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Screenplay

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screenwriternounOne who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.
movienoun(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
scriptnoun(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
scenarionounAn outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
synopsisnoun(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
plotnoun(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
storylinenoun(literature) The plot of a story.
storynounAn account of real or fictional events.
patternnounModel, example.
scriptingnounThe act by which something is scripted.
photographynounThe occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
photographnoun(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
casenounAn actual event, situation, or fact.
filmnoun(uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
vignettenoun(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
unproduced(not comparable) Not having been produced.
scriptsnoun(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
film script
shooting scriptA shooting script is the version of a screenplay used during the production of a film or video.
teleplaynoun(authorship) A script formatted like a screenplay for cinema, but written to be made into an episode of a television show.

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