realism

verisimilitude – the appearance of being true or real.

social realism – the realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as a means of social or political comment.

magic realism – a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.

hyperreality – a distorted reality or something that is displayed that doesn’t really exist.

visual style

iconography – the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.

intertextual referencing – anytime one text is referenced in another text.

visual/sound motif – a image or sound that is recognisable and easaly linked to a film.

Colour grading – Colour grading is a post-production process common to filmmaking and video editing of altering the appearance of an image for presentation in different environments on different devices.

auteur trademarks – a element in the film that i dentifies it as an auteurs work.

tone

Pathos –  quality that evokes pity or sadness.

bathos – an effect of anti-climax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.

suspense – a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.

dramatic irony – spectators understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

distancing effect –  the interaction between two locales declines as the distance between them increases. 

post modern humour – linking humour with serious meanings