"Cinematic tropes" refers to recurring or common elements, themes, or ideas used in movies. These could include specific character types, plot devices, or visual styles that are frequently seen and recognized by viewers. Full definition
The main figure, a former Miss Colorado, becomes an actress in Walker's paintings, playing into the fantasy and cinematic trope of the LA woman with the enviable life of ease and affluence. (wsimag.com)
The tweaking of genres — the prison - escape flick in Chicken Run; monster horror in Were - Rabbit — in ways that made fun of cinematic tropes while also rapturous embracing them has elevated Park's work way above the standard notion of «it's a cartoon, it's just for kids.» (flickfilosopher.com)
In their 2004 book Australian Cinema After Mabo authors Felicity Collins and Therese Davis drew a line in the sand in terms of the screen portrayal of Australia's landscape, identifying cinematic tropes that existed prior to the High Court's 1992 Mabo decision, which identified land in the Torres Strait as terra nullius: no man's land. (fourthreefilm.com)