Parts of a Screenplay

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

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

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

d

e

f

g

Midpoint

On Screen Description

Action Line

Parenthetical Descriptions

Slugline

Camera Description

Dialogue

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

The written version of a movie is called a ___________

• blockbuster

• screenplay

• theme

• plot

What is the underlined element:

• Slug Line

• Action

• Character Name

• Dialogue