Definitions.
An exact statement or description of the nature, scope, or meaning of something.
Our definition of what constitutes poetry.
Camille Stopps urged the posting of Definitions so as to clarify the terms of our work. Often, what is said in the movie industry needs to be translated - defined.
All definitions come from the Oxford English Dictionary.
In the arts, a trope is simply a common convention in a particular medium.
How to dismember every Hollywood trope in one easy TikTok.
Carolina A. Miranda, columnist, Los Angeles Times.
As an actor you need to learn the tropes as part of film language.
The aerobic energy cost required to perform a submaximal task.
“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”
Martha Graham.
Maximum result with minimum effort.
That line or movement that closes a scene - like buttoning something up. Also called a tag.
"Here's looking at you, kid."
Humphrey Bogart, CASABLANCA, Warner Brothers (1942)
Puts the cherry on the cake.
Relative position or combination of circumstances at a certain moment.
“To be, or not to be, that is the question:”
Hamlet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare.
It becomes yours easier if you call it and learn it as a situation rather than a scene.
A remark addressed to anyone, implying or involving praise. Complimentary language; polite expression of praise or flattery.
If you see something beautiful in someone, speak it.
Ruthie Lindsey.
The best answer to a compliment is thank-you.
The condition of feeling valued, significant, or worthwhile; affirmation that ones feelings, opinions, desires, actions, etc., have validity, truth, or worth.
When you see validation for a life’s work and dedication, it’s a beautiful day.
Mary Gauthier.
When the director says, ‘Moving on.’ that can be validation enough.
The ability to sense stimuli arising within the body regarding position, motion, and equilibrium.
Even if a person is blindfolded, he or she knows through proprioception if an arm is above the head or hanging by the side of the body.
Actors are using proprioception when they can tell where they are in relation to the frame without seeing the frame.
A passing or passage from one condition, action, or place, to another; change.
Further progress could be achieved by some flexibility on discharge dates and by supervision during the difficult period of transition to ordinary life.
V. Stern Bricks of Shame (1989)
Analyzing text. The beginning, middle and end – the going from the end to the next beginning.
The faculty of being creative; ability or power to create.
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Maya Angelou
Actors create roles from written material.
