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Cinema
The industry concerned with the production, distribution and appreciation of films.
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Dramedy
Cinema; Film types
A portmanteau of the words drama and comedy is a type of film or television show with the structure of a comedy but with dramatic or serious elements, most of all in the ending. ...
Mockumentary
Cinema; Film types
A portmanteau of the words mock and documentary is a type of film or television show in which fictional events are presented in documentary format. Examples are Zelig, Blair Witch ...
mockbuster
Cinema; Film types
Also known as a knockbuster or drafting opportunity.It refers to a film based on a hit blockbuster but made at a fraction of the cost, and which normally tries to piggyback the ...
The Hobbit
Cinema; Film types
The Hobbit is an upcoming fantasy-adventure film trilogy based on J. R. R. Tolkien's novel of the same name. The three films are subtitled; An Unexpected Journey (2012), The ...
parody
Cinema; Film types
A comedy that imitates or makes fun of an existing work(s) in an absurd, non-sensical way, and exaggerates its characteristics.
silent film
Cinema; Film types
A film that has no synchronized soundtrack and no spoken dialogue. It was a form predominate in film until the late 1920's when practical synchronized soundtrack technology was ...
trilogy
Cinema; Film types
A series of three movies that are closely connected by plot. Often, a storyline from the first film of a trilogy is altered, twisted or modified by the second or third part of the ...
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