action lines
Drawn motion trails
Action lines are the prose descriptions in a screenplay that convey everything except dialogue—settings, character movements, visual details, and events as they unfold on screen.
Also called scene description or direction, action lines are written in present tense and kept lean: She crosses to the window. Rain streaks the glass.
Good action lines create visual momentum without directing the camera or telling actors how to feel.
- comicFunny performer or publication
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
- mangaJapanese comic medium
- graphic novelBook-length illustrated sequential narrative
- speedRate of motion
motion · motion blur · movement · dynamic · dynamic pose · panel · swoosh · storyboard · kinetic · blur · trajectory · impact · whoosh · stroke · ink · pen stroke · drawing · animation
action linesstill frame
Single extracted video image
still image · tableau · frozen moment · stillness · stasis
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