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All of the films I'm doing are young, urban, high-concept, funny films. That's the zone where I'd like to play and have fun in.
Vir Das

Meaning of "high-concept" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-CONCEPT

high-concept  [ˌhaɪˈkɒnsept] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-CONCEPT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Concept is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-CONCEPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

High-concept

High-concept is a type of artistic work that can be easily pitched with a succinctly stated premise. It can be contrasted with low-concept, which is more concerned with character development and other subtleties that aren't as easily summarized. The origin of the term is in dispute.

Definition of high-concept in the English dictionary

The definition of high-concept in the dictionary is popular appeal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH-CONCEPT


clept
klept
inswept
ˈɪnˌswept
overstepped
ˌəʊvəˈstept
pepped
pept
rainswept
ˈreɪnswept
unadept
ˌʌnəˈdept
unstepped
ʌnˈstept
upswept
ˌʌpˈswept

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-CONCEPT

high-ability
high-achieving
high-angle shot
high-bandwidth digital content protection
high-carb
high-carbon steel
High-Churchman
high-class
high-colored
high-coloured
high-context
high-definition
high-density
high-density disk
high-density housing
high-density lipoprotein
high-dependency
high-end
high-energy
high-energy physics

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-CONCEPT

accept
concept
discept
except
high concept
incept
intercept
intussuscept
open-concept
percept
precept
proof of concept
reaccept
recept
self-concept

Synonyms and antonyms of high-concept in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-concept» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-CONCEPT

Find out the translation of high-concept to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-concept from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-concept» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高概念
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de alto concepto
570 millions of speakers

English

high-concept
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च अवधारणा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالية مفهوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокого концепция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alto conceito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ ধারণা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haute notion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konsep tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

High-Concept-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイコンセプト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 개념
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konsep dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao - khái niệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் கருத்துநயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च संकल्पना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüksek kavram
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

high -concept
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokiej koncepcja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високого концепція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Conceptul de înaltă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλής έννοια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë - konsep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

high -concept
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

high- konseptet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-concept

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-CONCEPT»

The term «high-concept» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-CONCEPT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-concept

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4 QUOTES WITH «HIGH-CONCEPT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high-concept.
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James Burrows
Most of the pilots I choose do not have high-concept ideas, so for me it's not the idea as much as the execution of the idea, and if the idea, like you take a bar in Boston, that's not a high-concept idea. But if it's executed well, it makes a great show.
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Vir Das
All of the films I'm doing are young, urban, high-concept, funny films. That's the zone where I'd like to play and have fun in.
3
Sprague Grayden
What frustrates me about some high-concept shows is that they don't give you information until sweeps, but 'Jericho's' audience will get a large piece of the puzzle every week.
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Adam Rayner
British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-CONCEPT»

Discover the use of high-concept in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-concept and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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High Concept: Movies and Marketing in Hollywood
Justin Wyatt describes how box office success, always important in Hollywood, became paramount in the era in which major film studios passed into the hands of media conglomerates concerned more with the economics of filmmaking than ...
Justin Wyatt, 2010
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High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess
The revelations in High Concept are astounding! Through intensive research Fleming has created a dramatic tale of the rise of the key players and how the Don Simpson way became the Hollywood way.
Charles Fleming, 1999
3
Conflict Coverage Promotion: High Quality Or High Concept? A ...
differentiation, economic and marketing concerns are central to high concept films. These include a strong emphasis on the visual form of marketability through cinematic trailers and television spots (p.19, 23). It is important to note that the ...
Chris Veits, 2014
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The Screenwriting Formula: Why It Works and How To Use It
Our High-Concept Logline Okay, here's our logline: A darkly irreverent comedy in which a priest, driven to a crisis in faith by the suffering of the world, agrees to represent the Devil in a class action lawsuit against God. Hm. Not bad. So yes, I ...
Rob Tobin, 2007
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A Guide to Screenwriting Success: Writing for Film and ...
Statistically, most high concept films are unsuccessful . . . but not necessarily for the screenwriter. Many of these scripts are written on "spec" and find themselves at the center of furious bidding wars among movie studios. Some of the scripts ...
Stephen V. Duncan, 2006
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Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design
In chronological order, they are: > High concept (2-4 pages) > Game treatment ( 10-20 pages) >> Game script (50-200 pages) The following sections briefly discuss these documents. Appendix A, "Sample Design Documents," contains samples ...
Andrew Rollings, Ernest Adams, 2003
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Fundamentals of Game Design
The high concept document is not a document from which to build the game. Just as the purpose of a résumé is to get you a job interview, the purpose of a high concept document is to get you a hearing from someone, a producer or publishing ...
Ernest Adams, 2010
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The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools
High Concept fills that role nicely as a tool in building an agile virtual enterprise. The techniques and institutional support that have evolved around the High Concept idea in a very large industry might be instructive, and applicable to, our initial ...
H. T. Goranson, 1999
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Hollywood: Cultural dimensions: ideology, identity and ...
originality of a high concept idea, media critics would suggest that high concept actually represents the zero point of creativity. As opposed to developing new ideas, critics describe high concept as relying heavily upon the replication and ...
Thomas Schatz, 2004
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Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the ...
Second, because complicated characters and story elements are antithetical to the demands of high concept for efficiency, high-concept films use character types or personalities with only a few characteristics but with striking physical features.
Deborah L. Jaramillo, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-CONCEPT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-concept is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ant-Man · Film Review · The A.V. Club
... might as well be the Soviets and the CIA; in stretches, the movie feels more like a high-concept Chevy Chase flick than a Marvel stand-alone. «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
2
5 Seconds of Summer Tease New Single, 'She's Kinda Hot'
The suspense was enough to make one wonder if they were about to release some high-concept surprise visual album, Beyonce-style. Finally ... «PopCrush, Jul 15»
3
How to Wear Fall's Best Couture Beauty Looks Right Now - Style.com
Or your favorite cutoffs dressed up with a high-concept hairstyle? Scroll down to see how our favorite off-duty models make avant-garde hair ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
4
US Drivers Not Much Interested in Self-Driving Cars - 24/7 Wall St.
There are two major high-concept ideas in the automobile world today: vehicle automation and connected cars. The two are related, and ... «24/7 Wall St., Jul 15»
5
Santa Cruz's new 'temporary' comedy club - Santa Cruz Sentinel
The next two weekends will be given over to high-concept performances that DNA hopes will attract audiences looking for something different. «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
Impastor · Season 1 · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Rosenbaum, also an executive producer, places himself at the center of the resulting high-concept shenanigans with his signature smirky ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
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' 7 Days In Hell ' is an inspired parody of sports documentaries
Like last month's high-concept Lifetime Original Movie kinda-parody A Deadly Adoption, the mini-movie follows through on an inspired concept, ... «Random Nerds, Jul 15»
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All "things" lead to 5G | Telecom Asia
... of what counts as 5G - apart from the high-concept vision of unlimited access to information and the ability to share data anywhere, anytime, ... «Telecom Asia, Jul 15»
9
The Divine Miss Schumer :: Movies :: Features :: Paste
It was more high-concept, but he said, 'Okay—write it.' And that was really encouraging, like, 'Oh, I can write a script! I can physically do it! «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
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ABC Family Renews 'Stitchers' For Second Season - Rickey.org
It's a high-concept series, and the first procedural drama for ABC Family, so it's a pretty big risk, especially when stacked with a cast of fairly ... «Rickey.org, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. High-Concept [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/high-concept-1>. Apr 2024 ».
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