Hello, welcome to the Film Scouts Los Angeles English Lnguage Course, Lesson 2. Today we're providing a vocabulary list to help you build up your Tinsel Town language skills.
| VERBS: | ||
| to schmooze | befriend scum | |
| to pitch | grovel shamelessly | |
| to brainstorm | feign preparedness | |
| to research | procrastinate indefinitely | |
| to network | spread disinformation | |
| to collaborate | argue incessantly | |
| to freelance | collect unemployment | |
| NOUNS: | ||
| agent | frustrated lawyer | |
| lawyer | frustrated producer | |
| producer | frustrated writer | |
| writer | frustrated director | |
| director | frustrated actor | |
| actor | frustrated human | |
| COMPOUND WORDS: | ||
| high-concept | low-brow | |
| production value | gore | |
| entry-level | pays nothing | |
| highly qualified | knows the producer | |
| network approved | had made them money | |
| FINANCIAL TERMS: | ||
| net | something that apparently doesn't exist | |
| gross | the studio chief's salary | |
| back-end | you, if you think you'll ever see it | |
| residuals | braces for the kids | |
| deferral | don't hold your breath | |
| points | see "net" or "back-end" | |
| COMMON PHRASES: | ||
| You can trust me | You must be new | |
| It needs some polishing | Change everything | |
| It shows promise | It stinks rotten | |
| It needs some fine tuning | Change everything | |
| I'd like some input | I want total control | |
| It needs some honing | Change everything | |
| Call me back next week | Stay out of my life | |
| It needs some tightening | Change everything | |
| Try and punch it up | I have no idea what I want | |
| It needs some streamlining | Change everything | |
| You'll never work in this town again | I have no power whatsoever. | |
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