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Definitions for screenplay
ˈskrinˌpleɪscreen·play

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. screenplaynoun

    a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

Wiktionary

  1. screenplaynoun

    a script for a movie or a television show

  2. Etymology: screen + play

Wikipedia

  1. Screenplay

    A screenplay, or script, is a written work by screenwriters for a film, television show, or video game (as opposed to a stage play). A screenplay written for television is also known as a teleplay. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A screenplay is a form of narration in which the movements, actions, expressions and dialogue of the characters are described in a certain format. Visual or cinematographic cues may be given, as well as scene descriptions and scene changes.

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  1. screenplay

    A screenplay is a written script for a film or television show. It includes not only the dialogue the characters will speak, but also details such as the setting, actions, expressions and movements of the characters. This text serves as the guideline for the director and actors during the filming process. Depending on the style, a screenplay could also contain information about the overall mood and tone of the scene, camera angles and musical score.

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  1. Screenplay

    A screenplay or script is a written work by screenwriters for a film or television program. These screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated. A play for television is also known as a teleplay.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of screenplay in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of screenplay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of screenplay in a Sentence

  1. Bernard Cohen:

    I didn’t have anything in writing. It was all verbal. I didn’t even ask for a part, but I said, ‘When it wins Best Original Screenplay, I want a thank you, and I want you to finance my next film.’.

  2. George Clooney:

    The genesis of the screenplay [ came when ] I was watching a lot of [ Trump ] speeches on the campaign trail about building fences and scapegoating minorities, and I started looking around at other times in our history when we’ve unfortunately fallen back into these things, and I found this story that happened in Levittown, Pennsylvania.

  3. Lloyd Webber:

    When I first read the screenplay, the first thing I said was, 'We have to have a song for Victoria'.

  4. Superintendent Ken Wallace:

    One day a few weeks ago, one of the assistants was going through a filing cabinet and found a file that had a manuscript from 'The Breakfast Club' dated Sept. 21, 1983, it's a first draft of the screenplay by John Hughes.

  5. Clive Davis:

    From all my personal and professional experience with Whitney from Academy Award-nominee late teenage years to Academy Award-nominee tragic premature death, I know the full Whitney Houston story has not yet been told, i am so glad that Anthony McCarten has committed to a no holds barred, musically rich screenplay that finally reveals the whole Whitney whose vocal genius deeply affected the world while Academy Award-nominee fiercely battled the demons that were to be Academy Award-nominee undoing.

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