screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā 
: the script and often shooting directions of a story prepared for movie production
Examples of screenplay in a Sentence
an award for best screenplay
each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study
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Co-producers: Agnès Olier, Benoît Roland. Crew: Director, screenplay: Léonor Serraille.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
Kenny Beaumont directed the film based on an original screenplay by Jonathan Davenport.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
In the five weeks in took to write the screenplay, Richard’s voice started getting markedly worse.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
The film is ingeniously engineered to maximize its limited resources, which Kane was intent on starting with the screenplay.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
Kenny Beaumont directed the film based on an original screenplay by Jonathan Davenport.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
In the five weeks in took to write the screenplay, Richard’s voice started getting markedly worse.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
The film is ingeniously engineered to maximize its limited resources, which Kane was intent on starting with the screenplay.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
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screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā
: the written form of a story prepared for film production
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