Top 10 TVrelated Words in English
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hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and today we’re
going to talk about 10 TV related words
let’s go
to shoot to film the first expression is
to shoot or to film to shoot or to film
actually we use these words here to
shoot to shoot means to take video to
record video in a sentence this show was
shot in England hmmm to shoot becomes
shot to shoot shot in past tense we can
also use to film film comes from kind of
older cameras where film actual physical
film was used now of course we used
mostly digital media but we use to shoot
or to film video or to shoot a TV show
to talk about recording something for
use in movies or TV to broadcast to air
to broadcast or to air so this these are
words which mean to to play a TV show on
TV to air a TV show to broadcast a TV
show recently I feel like two air is
more common like this TV show airs every
week on Friday in a sentence new
episodes air every Friday we use
actually we use broadcast for our live
streams on this channel like we could
say like a live broadcast every week at
10 p.m. est that’s true so we can say
broadcast or we can say air
I feel like broadcast is a little more
natural for Internet things we don’t
really use airs every week for internet
things we use air for a TV but yeah
broadcast would be more for Internet
program anything to cast the next
expression the next vocabulary word is
to cast to cast there are a couple
different meanings of this word there’s
a fishing related word which means to
throw out like a fishing line to try to
get a fish this motion is called to cast
but if you’re reading something about
your favorite TV show and you see to
cast it means to choose someone to play
a character to choose someone to play a
character is to cast so for example and
sentence who was cast in the role of the
princess
so to cast someone as a character is in
the expression we use Jennifer Aniston
was cast as Rachel in friends or Dean
Cain was cast as Superman in the
Superman TV show from the 90s to give an
American pop culture example cast
okay the next expression however is the
noun form cast so cast as a noun not as
a verb as a noun the cast is the group
of actors and actresses who play the
characters in the TV show or the movie
you’re watching
so that’s everybody all of the actors
and actresses are called the cast
together their group is called the cast
so for example that show has an all-star
cast season series the next expression
or the next word is season or series
depending on which country you may hear
let’s see let’s see season season is
usually used in the US and series I
think is used maybe in England and being
in Australia as well so season and
series these mean like the roughly the
years of a show in a sentence how many
seasons have you seen so the kind of
like the chapters of show’s over like
maybe ten weeks or twelve weeks or so
you might watch one season of a show it
usually has like eight to ten maybe
twelve episodes we’ll talk about later
so one season is like one year of a show
episode the next expression is episode
episode so episode is one usually for a
TV show one 30-minute or one 60-minute
block of time in a sentence every
episode of that show is so good so maybe
each week one episode airs from a TV
show or two episodes air every week so
an episode is one part of a season so
for example to use these words together
we could say there are 10 episodes in
every season of my favorite TV show so
episodes are these kind of small blocks
of time small parts of you
story - run - run - run - run is a verb
that has many different meanings in
English oh we can’t talk about them all
in one video or even a million videos
but to run in this case means how long a
program is broadcast or how long a
program airs for so we would say that
show is running for six seasons it means
that show is going to be broadcast on TV
for six seasons so in another example
sentence that show ran for just three
seasons so to run a show refers to the
length of time that that TV program can
be viewed on TV maybe more example
sentences are better here so like this
show has a planned run of ten years for
we want to run this again next year for
example so that means how often you want
to broadcast to be set in the next
expression is to be set in to be set in
refers to the place where the story
happens in the TV show we can also use
this for books and for movies any
storytelling situation you can use to be
set in in this example sentence this
show is set in New York City the
expression to set in can refer to place
yes but it can also refer to the time
period of a show so for example maybe a
show is set in the past far in the past
you could say this show is set in the
Old West or this show is set in ancient
China this show is set in England in the
1600s so that’s the location and the
time when the TV show is set so place
and location we can use to be set in to
recur the next word is to recur to recur
so to require means to happen again
something that that continues something
that repeats to recur so we use this for
characters and themes in particular in
TV shows so we might see a recurring
character that character is a recurring
character in this series they repeat
they appear again and again
from time to time not as a regular
character but they appear sometimes like
supporting characters in a sentence
Joker is a recurring villain in the
Batman series he shows up from time to
time
he’s a recurring character a recurring
villain in this case script the next
word is script script script is the text
for the show trips a script is the the
text that the actors and actresses read
to tell you the story it’s the stuff
that the writers create and yeah actors
will read that those are the words for
the show the script so in a sentence the
script of this show is really well
written
fun fact there is no script for this
show unscripted really there’s no script
sometimes people are like if they’re
surprised to find out there’s no script
for this some people like you’re not
reading anything I’m like no of course
not do you think that I was reading all
that it’s always so clear to me like the
episodes that come out and where I have
had to read something like for the post
card contest for example there’s this
it’s just everything just slows down and
it’s so like the vibe is so weird anyway
no script for this show that’s the end
so those are ten TV related words and
you can use some of these words with
movies and other stories as well if you
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