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preparing

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 453809 Last modified 16.06.2023
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Domain screenwriting
ettevalmistus
ennustus
foreshadowing
advertising
preparation
preparing
  • hints at story developments to come, in order to prepare the viewer for later events, revelations or plot resolutions. (Griffiths, 2015) An operation designed to render a subsequent development or piece of information plausible, [in hindsight] predictable or meaningful. (Lavandier, 2005) Any preparatory device used to create foreshadowing is called a plant. (FILMTERM) [Can also use] symbolism, images, music, motifs, repetition, dialogue and mood to convey hints and build suspense, (Griffiths, 2015) necessariliy implies a 'scene that must be written' (Lavandier, 2005). Misleading foreshadowing is called red herring or false foreshadowing. Badly done (i.e. too obvious) foreshadowing is called telegraphing. Also see planting
ettevalmistus
ennustus
foreshadowing
advertising
preparation
preparing

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