This textbook provides a compact introduction to the fundamental terminology for analyzing cinematic staging. Starting from the central design levels of film - the visual organization of the image field through the camera, the auditory design on the sound track, and the synthesis of the material in editing - a vocabulary for capturing and describing film form is developed step by step. Key design elements such as camera work, lighting, and composition are considered alongside sound design and film music, editing and montage, spatial design, and film architecture. Building on this foundation, the final section connects this framework with dramaturgical organizational patterns and narrative strategies of cinematic storytelling, supplemented by fundamental categories for describing acting styles and film genres.