Scenes
What glossary term is being described here? Scene description, character movement, and sounds described in the screenplay
What is Action
What glossary term does this describe? one image; there are many, many, many different types of this.
What is Shot
How are Character's written in scripts?
the character’s name appears in ALL CAPS the first time the character appears; whenever a character speaks, their name appears in ALL CAPS
What glossary term does this describe? Simply a change in scene. We can either quickly "cut" to a new scene (immediate), or we can "dissolve"-- a slow blackening of the screen, followed by a slow re-lighting in the new scene
What is CUT TO or DISSOLVE TO
What does b.g stand for?
What is Background
Describe PAN
What is The camera moves across something; whip/swish/flash pan is when the camera moves quickly across something; a slow pan is when the camera moves slowly across something. Ex: "We PAN down a row of baseball players on the bench.", the camera moves down the row of players
Describe O.C./O.S
What is off-camera/off-screen; can refer to spoken dialogue, but the person speaking is not "in the shot;" they are off-screen, but we hear it anyway
What does INT. stand for?
What is Interior aka Inside
Define FADE IN /FADE TO.
What is an editing transition whereby an image gradually appears on the screen; usually a film script begins with this.
What glossary term does this describe? a shot from a distance that establishes the location; it shows the viewer where we are.
What is Establishing Shot
What does V.O stand for?
What is Voice-Over
What does EXT. stand for?
What is Exterior aka outside
What does P.O.V stand for?
What is Point of view
Describe ANGLE ON
Means what the camera sees, and there are specific types.
Describe Parenthetical
direction for the actor to deliver their lines in a particular way; ex: (calmly) or (softly)
Describe FADE OUT
an editing transition whereby an image gradually disappears on the screen; usually a film script ends with this
Describe SLUGLINE
What is the text in ALL CAPS at the beginning of a scene that described the location and time of day; slug lines are always short and direct and begin with either “INT.” or “EXT.”, ex: INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
Tells actors to pause for a moment; always put in parentheses.
What is Beat
What glossary term is this describing? A series of shots, usually without dialogue, which quickly tells a section of the story.
What is Montage