film scripts
Dialogue for cinema
Film scripts are the written texts from which movies are made, containing dialogue, stage directions, and scene descriptions.
Also called screenplays.
The format is highly standardized—character names centered above their lines, action in present tense, strict margins.
She's been working on a film script for three years.
Writers may adapt existing material or create original scripts.
- fade inGradual visual appearance
- opening sceneBeginning of a performance
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- formatting rulesGuidelines for text presentation
- action linesMotion marks in illustration
dialogue · logline · plot · three act structure · table read · adaptation · transition · protagonist · character arc · character development · blocking · voiceover · subtext · revisions · resolution · pacing · tone · coverage
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- screenwritingscreenplays, screenwriter, screenwriting, scripts, scriptwriter
- film booksmovie guides, screenplays, scripts, cinema history, movie novelizations
- Merchband shirts, band tees, concert tees, keychains, enamel pins
- publicationsbooks, book, newspaper, magazines, magazine
- translated textsBible translations, poetry translations, subtitles, dubbed films, technical manuals
film scriptsnovels
Extended prose fiction
oral storytelling · prose fiction · stage plays · books · short stories
film scriptssilent films
Movies without soundtracks
visual storytelling · cinematography · film scores · musical accompaniment · pantomime