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high point

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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 454159 Last modified 09.07.2023
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Domain screenwriting
  • the highest point of tension in a film which the central character faces, confronts and deals with the consequences of their decisions and actions, and/or faces the antagonist in a climactic battle of final engagement. Typically a crisis leads to the climax. (Griffiths, 2015)
  • resolves the issues raised by the action and provides the dramatic answer (answer to the dramatic question). Usually the most intense plot point in the work, i.e. the most conflictual and/or the most spectacular. (Lavandier, 2005)
  • the protagonist is faced with one conflict after another until the major conflict which is the climax. This is the major event the protagonist must experience in order to achieve his goal. (Hiltunen, 2002, p. 125)

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 572467 Last modified 05.10.2025
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Domain metrologymeasuring instruments
high point preferred
  • vertikaalse silindrilise mahuti tegeliku horisontaalse põhja kõrgeim punkt
  • highest point on the bottom of a vertical cylindrical tank having a practically horizontal bottom
kõrgpunkt preferred
haripunkt
kõrgeim punkt
kliimaks variant
high point preferred
climax

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