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All about feature films. See also Directors, Film Genres.
Tropes:
- Actionized Sequel: Putting in more action scenes since you don't need all the backstory.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Characters angst more in the movie than they did in the book
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Characters are more attractive than they were in previous adaptations
- Adrenaline Makeover: People change their look when setting out for adventure
- Age Lift: A character played by an actor much older than the character is supposed to be.
- Alan Smithee: Disowning the movie and blaming Alan Smith
- All In The Eyes: Emphasizing the eyes by dimming everything else.
- Animated Credits Opening: Animated opening to a live-action film.
- Award Bait Song: A song that stands out in a movie and is expected to win an award.
- Award Snub: Didn't get an award, but should have.
- Bad To The Bone: A badass song for a badass scene.
- Big Damn Movie: A film of a TV series with a more epic plot.
- Bolivian Army Ending: Did they die or not?
- Box Office Bomb: When a movie fails to make back its budget in gross revenue.
- Busby Berkeley Number: An intricate dance number
- The Centerpiece Spectacular: An exciting set piece designed to keep the audience enthralled with the movie.
- Charge Into Combat Cut: The film switches to a different scene just as an epic battle is getting started.
- Clifftop Caterwauling: Roaring on the edge of a cliff
- Color Wash: Saturating the colors on the film
- Consolation Award: Compensating for lack of awards by giving minor one out of pity
- Crack! Oh My Back!: The pains of old age
- Dark World: A Mirror Universe with a dark twist
- Deliberately Monochrome: Black and white, but on purpose
- Development Hell: It still hasn't come out?
- Disney Acid Sequence: A surreal scene in a movie
- Door Roulette: Trying out different doors to find the right one
- Dueling Movies: Similar movies releasing at around the same time
- Dueling Stars Movie: A movie starring two actors fans want to see together
- Dump Months: Studios tend to release their worst movies in particular months of the year
- Electric Boogaloo: Strangely titled sequels
- Enforced Method Acting: Getting the best acting by not telling actors about upcoming scenes or lines
- Everything but the Girl: A person with new talents can get everything but the girl he wants
- Exploitation Film: A film with excessive violence or sex for no real reason
- Fake Action Prologue: Seems like an action film, but it isn't
- Fake Out Opening: That opening scene? Has nothing to do with the actual movie.
- Falling Chandelier of Doom: If a fancy room gets damaged enough, expect a chandelier to crash to the floor.
- The Film of the Book: A book becomes a movie
- The Film of the Series: A TV series becomes a movie
- The Film of the Song: A song becomes a movie; will sometimes be In Name Only
- Fun Hating Confiscating Adult: The cranky old geezer who snatches away any toy ending up on his/her property.
- Gorgeous Period Dress: A colorful dress to show off the fancy new color films
- The Graduate Homage Shot: Making sure the bride doesn't run off with the wrong man
- Gratuitous Special Effects: Special Effects in film genres that don't usually have them.
- Hammer And Sickle Removed For Your Protection: A Cold War film that removes references to Soviet Russia to help the film age better.
- Hey, It's That Place!: Recognizing a setting from other films and TV shows
- Hey, Let's Put On A Show!: Setting up a play to raise money
- Hollywood Costuming: When Hollywood Did Not Do the Research
- Homage Shot: A shot referencing another film
- Iconic Logo: Recognizing the company by their logo, without a title
- Infectious Enthusiasm: Enthusiasm sweeps up everyone, including the one who disdains involvement.
- Instant Waking Skills: Waking up without the grogginess
- Just Keep Driving: Drivers don't notice the huge action scene around them
- Kuleshov Effect: Combining shots and objects makes them more expressive.
- Little Dead Riding Hood: Dressing up people in red is bad
- Marquee Alter Ego: A costumed actor shows off his face for fan recognition
- Medium Shift Gag: A movie abruptly shifts to a different medium for a quick joke.
- The Mockbuster: It's like the good movie, only it sucks
- The Movie: A TV episode in movie form
- Movie Multipack: Filming film franchises close together
- Movie Superheroes Wear Black: In order to achieve that Darker and Edgier look
- No Talking Or Phones Warning
- Novelization: The Book Of The Film
- Numbered Sequels: Attaching a number to the title to indicate it's the next one
- Playing Gertrude: Older women played by young actresses
- Pursued Protagonist: Person running from bad guys at the beginning of a film
- Rebuilt Set: Taken apart, then rebuilt for a sequel
- Re Cut: Director's Cut, Unrated Cut, etc.
- Runaway Train: No one's at the helm, and it's about to fall off a cliff!
- Scream Discretion Shot: You hear the scream, but you don't see what they're screaming about
- Screamer Trailer: Subtle scary images in film trailers
- Sequel Escalation: It's the same, but with more!
- Sequelitis: Sequel after sequel after sequel...
- Sequel Goes Foreign: Changing location for a sequel
- Sequel Non-Entity: A character can't make it for a sequel for a quick, justified reason
- Silence Is Golden: Movies with little dialogue
- Special Effect Failure: That looks so fake!
- Spiking The Camera: Don't look at the camera!
- Summer Blockbuster: Heavy on action, light on plot
- Tagline: A short sentence explaining the film, TV show, etc.
- The Theme Park Version: A simplified version of a complex idea
- Thematic Series: A series of loosely connected films
- Title Card: Shot of text to give information without sound
- Token Romance: Needless romantic subplot.
- Video Credits: Showing the people along with their credits
- Wheel Of Decisions: A Wheel of Fortune method of deciding a matter.
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