Screenplay

Question 1

One page of a screenplay is equivalent to…

Answer 1

One minute of running time

Question 2

Greenlighting

Answer 2

A studio decides to go forward and produce a film based on a screenplay/ studio accept screenplay and make a film

Question 3

Spec script

Answer 3

Speculative script; noncommissioned screenplay / script outside company or studio accepted by producer

Question 4

Shooting script

Answer 4

Includes camera positions and angles

Question 5

Screenplay should have

Answer 5

As little poetry and prose as possible and contain both dialogue and technical aspects

Question 6

INT

Answer 6

Interior; the film takes place indoors

Question 7

EXT.

Answer 7

Exterior; the film takes place outdoors

Question 8

VO

Answer 8

Voice-over; usually first person narrator (some exceptions)

Question 9

ZOOM

Answer 9

Lens zooms in for a close-up shot

Question 10

SUPER

Answer 10

Super-impose; one image superimposed over another

Question 11

DISSOLVE TO

Answer 11

One image fades out; another fades in

Question 12

Beat

Answer 12

Actor should pause for a moment

Question 13

Continuous

Answer 13

No interruptions/ cuts in action between events

Question 14

Ad libbing

Answer 14

Actors do not stick to the script; they improvise their dialogue (Eugene levy in American pie or Draco malfoy in harry potter)