Parts of a Screenplay

A script for a movie or a TV show is called a ______________.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which is not included in the parts of a screenplay?

• Title page

• Characters

• Synopsis

• Climax

The text in all CAPS at the beginning of a scene briefly describes the location and time of the day.

• Settings

• Slugline

• Actors

• Actions

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

If an actor should deliver his/her lines in a particular way, a screenplay will contain a description in parentheses to illustrate the point.

• Introduction

• Actions

• Parenthesis

• Parenthetical

Label the following sections of the screenplay

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e

f

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Slugline

On Screen Description

Camera Description

Action Line

Dialogue

Midpoint

Parenthetical Descriptions

The next element of a screenplay is ???????. These are short sentences that describe who’s in the scene and what they’re doing – written in present tense.

• the action

• Dialogue

• Scene Heading

• Character Description

The final piece of a screenplay is the ?????? or spoken words.

• dialogue

• Monologue

• Action

• Setting

Definition: a written work for a film, television show, or other moving media, that expresses the movement, actions and dialogue of characters.

• Dialogue

• Screenplay

• Script

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The written version of a movie is called a ___________

• blockbuster

• screenplay

• theme

• plot

What is the underlined element:

• Slug Line

• Action

• Character Name

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3