teleplay
Small-screen screenplay
A teleplay is a screenplay written specifically for television rather than film.
The term distinguishes scripts intended for the small screen from those written for theatrical release.
She won an Emmy for her teleplay.
The word appears most often in awards contexts and industry credits.
Spoken exchange between parties
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- actDeed or performance
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- outlineSummary of key elements
montage · stage directions · blocking · cue · voiceover · cold open · teaser · beat
Film's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- networkInterconnected system
- primetimeTelevision's highest-viewership period
cable · streaming · syndication · miniseries · anthology · made-for-TV · pilot · special
Pre-performance practice session
- table readInitial cast script recitation
- shooting scriptFinal screenplay for filming
- castingShaping through liquid form
- directorOne who leads
producer · actors · performance · taping · filming · set · props · wardrobe
Storyline or land parcel
- storylineSequence of fictional events
- arcCurved line segment
- conflictOpposition between parties
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
resolution · protagonist · antagonist · subplot · twist · cliffhanger · theme · backstory
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- tragicomedyGenre blending sorrow and mirth
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
procedural · soap opera · anthology · thriller · mystery · romance · courtroom · medical
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
outline · montage · stage directions · blocking · cue · voiceover · cold open · teaser · beat · parenthetical
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
primetime · cable · streaming · syndication · miniseries · anthology · made-for-TV · pilot · special · docudrama
rehearsal
Pre-performance practice session
- table readInitial cast script recitation
- shooting scriptFinal screenplay for filming
- castingShaping through liquid form
director · producer · actors · performance · taping · filming · set · props · wardrobe · editing
plot
Storyline or land parcel
climax · resolution · protagonist · antagonist · subplot · twist · cliffhanger · theme · backstory · foreshadowing
tragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- tragicomedyGenre blending sorrow and mirth
sitcom · procedural · soap opera · anthology · thriller · mystery · romance · courtroom · medical · police
- Film and TVactor, actress, camera, cast, crew
- televisionTV, broadcast, TV shows, TV series, networks
- textstext, book, article, essay, document
- dramaTV drama, acting, drama school, character study, acting class
- tele- wordstelephone, TV, telegram, telegraph, telescope
- TV dramaepisode, series, season, TV drama, drama series
teleplaynovel
New and unusual
short story · prose fiction · nonfiction · documentary · news broadcast