| play | sandiwara |
| script | skrip |
| character | watak |
| role | peranan |
| hero | wira |
| heroine | wirawati f. |
| critic | pengkritik |
| theater decor | hiasan teater |
| stage directions | arahan pentas |
| dialogue | dialog |
| storytelling | bercerita |
| acting | lakonan |
| interpretation | tafsiran |

| to act | berlakon |
| to interpret | mentafsir |
Are you one of the good guys or the bad guys?
Adakah anda salah seorang daripada orang baik atau orang jahat?He is a complex character.
Dia seorang watak yang kompleks.She can't act. Her characters aren't very believable.
Dia tidak boleh berlakon. Wataknya tidak begitu boleh dipercayai.It was a play about love in all its variations.
Ia adalah sandiwara tentang cinta dalam semua variasinya.
| performance | persembahan |
| show | pertunjukan |
| spectator | penonton |
We will go to the performance of the show tomorrow.
Kami akan pergi ke persembahan pertunjukan itu esok.
| cast | pelakon |
| audition | ujibakat |
| rehearsal | raptai |
| stage-fright | gementar |
| improvisation / improv | improvisasi |
I have an audition tomorrow for the part of Hamlet.
Saya ada ujibakat esok untuk watak Hamlet.The theater director guided the actors.
Pengarah teater membimbing para pelakon.Did you memorize your lines?
Adakah anda telah menghafal baris-baris anda?He forgot his lines.
Dia terlupa baris-barisnya.
| comedy | komedi |
| comical | lucu |
| comedian | pelawak |
| drama | drama |
| dramatic | dramatik |
| tragedy | tragedi |
| tragic | tragis |
| cinema | pawagam |
| screenplay | skrip |
| plot | plot |
| suspense | ketegangan |
| cliffhanger | cliffhanger |
| screening | tayangan |
| to direct | mengarahkan |
The director cast an unknown actor in the main role.
Pengarah itu memilih seorang pelakon yang tidak dikenali untuk watak utama.Lights, camera, action!
Lampu, kamera, aksi!Cut!
Potong!Take two.
Ambil dua.That's a wrap!
Selesai!It's a blockbuster.
Ia sebuah filem blockbuster.It was a box office bomb.
Ia adalah bom box office.The movie was a flop.
Filem itu gagal.The plot thickens.
Plot semakin menebal.The plot of this film is too predictable.
Plot filem ini terlalu mudah dijangka.
There are screenings of the film at 18:00 and 20:00.
Terdapat tayangan filem pada jam 18:00 dan 20:00.
| action | aksiaction |
| historical fiction | fiksyen sejarah |
| romantic comedy | komedi romantik |
| science fiction / sci-fi | fiksyen sains / sci-fi |
| horror | seram |
| westerns | barat |
| animation | animasi |
| cartoons | kartun |
| soap opera | opera sabun |
| sitcom | sitkom |
| stand-up | berdiri |
| reality TV | TV realiti |
| game show | rancangan permainan |
| documentary | dokumentari |
| crime/mystery | jenayah/misteri |
| satire | sindiran |
| romance | percintaan |
| detective novel | novel detektif |
| thriller | thriller |
| historical fiction | fiksyen sejarah |
| fantasy | fantasi |
| comics | komik |
| classics | klasik |
What kind of literature do you prefer?
Apakah jenis sastera yang anda suka?The thriller was a bestseller.
Thriller itu adalah buku terlaris.