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Screenwriting Skills Test

Are you ready to test your knowledge of screenwriting? This quiz covers essential terminology and concepts used in the craft of writing for film and television. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned writer, you'll find questions that challenge your understanding of screenplay formatting and shooting elements.

12 engaging questions
Multiple choice, text responses, and checkboxes
Instant feedback on your answers

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by WritingWolf321

inwendo / Gify

Which term is used to transition between scenes.

CUT TO or DISSOLVE TO

FADE IN or FADE TO

FADE OUT

CLOSE ON or C.U.

A shot that is taken outside.

INT.

EXT.

PAN

ESTABLISHING SHOT

A direction for the actor to deliver their lines in a particular way.

Gify

A person speaking that is off screen, but we hear it anyway.

O.C./O.S.

V.O.

Beat

ESTABLISHING SHOT

What is one image of a screenplay (There are many different types of images).

Scene

Shot

Slug LIne

MONTAGE

Laff / Gify

A shot that focuses in closely on a particular subject, character, or action.

CLOSE ON or C.U.

ANGLE ON

FADE IN / FADE TO

ESTABLISHING SHOT

What the camera sees (at what angle)

This is used to suggest that an actor should pause before continuing

Gify

Which answers are characteristics of a montage?

A series of shots

Usually no dialogue

Quickly tells a section of a story

Is before a slug line

Shows the main characters point of view

Gify

What is the text in all caps at the beginning of a scene?

Slug line

INT.

FADE IN / FADE TO

B.g.

What do you write everytime a character talks...

What does P.O.V mean

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