Screenplays(Genre/Form Term)
- Continuity scripts
- Film plays
- Film scripts
- Filmscripts
- Motion picture plays
- Motion picture screenplays
- Motion picture scripts
- Movie scripts
- Scenarios (Screenplays)
- Screen plays
- Scripts (Screenplays)
- Shooting scripts (Motion pictures)
- Broader heading: Drama
Merriam-Webster online, Oct. 27, 2012: filmscript (a script for a motion picture) screenplay (the script and often shooting directions of a story prepared for motion-picture production. Synonyms: scenario; script. Related words: shooting script; story, text) shooting script (1. the final completely detailed version of a motion-picture script in which scenes are grouped in the order most convenient for shooting. 2. the final version of a television script used in the production of a program) scenario (1 a : an outline or synopsis of a play; especially : a plot outline used by actors of the commedia dell'arte. b : the libretto of an opera. 2 a : screenplay. b : shooting script)
Genre terms : a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging, via WWW, Nov. 7, 2012 (Film scripts. UF Motion picture plays; Screenplays; Scripts, Film. BT Plays)
Singleton, R.S. Filmmaker's dictionary, c2000: screenplay (Completed manuscript upon which a film is based. It contains dialogue; it is divided into scenes; it often includes some camera directions; it is written in the generally accepted screenplay format. Related terms: teleplay, script, scenario) script (Written text in a special format serving as a guide for the course of action, dialogue and setting. Related term: screenplay) scenario (Old term for screenplay; most commonly used today to refer to plot or storyline) continuity script (Script containing precise visual and audio information for each shot; everything in it matches what is seen and heard in the film) photoplay (1. Script intended to be photographed as a motion picture (theatrical film); it is an anachronistic name for a screenplay. 2. The motion picture itself; a photographed play.)
Twenty best film plays, 1943.
Simon, N. The odd couple I and II : the original screen plays, c2000.
The Internet movie script database (IMSDb), viewed online Oct. 27, 2012.
