Institutions, status & social power · Working
Faction
Also called: group, bloc
ELI5
A group within a world organised around shared interests, identity or power.
Used in conversation
“Can we make the faction more specific in the pitch?”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Faction” in character, world, genre & tone conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.
Sources & evidence · 4
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Screen Australia — Story Documents: DramaSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Film Independent — Screenwriting and Episodic Program Application MaterialsSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14