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A production style employing one camera to shoot scenes with cinematic flexibility.

A silent film is a motion picture that does not have synchronized recorded dialogue, relying on visual storytelling, intertitles, and musical accompaniment to convey its narrative.

A silent comedy is a film genre from the silent era that relies on physical comedy, slapstick, and visual gags rather than spoken dialogue to create humor.

Selective depth isolates subjects, steering attention and evoking intimacy or dreaminess.

Shaky cam is a cinematographic style characterized by intentionally unstable camera movement to convey realism or tension.

Shake and Bake is a slang term for a style of chaotic camera movement or a very fast and simple lighting setup.

A warm brown monochrome effect that imparts a nostalgic quality to film images.

A narrative technique that makes an audience aware of a film’s constructed nature

A science fantasy film is a hybrid genre that blends the imaginative, futuristic technology of science fiction with the archetypal, mythic elements of fantasy.

A satire film uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize foolishness or corruption in individuals, institutions, or society.

The romantic thriller entwines desire and danger, leveraging love’s vulnerability to amplify suspense.

Romantic-fantasy cinema stages love tales in speculative realms, using magic to externalise emotional longing.

A romantic drama is a film genre that places a central focus on the emotional journey of a romantic relationship, often exploring the obstacles that test the couple's love.

A romantic comedy-drama is a film genre that combines the lighthearted, humorous plot of a romantic comedy with more serious, dramatic themes and character development.

A romantic comedy, or rom-com, is a subgenre that combines the lighthearted, humorous tone of comedy with a central plot focused on the development of a romantic relationship.

The Romanian New Wave is a critically acclaimed 21st-century film movement known for its stark realism, long takes, and bleakly comic critiques of post-communist society.

A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters embark on a journey, with the journey itself serving as the central plot and a catalyst for character development.

A comedic subgenre where characters embark on a journey, encountering humorous obstacles and revelations.

A revisionist western is a subgenre of the western that subverts, questions, or dismantles the traditional myths and heroic archetypes of the classic western.

A trend reviving past styles and genres within contemporary media

A television genre presenting unscripted, real‑world scenarios and non‑professional participants.

Realist cinema is a filmmaking style that aims to represent reality truthfully and objectively by minimizing overt stylistic manipulation.

A cinematic approach aiming to depict life authentically and without artifice

A video style where creators film their real‑time responses to media content.

Shifting the plane of sharpness mid-shot redirects audience attention without cutting.

A queer drama is a genre of film that focuses on the lives, experiences, and relationships of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) characters within a dramatic narrative framework.

Queer cinema explores non-normative sexualities and gender identities, challenging heteronormative perspectives and celebrating LGBTQ+ experiences.

A psychological thriller delves into characters’ mental states to create suspense and uncertainty.

Psychological horror focuses on characters’ inner fears and mental instability to terrify audiences.

Psychodrama is a film subgenre that uses cinema to explore the interior psychological states and emotional conflicts of its characters.

Prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear, refers to high-end, factory-made clothing sold in standardized sizes that is presented in seasonal collections by fashion houses.

A film style characterized by irony, pastiche, and self-aware play with genre conventions

Postmodern film is a cinematic style that deconstructs traditional storytelling through irony, pastiche, intertextuality, and self-awareness.

A film movement that fragments narrative and references past styles to question reality and authorship.

Post-Classical Hollywood describes the era from the 1980s to the present, defined by the blockbuster, global marketing, and new media technologies.

A portmanteau film is a classic term for a movie composed of multiple short stories, often unified by a single director, theme, or a narrative framing device.

Poliziotteschi are a genre of violent and cynical Italian crime films from the 1970s that reflect the era's social and political turmoil.

The Polish Film School was a seminal group of filmmakers (c. 1955-1963) who artistically broke from socialist realism to create a complex, critical, and masterful body of work examining Poland's wartime trauma and national identity.

Camera alignment with a character’s eyes merges spectator perception with on-screen subjectivity.

A poetry slam is a competitive event where poets perform their work and are judged by the audience, used in films to create high-stakes dramatic moments.