Realism:

Verisimilitude – The appearance of being true or real, being ‘believable’.

Social Realism – term used by film makers and other forms of artists to aims to draw attention to socio-political conditions of the working class as a way to criticise the power structures behind these conditions. 

Magic Realism – depicts fictional and fantastical events in a mainly realistic tone.

Hyperreality – Inability to distinguish reality from being real or a simulation by inserting artificial parts of reality into a mainly realistic depiction of the world.

Visual style:

Iconography – Visual images and symbols, used in a work of art.

Intertextual Referencing – Implications of another text by using a distinctive, common or recognisable element of the referenced text.

Visual / Sound Motifs – A dominant or reoccurring image, design or sound.

colour grading – Post-production process of altering the appearance of film or photos.

Auteur Trademarks – A certain style of art linked to its certain author.

Tone:

Pathos – A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Bathos – An effect of anti-climax after an presumed artistic greatness.

Suspense – An effect of excitement or anxiety of what may happen.

Comedy – An effect of something that will make you laugh or intended to.

Dramatic Irony – A literary device which uses the audiences understanding of events which surpasses the characters knowledge.

Distancing Effect (Verfremdung) – Makes what seems familiar strange.

Postmodern Humour – Humour linked to serious meanings