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Cinema & Pop Culture Vocabulary List: 95 Words with Definitions
Genres, plots, reviews, music and the vocabulary of fandom. This is the Cinema & Pop Culture topic pack inside Word Hype — the words you need to talk about what you watched last night.
| Word | Definition | Play |
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| Actor | A man who plays a person in a movie. | Play ▶ |
| Actress | A woman who plays a person in a movie. | Play ▶ |
| Aesthetic | Related to beauty and the way things look. | Play ▶ |
| Album | A collection of songs released together. | Play ▶ |
| Article | A piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website. | Play ▶ |
| Artist | A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination. | Play ▶ |
| Author | A person who writes a book or other text. | Play ▶ |
| Award | A prize given for an achievement. | Play ▶ |
| Band | A group of people who play music together. | Play ▶ |
| Camera | A device for recording visual images.A judge's private room. | Play ▶ |
| Cartoon | A film with drawings that move. | Play ▶ |
| Chorus | Any utterance produced simultaneously by a group.A group of people assembled to sing together. | Play ▶ |
| Cinema | A medium that disseminates moving pictures.A theater where films are shown. | Play ▶ |
| Comedy | A film, play, or show that makes people laugh. | Play ▶ |
| Concert | A live music show for many people. | Play ▶ |
| Create | Make or cause to be or to become.Bring into existence. | Play ▶ |
| Culture | The beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group. | Play ▶ |
| Dance | To move your body to music. | Play ▶ |
| Dancer | Someone who moves their body to music. | Play ▶ |
| Depict | To show someone or something in a picture. | Play ▶ |
| Design | A plan showing how something will look or work. | Play ▶ |
| Dialog | A conversation between two persons.The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction. | Play ▶ |
| Direct | Going straight to a place without stopping.To tell people what to do. | Play ▶ |
| Display | Show something so that other people can see it. | Play ▶ |
| Distort | To twist something out of its usual shape. | Play ▶ |
| Dragon | A big animal in stories that breathes fire. | Play ▶ |
| Drama | A play for the theater, radio, or television. | Play ▶ |
| Drums | Round instruments that you hit with sticks. | Play ▶ |
| Edited | Fixed or changed a text or video.Corrected mistakes in writing. | Play ▶ |
| Editor | A person who checks and fixes writing before it is printed.Someone who prepares a book or newspaper for printing. | Play ▶ |
| Elaborate | Containing many carefully planned details. | Play ▶ |
| Eloquent | Able to express ideas clearly and powerfully. | Play ▶ |
| Emphasis | Special importance given to one part of something. | Play ▶ |
| Epitome | A perfect example of a particular quality. | Play ▶ |
| Excerpt | A short part taken from a longer book, film, or piece of music. | Play ▶ |
| Expose | To reveal something that was hidden. | Play ▶ |
| Fabricate | To invent a false story or piece of evidence. | Play ▶ |
| Famous | Known about by many people.Recognized by everyone. | Play ▶ |
| Fiction | Stories about people and events that are imagined. | Play ▶ |
| Fidelity | Loyalty to a person, promise, or belief. | Play ▶ |
| Format | The way something is arranged or set out.To arrange the look of a document on a computer. | Play ▶ |
| Fragment | A small piece broken off something larger. | Play ▶ |
| Gaming | Playing video games or playing for money. | Play ▶ |
| Gesture | A movement of the hand or body that expresses meaning. | Play ▶ |
| Ghost | A scary white shape in a story. | Play ▶ |
| Ghosts | The spirits of dead people. | Play ▶ |
| Glimpse | A brief or incomplete view of something. | Play ▶ |
| Gossip | Talk about other people's private lives that may not be true. | Play ▶ |
| Graphic | Related to pictures, drawing, or design. | Play ▶ |
| Guitar | A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking. | Play ▶ |
| Harmony | A peaceful state in which people agree and get along. | Play ▶ |
| Hero | A brave person who helps others. | Play ▶ |
| Humor | The ability to be funny or to laugh at things. | Play ▶ |
| Illusion | Something that appears real but is not. | Play ▶ |
| Image | A picture of someone or something. | Play ▶ |
| Legend | A traditional story passed down through generations. | Play ▶ |
| Medium | About halfway between two extremes.An agency or means of doing something. | Play ▶ |
| Metaphor | A way of describing one thing as another to show a shared quality. | Play ▶ |
| Monster | A big scary animal in a story. | Play ▶ |
| Movie | A story told with pictures and sound on a screen. | Play ▶ |
| Music | Pleasant sounds made by singing or playing instruments.The written notes that show players what to sing or play. | Play ▶ |
| Narrative | A spoken or written account of events. | Play ▶ |
| Nostalgia | A warm, sometimes sad feeling about the past. | Play ▶ |
| Novel | A long written story about imagined people and events. | Play ▶ |
| Opera | A play in which the words are sung to music. | Play ▶ |
| Orchestra | A large group of musicians playing together under a leader. | Play ▶ |
| Piano | A large instrument with black and white keys. | Play ▶ |
| Poetic | Related to poems or the writing of them. | Play ▶ |
| Poetry | Writing that uses rhythm and carefully chosen words to express feelings. | Play ▶ |
| Popcorn | A light snack made from hot corn. | Play ▶ |
| Poster | A large printed notice displayed in a public place. | Play ▶ |
| Princess | A girl in a story who lives in a castle. | Play ▶ |
| Radio | A device you use to listen to news and music sent through the air. | Play ▶ |
| Record | An official document, file, or account kept for evidence or future reference.The best performance or score ever achieved in a particular sport or activity. | Play ▶ |
| Rhythm | A repeated pattern of sound or movement. | Play ▶ |
| Scenario | A possible future situation or series of events. | Play ▶ |
| Screen | A flat surface on which images or information are shown. | Play ▶ |
| Script | The written text of a play, film, or broadcast. | Play ▶ |
| Series | A set of related things that follow one another. | Play ▶ |
| Singer | A person with a good voice who makes music. | Play ▶ |
| Song | Music with words that you can sing. | Play ▶ |
| Stage | One part of a process or period of development. | Play ▶ |
| Story | An account of real or imagined events. | Play ▶ |
| Studio | A room where art, music, or films are made. | Play ▶ |
| Style | A particular way of doing or creating something. | Play ▶ |
| Symbol | A sign or picture that represents something. | Play ▶ |
| Symbolic | Representing an idea through an object or action. | Play ▶ |
| Talent | A natural ability to do something well. | Play ▶ |
| Tragedy | An event that causes great suffering or loss. | Play ▶ |
| Video | A recording of moving images, usually with sound. | Play ▶ |
| Viewer | A person who watches television, a film, or an event. | Play ▶ |
| Violin | A small wooden instrument played with a bow. | Play ▶ |
| Visual | Related to seeing. | Play ▶ |
| Voice | The sound a person makes when speaking or singing.The ability to speak or express an opinion. | Play ▶ |
| Writer | A person who produces books, stories, or articles.Someone who creates novels, poems, or articles as a job. | Play ▶ |