Film Definition

Body Language - Shows more deeply into what a character or person may be feeling. It’s like non-verbal communication such as facial expressions, gestures and movement. Therefore it is a powerful tool for actors. 

Costumes - A particular style of clothing worn by a character to portray the type of character that they are.

Hairstyles - 

Make-up - To paint up the character with make-up or prosthetics to help them look like their character in the film.

Lighting - Made to guide your eyes to a certain area, character or part of a scene. The amount, size, colour and harshness of the lighting is made to help show what the character is feeling at that moment. 

Props - Items used to help enhance a performance. It can make a scene feel more authentic or helps actors play their part.

Symbols - Many things in films can be classed as symbolic; a colour, an object or a certain sound etc. When we talk about something representing or standing in for something else in symbolism, that 'something else' is often abstract – like an idea. 

Settings - The time and place of a film. It’s usually there right at the beginning but sometimes isn’t.

Dialogue  - Oral speech between fictional characters. This could come from voice-overs as well as speech.

Sound Effects - In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music.

Music - Accompanies a scene that is silent and it hides the sound coming from the projector.

Silence - No recorded sound at all throughout either a scene or the whole film.

Special Effects - Classed as illusions or visual tricks used to simulate the events in reality.