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Music and Film Vocabulary

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  • A book or film that is very successful
    A blockbuster
  • She's got a leading/supporting __________ (the actor's part in a film or a play) in the school play.
    role
  • The words of a song.
    Lyrics
  • A disadvantage or the negative part of a situation (a synonym for downside).
    A drawback
  • the number of people who are present for an event (especially the number of people who go to vote in an election).
    Turnout
  • The story of a book, film, play, etc.
    Plot
  • An informal word for a concert or a different live performance.
    A gig
  • The action of entertaining other people by dancing, singing, acting, or playing music
    Performance
  • A group of people at a concert.
    a crowd
  • The arrangement of lights used in a room, house, theatre, etc.
    Lighting
  • It's too early to predict the ___________ (the result or effect) of the meeting.
    Outcome
  • The place in a cinema or theatre where tickets are sold.
    A box office
  • He has been ________ (moved from one place to another) to a psychiatric hospital.
    transferred
  • To buy something (more formal).
    Purchase
  • A part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time
    Scene
  • She ___________ (stored the sound using electronic equipment) her first CD at the age of 12.
    recorded
  • A book that is so exciting that you want to read it quickly.
    A page-turner
  • The sounds, especially the music, of a film.
    Soundtrack
  • if someone __________ in a film, play, etc., they are the main actor in it.
    stars
  • A piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.
    A device
  • The job of performing in films or plays (f.e. He wants to get into ______).
    acting