Vocabulary Answers

democratisation available to all

greater opportunity more chance to

largely positive development mostly good

opens up allows for

medium film

socieconomic voices opinions from different groups of people

film purists resist movie buffs don’t like

digital revolution ascent of digital filmmaking

brings down hurts

digital film movies shot with new cameras

burst onto the scene started

turn of the century around 2000

initial complaints first doubts

digitially shot movies movies shot on digital cameras

cheap aesthetic looks bad

akin to a the same as

soap opera melodramatic TV shows

proliferated beyond studios spread outside big companies

cut costs save money

exponentially increased gone up a lot

amateurs not professional

naturally of course

bad acting not good at acting

clumsily written dialogue poorly written script

poor overall production values cheaply made

admitted cons definite drawbacks

given a voice allowed to speak up

ethnicity race/ethnic group

countless examples many instances of

post put up

internet sensations popular on the web

new perspectives fresh voices

predominantly white, male, hetersexual homogenity of Hollywood film industry dominated by white straight men

increasingly possible more and more likely to happen

LGBT themes lesbian/gay/bi/trans undercurrents

surface come up

shorts short films

ethnic minorities small groups

break through become mainstream

most striking evidence obvious support

comparing contrasting

major movies studio films

diverse range lots of different types

on offer today available now

mitigated lessened

novel themes new ideas

underrepresented demographics not enough from these groups

pay heed pay attention to

relax their control allow others to do what they want

ever-promising industry always profitable