character

A basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between characters within a scene. By keeping the camera on one side of an imaginary axis between two characters, the first character is always frame right of the second character.

A person who portrays a character in a performance.

Also called a 3/4 shot, a medium-long film shot showing characters from the knees up.

The character or force opposing the protagonist.

A protagonist who lacks traditional heroic attributes.