Screenwriting Vocab

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Mastering Screenwriting Vocabulary

Test your knowledge of essential screenwriting vocab in this engaging quiz! Whether you're a budding screenwriter or a seasoned script analyst, this quiz is designed to challenge your understanding of key terms used in screenplays.

You'll encounter questions about various aspects of screenplay writing, including:

Scene descriptions
Character actions
Camera angles
Dialogue formatting

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by WritingStar27

Scene description, character movement, and sounds described in the screenplay

Action

Shot

Parenthetical

Establishing Shot

someone not seen in the image who is describing or commenting on the image that is taking place; often this is the character’s thoughts not said out loud

Beat

Voice Over, V.O.

Slug Line

INT.

What the camera sees

Action

Scene

EXT.

Angle on

the text in ALL CAPS at the beginning of a scene that described the location and time of day;

Parenthetical

Slug line

B.g.

Montage

used to suggest that an actor should pause before continuing

Cut to

Pan

Beat

Shot

One image; there are many, many, many different types

Scene

Montage

Flashback

Shot

Describes anything happening in the background of the scene

B.g.

Fade out

Ext.

Action

An event that takes place in one location or time; indicated by slug lines

PAN

B.g.

Shot

Scene

name appears in ALL CAPS the first time they appear; whenever they speak, their name appears in ALL CAPS

Actor

Director

Character

Joe pesci

; the position from which an action of subject is seen, often determining its significance

P.O.V.

Angle on

Close on

Establishing shot

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