Play the arts - ielts

a biographer

writes a biography

a novelist

writes novels/fictions

a playwright

writes plays/comedies/tragedies

a poet

writes poems/poetry

a scriptwriter

writes scripts for films

an actor

stars/has a role in a film/play

a composer

composes/writes music

a musician

plays an instrument or gives a performance

a singer

performs/sings a song

an artist

paints a picture/a painting/a portrait/draws/does a sketch

a sculptor

creates a sculpture/sculpts a work/carves objects out of wood, stones

plot

events in a story

a critic

a person who writes a review

script

text of a play/film

review

published report that assesses the merits of a book/film

scenery

furniture used on stage to represent the place of action

hardback

stiff cover of a book/book bound in a stiff cover

paperback

book bound in flexible cover

blockbuster

film/book strongly promoted by the producers to increase sales

blurb

short description of the contents of the book printed on the cover

full house

theatre/cinema with all its seats occupied

acts

parts of a play

cast

all the actors in a film/play

chapters

division of a novel

crew

all tehnicians working on a film

setting

place and time in which a play/novel is set

final credits

list of all actors, producers and directors who worked on a film shown at the end of a film

supporting role

a role in a film/play of secondary importance

character

a person in a novel/film/play