read like a short story, except told in the present tense and describing events as they happen
Screenwriters may use a treatment to initially pitch a screenplay, but may also use a treatment to sell a concept they are pitching without a completed screenplay.
DEVELOPMENT HELL/Limbo
a period during which a film, concept, idea, screenplay or other projects that is trapped in development and takes an especially long time to start production or never does.
