Comprehensive glossary of filmmaking terms, concepts, and techniques.
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An unauthorized copy of a film, recording, or broadcast, distributed without the rights holder's permission.
A brief on-screen appearance by a well-known person, director, or public figure in a minor or uncredited role.
A category of film defined by shared narrative conventions, visual codes, and audience expectations.
A sensibility in film marked by self-reflexivity, irony, pastiche, and scepticism toward stable meaning.
A storytelling mode using irony, exaggeration, and ridicule to expose and criticise human folly, vice, or social and political institutions.