1 | [[index]] |
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3 | Subcategories: |
4 | + RealLifeWritesThePlot |
5 | + ScriptSpeak |
6 | + SoYouWantTo.SeeTheIndex |
7 | ] |
8 | [[/index]] |
9 | |
10 | Useful terms and concepts about creating works for media. |
11 | |
12 | Compare and contrast FanSpeak. See also the {{Creators}} index. |
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14 | !!Tropes: |
15 | [[index]] |
16 | * {{Abandonware}}: Software no longer officially sold or supported. |
17 | * ActingInTheDark: Actors aren't told about the nature of the work or their character to prevent it from affecting their performance. |
18 | * AllThereInTheManual: Information not revealed in the work itself is given in official books and documents. |
19 | * AllThereInTheScript: Character names that are only revealed in the script, character designs, or the end credits. |
20 | * {{Applicability}}: The creator(s) encourage the audience to make up their own mind about the theme. |
21 | * AscendedFanon: The fans' interpretations of things become officially canon. |
22 | * AshcanCopy: An adaptation is made when the company's media rights to the original work will soon expire in order to ensure that the company will be able to keep the rights for a while longer. |
23 | * AvoidTheDreadedGRating: A movie includes some profanity or another minor instance of mature content simply to keep the movie from being rated G. |
24 | * CanonWelding: A creator combines their previous works into [[{{Crossover}} one series]]. |
25 | * ChekhovsGun: A plot device that isn't significant until later in the story. |
26 | * {{Corpsing}}: An actor ends up breaking character and laughing uncontrollably at something they find funny. |
27 | * CreationMyth: A story regarding the creation of a universe and its inhabitants. |
28 | * CreativeDifferences: When disagreements among those involved in a work lead to a collapse of the collaboration. |
29 | * CreatorBacklash: The creators are ashamed that they ever made the work. |
30 | * CrossThrough: A StoryArc that affects multiple different series, but they don't crossover. |
31 | * DevelopmentGag: The work references a concept from when the work was still in development. |
32 | * DiscretionShot: Something is {{implied}} to happen but the camera/narration doesn't show it. |
33 | * EmotionalTorque: The capacity of a story to elicit emotion from its audience. |
34 | * EnforcedMethodActing: Using techniques and conditions to force a genuine reaction from the actor. |
35 | * FanworkBan: The creator forbids fan-made content of their work being made. |
36 | * JustForFun/FightsCrimeWithX: Crime-solving with a unique gimmick to help the work stand out amongst other similar works. |
37 | * FirstLawOfResurrection: If a character is killed off, they'll come back as long as the creator wants them to. |
38 | * Front13Back9: The season starts with 13 episodes which are ordered, then the next 9 will air and be ordered later. |
39 | * FullyAbsorbedFinale: A show that didn't get a GrandFinale has the loose ends tied up by having an episode of a spin-off series or another work taking place in the same continuity serve as a final episode of sorts to the series that ended without a proper conclusion. |
40 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is named in the same way. |
41 | * IdiosyncraticWipes: Using unusual {{wipe}}s, {{dissolve}}s, or otherwise strange scene transitions. |
42 | * IJustWriteTheThing: Yes, they write the plot, but in their minds, they have very little control over the finer details of the story. |
43 | * InspirationForTheWork: The creator(s) reveal how they came up with the work. |
44 | * MagicFranchiseWord: An uncommon word gets associated with the work that used it. |
45 | * MagnumOpus: A creator/character's most ambitious and laborious creative undertaking. |
46 | * MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator and audience disagree on what's the former's best work. |
47 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: A {{Crossover}} between three or more continuities you'd never think would ever meet. |
48 | * MethodActing: Trying to think like the character, rather than simply act like the character. |
49 | * {{Mythopoeia}}: A fictional mythology for a fictional world. |
50 | * NoHuggingNoKissing: There's no sexuality or romance in a work. |
51 | * OneEpisodeWonder: A television show that ended after just one episode. |
52 | * OpeningShoutOut: The opening sequence is ReferencedBy a character InUniverse. |
53 | * OrphanedReference: The final work contains references to a concept or scene that was scrapped from an earlier draft. |
54 | * ParentalBonus: A work features content and references that only older viewers will notice or understand. |
55 | * PilotMovie: A feature-length film that is intended to serve as the beginning of a television series. |
56 | * PlotBunny: An story idea is very persistent in the creator's mind or breeds more ideas. |
57 | * PoorlyDisguisedPilot: An episode of a television show focuses on a different set of characters to serve as a possible pilot for a spin-off series. |
58 | * ProductionNickname: The creator(s) give their work (or one of its elements) a nickname. |
59 | * {{Prop}}: Something an actor holds or physically interacts with in a production. |
60 | * RuleOfPerception: As far as the audience is concerned, if you can't perceive it, it doesn't exist. |
61 | * SameContentDifferentRating: A new installment or a re-release has a different rating with little change in content. |
62 | * SchrodingersGun: Anything not yet explicitly revealed can be seamlessly {{retcon}}ned, with the viewer none the wiser. |
63 | * ShoutOut: A work makes a reference to another work. |
64 | * SimultaneousArcs: Two or more different stories take place at the same time as each other. |
65 | * StylisticSuck: A work is deliberately made to be of poor quality. |
66 | * TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Any vehicle travels as fast or as slowly as the plot demands. |
67 | * TroubledProduction: A work has endured a lot of problems in development despite eventually being finished and released. |
68 | * VillainBasedFranchise: The villain's the star of the franchise. |
69 | * WorldBuilding: The act of constructing a fictional world. |
70 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: The creator bases the story on their own experiences. |
71 | * WriteWhoYouHate: The creator bases a character on a RealLife person the author hates or hated. |
72 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: The creator bases a character on a RealLife person the author knows or knew. |
73 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: Lawsuits are avoided by never mentioning copyrighted material directly by name. |
74 | * WunzaPlot: One is an A. One is a B. They do C. |
75 | [[/index]] |
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