Here's a list of some of the terms and expressions that are used in this unit.
Camera angle: the position of the camera in relation to the subject
Celebrity: a famous person
Conflict resolution: skills learned to work out a disagreement
Courageous: a way of being that enables one to face difficulties and challenges
Endorse: to show support to a product or project by attaching one's name or signature
Foreign: someone from another country or nation
Hero: a male who is courageous, noble
Heroine: should be a female hero, but in TV, film and literature is often simply the principal female character, sometimes a victim
Myth: a traditional story concerning superhuman beings; an invented story
Perpetrators: persons who commit or carry out a crime
Public eye: in the community or national view
Recognition: formal approval or support
Review: to evaluate or judge something; a movie review
Role playing: to act out a role or part; to pretend
(S)hero: a female and/or male hero
Super (s)hero: a (s)hero having imaginary powers
Victim: a person who suffers a violent or harmful act
Villains/villainess: real life male and female people, or characters in a movie, play or cartoon, who act in a cruel and evil way
Source: Used with permission from Kids Talk TV: Inside Out, © Office of Communication, United Church of Christ.
