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Screenwriting Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| logline | a succinct sentence that describes the overall story of a movie |
| treatment | a summary of a screenplay idea that includes the movie’s genre, theme, main character and important scenes |
| three-act structure | the structural system for most Hollywood films composed of the setting, conflict, and resolution |
| genre | the category of a movie, such as action, comedy, horror, science fiction, etc. |
| antagonist | the enemy of the movie’s hero/heroine |
| climax | the emotional high point of the movie |
| conflict | the problem the hero/heroine is trying to solve and/or tension in a story |
| low point | the point in the film in which the hero/heroine seems farthest from his or her goal |
| protagonist | the hero/heroine of the movie |
| resolution | the point in the film when the conflict is finally worked out |
| setting | the time and place in which a story occurs |
| theme | a word or phrase that sums up the main emotion of a movie, such as love, revenge, greed, etc. |
| scene | all of the continuous action that takes place in one specific time and place in a movie |
| scene outline | a list of scenes that will appear in a movie or screenplay |
| action | what the characters are doing in a scene besides speaking |
| dialogue | conversation that takes place between characters in a screenplay or movie |
| exterior (EXT.) | a scene that takes place outdoors |
| interior (INT.) | a scene that takes place indoors |
| slug line | a capitalized text at the beginning of each scene in a script that denotes where and when the scene takes place |
| storyboard | a visual representation of the scenes of a movie |
| table reading | a reading of a screenplay performed by a director and actors before a movie is filmed |
| transition | the means by which one scene ends and another starts |
| cut | transition between scenes in which one image comes right after another |
| dissolve | transition between scenes in which one image gradually fades into another image |
| fade | transition between scenes in which one image fades into black and then another fades up from black |
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