scripted dialogue
Pre-written spoken words
Scripted dialogue is conversation written in advance rather than improvised—the lines actors speak in films, plays, and television.
The term often carries a negative connotation when applied outside entertainment: Their apology felt like scripted dialogue, suggesting rehearsed insincerity rather than genuine speech.
In video games, scripted dialogue refers to preset conversation options or NPC responses.
- scriptwriterAuthor of film dialogue
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- stageRaised performance platform
- voiceSound from throat
scene · line · dramatic pause · voice over · subtext · stage directions · fourth wall · exposition · dramaturgy · character voice · teleprompter · dubbing · actor · line delivery · artifice · table read · read through · punch up
- directorial approachescinema verite, storyboarding, long takes, handheld camera, documentary style
scripted dialogueimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
improvised dialogue · ad-libbing · ad-lib · improv · freestyling