script editor
Screenplay revision specialist
A script editor reviews and refines scripts for film, television, or radio, working with writers to improve dialogue, structure, and pacing.
The role involves developmental feedback rather than line-by-line copyediting: The script editor suggested cutting the flashback sequence.
In British television especially, script editors often shepherd projects from early drafts through production.
Film's written blueprint
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- revisionsAlterations to improve
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
- directorOne who leads
writer · production · continuity · draft · rewrites · coverage · logline · treatment
Correcting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
- typesettingArranging text for print
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
punctuation · fact-checking · redlining · track changes · markup · galley · style guide · annotation
Unified coding software suite
- debuggingError removal from programs
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- source codeProgramming instructions before compilation
- automationSelf-operating system design
Python · JavaScript · version control · Git · code review · repository · execution · algorithm
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- revisionsAlterations to improve
- storyboardPlanned visual sequence drawings
director · writer · production · continuity · draft · rewrites · coverage · logline · treatment · table read
copyediting
Correcting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
- typesettingArranging text for print
grammar · punctuation · fact-checking · redlining · track changes · markup · galley · style guide · annotation
IDE
Unified coding software suite
- debuggingError removal from programs
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- source codeProgramming instructions before compilation
automation · Python · JavaScript · version control · Git · code review · repository · execution · algorithm · shell
- editorschief editors, managing editors, copyeditor, copy editors, news editors
- editing toolsred pen, spell check, grammar check, dictionary, thesaurus
- System Toolscontrol panel, settings app, device manager, task manager, disk utility
- macrosExcel macros, VBA, macro virus, task automation, action sequences
script editorscreenwriter
Author of film scripts
playwright · author · scriptwriter · creator · showrunner
script editoractor
One who portrays characters
performer · director · cinematographer · producer · camera operator
script, editor, scripts, scripted, scripting, scriptwriter, scripture, scriptural, scribe