table read
Seated script performance
A table read is a rehearsal where actors sit together and read through a script aloud, typically for the first time as a group.
Common in film, television, and theater production, it lets writers hear dialogue spoken and helps the cast understand the story before blocking or filming begins: The table read revealed some jokes that fell flat.
- run-throughFull practice of something
- cold readingGleaning information through shrewd observation
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- scriptWritten words for performance
- directorOne who leads
ensemble work · rehearsal · stage directions · script supervisor · cold open · pilot · character development · understudy · pre-production · scene · casting calls · showrunner · actors · dramatic tension · punch up · notes · episode · lines
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- HollywoodHollywood, Tinseltown, Hollywood Sign, silver screen, movie stars
- sitcomssitcom, sitcoms, episode, episodic, season
- audition termscasting director, headshot, callback, callbacks, casting calls
- Hollywood termsbox office, logline, opening weekend, pitch, green light
- media industry jargonratings, sweeps, pilot, greenlight, pitch
table readopening night
First staged performance
final performance · premiere · dress rehearsal · live performance · principal photography
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