Entertainment Questions & Answers

The term docusoap is made up from two words – documentary and soap (television serials). A docusoap therefore is a television documentary with soap opera elements: a television programme that combines documentary style with aspects of soap opera, eg by showing the personal lives of people at their workplace. The term came into circulation in the late 20th century.

A 3-D film is any visual presentation system that attempts to maintain or recreate moving images of the third dimension, the illusion of depth as seen by the viewer. It involves filming two images simultaneously, with two cameras, filming at 90 degree angle via mirrors. When viewed in such a way that each eye sees its photographed counterpart, the viewer’s …

A marionette is a string puppet. It is worked from above by tilting a bar, which pulls the strings. This moves the puppet’s arms, legs, and head.

The director guides the actors’ performances and his actions on the movie sets. He also directs the camera angles, which gives style to the movie.

A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. The traditional jukebox is rather large with a rounded top and has colored lighting on the front of the machine on its vertical sides. The classic jukebox has buttons with letters and numbers on them that, when combined, are …