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Script

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/skrɪpt/nounCore term

In film & television, script means: The written text of a film, TV show or play, with the dialogue, the action and the scene descriptions that the cast and crew follow.

In Turkish: senaryo, metin

How it is used

The everyday word on set and in production offices, used for films, series, ads and even YouTube videos. People write, read, revise, rewrite and break down a script. Script is also a verb: a scripted show follows a script, an unscripted show does not.

Example sentences

  1. We got the final script on Friday, so the read-through is on Monday.

  2. The actors were allowed to change a few lines, but most of the script stayed the same.

Common collocations

  • write a script
  • read a script
  • script breakdown
  • shooting script
  • script doctor
  • screenplayThe written plan of a film in a standard format, with scene headings, descriptions of action, character names and dialogue.
  • screenwriterA person who writes screenplays for films or scripts for TV series, either original stories or adaptations of books and other works.
  • dialogueThe words that characters speak to each other in a film, series or play.
  • sceneA part of a film or TV episode that happens in one place and at one time, usually made up of several shots.

This word in other fields

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