A

• A4
• "A" Page
• Abbreviate
• Abbreviation
• Above the Line
• Absolute Film
• Abstract Film
• Absurd
• Absurdism
• Accelerated Montage
• Accent
• Acquisition Agreement
• Acquisition Agreement Example
• Acquisition Rights
• Acronym

ACT

• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Acting
• Action
• Action/Adventure
• Action Cutting
• Action Description
• Action (genre)
• Action Interruption
• Action Line
• Action Point
• Action Sequence
• Action Stacking
• Action Story
• Action Verb
• Active Character
• Active Voice
• Actor
• Actor's Direction
• Actor's Instruction
• Actress
• Adaptation By
• Adaptation (literal)
• Adaptation (loose)
• Added Dialogue
• Added Scene
• Additional Dialogue
• Address
• Addressing the Reader
• Adjacent Locations
• Adjective
• Ad Lib
• Adult/Child Character
• Adult Film
• Adventure
• Adverb
• Adversary
• Aerial Shot
• Afternoon
• Age
• Agency
• Agency Meeting
• Agent
• Agent Release Form
• Air to Air
• Air to Air Cinematography
• Aleatory
• Aleatory Technique
• Alien
• Alien Character
• Alien Dialogue
• All Caps
• Allegory
• Allusion
• Ambiance
• Ambient Light
• Ambient Sound
• Ambiguous
• American Montage
• American Shot
• Ampersand
• Anachronism
• Anagnorisis
• Ancillary Rights
• And
• Angle
• Animal
• Animal Character

ANIMATION

• Animation
• Animation School of Violence
• Animatronic
• Annotated Script
• Answering Machine
• Antagonist
• Anthropomorphism
• Anticipation
• Anticlimax
• Antihero
• Antiplot
• Apostrophe
• Appearance (character)
• Appearance (screenplay)
• Approach
• Arbitration
• Arc Shot
• Archetype
• Archplot
• Aristotle
• Art Director
• Art Film
• Art House Film
• Article
• Artist
• Assignment Script
• Assistant
• Asterisk
• Atmosphere
• Attachment
• Attitude
• Attorney
• Attorney-at-Law
• Audience
• Aural Transition
• Australian Writers Guild
• Auteur
• Auteur Theory
• Author
• Author's Intrusion
• Author's Representative
• Author's Script
• Author's Warning
• Avant-Garde
• Avant-Garde Cinema
• AWG

B

• b.g.
• "B" Grade
• "B" Movie
• "B" Picture
• "B" Plot
• "B" Story
• Backdoor Pilot
• Backend
• Back End
• Backend Deal
• Background
• Background Action
• Background Music
• Background Noise
• Background Sound
• Background Story
• Backstory
• Back To Scene
• Bad Guy/Girl
• Baggage
• Bankable
• Based On A Book By
• Based On A Screenplay By
• Based On Characters By
• Based On Characters Created By
• Bathroom/Toilet Comedy
• Beat (actor)
• Beat Sheet
• Beat The Clock
• Beat (writer)
• Begins To
• Beginning
• Behavior
• Belief
• Believability
• Believable
• Below the Line
• Best Friend
• Bible
• Bidding War
• Big Event
• Big Hook
• Biker Film
• Binding
• Biography
• Biopic
• Bird's Eye View
• Bit
• Bit Part
• Bit Player
• Black Comedy
• Blackness
• Blacksploitation Film
• Black & White
• Blaxploitation Film
• Blockbuster
• Blocking
• Blue Movie
• Blue Page
• Blue Screen
• Blue-Screen Process
• Boarding School Film
• Body Double
• Bold
• Bold Face
• Boom Shot
• Bottom Line
• Bottom Margin
• Box Office
• Brackets
• Brad
• Brainstorming
• Breakdown
• Breaking Dialogue
• Breaking The Fourth Wall
• Bridge Scene
• Buck
• Buddy
• Buddy Movie
• Buddy Picture
• Budget
• Bullet Sentence
• Business
• Button
• Buyer
• Buyer Release Form
• Buzz
• Byte

C

• Calling Card Script
• Cameo

CAMERA

• Camera
• Camera Angle
• Camera Back
• Camera Direction
• Cameraman
• Camera Man
• Camera Move
• Camera Movement
• Camera Operator
• Camera Placement
• Camera Sees
• Camera Up
• Camp
• Caper Film
• Capitalization
• Capitalize
• Capital Letters
• Capping Sound
• Caps
• Caption
• Cartoon Animation
• Cast
• Casting
• Casting Director
• Cast List
• Catalyst
• Catalytic Character
• Catharsis
• Central Character
• Central Storyline
• Certificate of Authorship
• CGI

CHARACTER

• Character
• Chase Film
• Chemistry
• Chiaroscuro
• Chick Flick
• Child/Adult Character
• Children's Film
• Chromakey
• Chroma Key
• Cinematographer
• Cinéma Vérité
• Circular Pan
• Classic Film
• Claymation
• Clearance
• Cliché
• Cliffhanger
• Climax
• Closed Ending
• Closed Form
• Closed Story
• Close On
• Closer
• Close Shot
• Close Up
• Closing Credits
• Cohesive
• Coincidence
• Collaboration
• Colloquial
• Colloquialism
• Colon
• Colored Page
• Combination Page

COMEDY

• Comedy
• Comedy Dialogue
• Comic Relief
• Comic Transition
• Coming Attractions
• Coming of Age
• Comma
• Commercial
• Commercialism
• Commission
• Commonly Confused Words
• Commonly Misspelled Words
• Compassion
• Compelling Dialogue
• Competition Listings
• Complication
• Composer
• Composition
• Computer Animation
• Computer Generated Image
• Conceal
• Concept
• Conceptualize
• Concise
• Conclusion
• Condensing
• Confidante
• Conflict
• Confrontation
• Consecutive Action
• Consider
• Consistent
• Contact Information
• Contact ScriptAssist™
• (CONT'D)
• (cont'd)
• Content
• Content Transition
• Context
• Contingent Compensation
• Continuation
• Continued
• Continuing
• Continuity
• Continuous
• Continuous Aspect
• Contract
• Contract Example
• Contraction
• Contrivance
• Contrived
• Convention
• Conversation
• Copy Block
• Copyright
• Copyright Notice
• Copyright Registration
• Correct English
• Costume
• Counter-Action
• Counterculture Film
• Courier
• Cover
• Coverage
• Cover Letter
• Crane Shot
• Crawl
• Creative Executive
• Creative Meeting
• Creature Feature
• Credibility
• Credit
• Credit Sequence
• Credit (titles)
• Crime
• Crisis
• Cross Fade
• Crossover Appeal
• Crossover Picture
• Crossplug
• Cross-Plug Trailer
• Crowd Scene
• Crowd Shot
• C.U.
• Cue (actor)
• Cult Film
• Cultural Setting
• Culture
• Current Revision
• Curse Word
• Curtain
• Cut
• Cutaway
• Cut-Away
• Cutaway Shot
• Cutback
• Cut Back
• Cut-In
• Cut-In Shot
• Cutter
• Cutting on Action
• Cut To

D

• D-Girl
• D-Guy
• D-People
• Dailies
• Dark Comedy
• Dash
• Date
• David and Goliath Struggle
• Dawn
• Day
• Daydream
• Day For Night
• Daylight
• Day Player
• Deaf Mute
• Defamation
• Deferred Payment
• Demographic
• Denouement
• Description
• Descriptive Adverb
• Descriptive Verb
• Desire
• Detailing
• Details
• Detective
• Detective Film
• Deus Ex Machina

DEVELOPMENT

• Development
• Development Assistant
• Development Deal
• Development Executive
• Development Hell
• Development Jobs - Quick Reference
• DGA
• Diagonal
• Dialect

DIALOGUE

• Dialogue
• Dialogue Block
• Dialogue Caption
• Dialogue Heading
• Dialogue (non-english)
• Dialogue Pass
• Dialogue Writer
• Didactic
• Didacticism
• Diegetic Sound
• Digital Effects
• Digital Effects Cinematography
• Digital Image
• Digital Video
• Direct Cinema
• Direction
• Director
• Director of Creative Affairs
• Director of Photography
• Directors Guild of America
• Direct Music
• Direct-to-Video
• Disability
• Disaster Film
• Disclaimer
• Discovery Shot
• Displaced Diegetic Sound
• Dissolve To
• Distinguishing Characteristic
• Distribution
• Distributor
• Docudrama
• Documentary
• Documentary Narrative
• Documentary-Style Film
• Dolly
• Dolly Back
• Dolly In
• Dolly Out
• Dolly Shot
• Dolly Up
• Dolly Zoom Shot
• DOP
• Double
• Double Dashes
• Double Hyphen
• Double Identity
• Double Jeopardy
• Double-Sided Script
• Double Space
• Downer
• Down The Page
• DP
• Draft Date
• Draft Number
• Drama
• Dramadoc
• Drama (genre)
• Dramatic Action
• Dramatic Arc
• Dramatic Hook
• Dramatic Time
• Dream
• Dream Sequence
• Dual Identity
• Dusk
• Dutch Angle

E

• 2EM Dash
• E & O Insurance
• Early Evening
• ECU
• Edit

EDITING

• Editing
• Editor

EFFECTS

• Effect
• Effects Film
• Electronic Mail
• Element
• Elevator
• Elevator Shot
• Ellipses
• Ellipses Marks
• Ellipsis
• Ellipsis Mark
• E-mail
• Email
• Email Newsletter
• EM Dash
• Emotion
• Emotional Setting
• Emotional Story
• Emotional Through-Line
• Emotion Track
• Empath
• Empathize
• Empathy
• Emphasis
• Emphasize
• EN Dash
• End
• End Blackness
• End (conclusion)
• Ending
• End Intercut
• End Titles
• Ensemble
• Ensemble Cast
• Enter
• Entertainment Attorney
• Entertainment Lawyer
• Epic
• Epic Film
• Epigraph
• Epilogue
• Episode
• Episode Film
• Episodic Film
• Erotic Thriller
• Errors and Omissions Insurance
• Escape Film
• Escapist Film
• Espionage
• Establishing
• Establishing Shot
• Ethnic Film
• Ethnographic Film
• Evening
• Exclamation Mark
• Exclamation Point
• Executive
• Exhibition
• Exhibitor
• Exit
• Exotic Location
• Expectation
• Experimental Film
• Exploration
• Exposé
• Exposé Film
• Exposition
• Expressionism
• EXT.
• Exterior
• Exterior Location
• External Conflict
• Extra
• Extreme Close Up
• Extreme Long Shot

F

• Fact Based Movie
• Factual Film
• Fade In:
• Fade Out.
• Fade To Black
• Fade Up
• False Clue
• Fantasy
• Fantasy (genre)
• Fantasy Scene
• Fantasy Sequence
• Farce
• Fast Motion
• Fast Track
• Feature Film
• Feature-Length Film
• Feel Good
• f.g.
• Fictionalized Documentary
• Fiction Film
• Field, Syd
• Filler
• Film
• Film Blanc
• Film Editor
• Film Epic
• Film Festival
• Film Festival Listings
• Filmic
• Filmic Time
• Film Noir
• Film School
• Film Series
• Final Draft
• Final Page
• First Appearance
• First Draft
• First Look Deal
• First Page
• First Run
• First Ten Minutes
• First Ten Pages
• Fish-Out-of-Water
• Five and Dime Treatment
• Fixed Base Method (residuals)
• Fix It In The Pinks
• Flash Ahead
• Flashback
• Flashback Sequence
• Flash Forward
• Flash Pan
• Flat Dialogue
• Flaw
• Flick Pan
• Floating Slug
• Flush Left
• Flush Right
• Fly-On-The-Wall Film
• Fly Page
• Focus
• Focus Group
• Follow Focus
• Font
• Foot
• Foreground
• Foreground Music
• Foreground Story
• Foreign Copyright Levy
• Foreign Dialogue
• Foreign Film
• Foreign Language
• Foreign Language (film)
• Foreshadow
• Form

FORMAT

• Format
• Formula
• Forward Slash
• Four Hole
• Four Hole Punch
• Fourth Wall
• Frame (film)
• Frame (shot)
• Frame (story)
• Framing Device
• Franchise
• Free Cinema
• Freeze Frame
• French New Wave
• Fresh Dialogue
• Front Credits
• F.S.
• Full Frame
• Full-Length Motion Picture
• Full Page Example
• Full Shot
• Functional Character
• Functional Name
• Future Setting
• F.X.

G

• Gangster
• Gangster Film
• Gay and Lesbian Film

GENRE

• Genre
• Genre Convention
• Gesture
• Ghost
• Ghost (of character)
• Gimmick
• Gloaming
• GLOSSARY
• Goal
• God Shot
• Goldenrod Page
• Gold Page
• Go Movie Status
• Good Guy/Girl
• Gothic
• Gothic Film

GRAMMAR

• Grammar
• Grammar Check
• Graphic
• Graphic Sex
• Graphic Violence
• Greenlight
• Green Page
• Green Screen
• Group Shot
• Guideline

H

• Hallucination
• Handicap
• Happy Ending
• Has Legs
• HDTV
• Head
• Header
• Header Page
• Heading
• Head of Production
• Head-On
• Head-On Shot
• Hearing Impaired
• Heart of the Story
• Heat
• Heavy
• Heist
• Heist Film
• Helm
• Helmer
• Help
• Hero
• Heroine
• Hero Quest Myth
• Hidden Identity
• High Concept
• Highlight
• High Noon
• Hints to Actors
• Hip Pocketing
• Historical
• Historical Setting
• History (genre)
• Histrionic
• Hold
• Hollywood Creative Directory
• Hollywood Ending
• Holocaust Film
• Homage
• Home
• Hook
• Horror
• Horror Film
• Hostage
• Housekeeping Deal
• Hubris
• Humor
• Hunter, Lew
• Hybrid Genre
• Hyphen
• Hyphenate
• Hyphenated Words
• Hyphenate (profession)
• Hyphenation

I

• Identify (character)
• Idiosyncrasy
• Illustration
• Impressionism
• Impressionist
• Improvisation
• Inciting Incident
• Incomplete Sentence
• Incongruous
• Independent Film
• Index Cards
• Indicating
• Indie Film
• Industry Speak
• Industry Standard
• Information
• Informational Film
• In-House Producer
• Inner Monologue
• Innocent (Wo)Man Story
• Insert
• Inside
• Inside Action
• Instructional Film
• INT.
• Integrating
• Intercut
• Interior
• Interiority
• Interior Location
• Interior Monologue
• Internal Conflict
• Internet
• Interpretation
• Interpretive Direction
• Interrogation Point
• Interrupted Dialogue
• Interruption
• Intrigue
• Intrusion
• Invasion of Privacy
• Iris In
• Iris Out
• Irony
• It's
• Its

J

• Job Title
• Joke
• Jump Cut
• Justification
• Justified Text
• Justify
• Juxtaposition

K

• Kill Your Babies
• Kill Your Darlings
• Knee Shot

L

• Lady or The Tiger, The
• Last Page
• Late Afternoon
• Later
• Lawyer
• Layout
• Lead
• Leading
• Leading Questions
• Leave Behind
• Left Margin

LEGAL

• Legal Film
• Legal (genre)
• Length
• Library of Congress
• Life Story Consent and Release Form
• Lighting
• Linear Narrative
• Linear Story
• Line-Over-Line
• Lisp
• Literal Adaptation
• Literary Agency
• Literary Agent
• Literary Representative
• Live Action
• Livestock
• LoC
• Locale
• Location
• Location Film
• Location Picture
• Location Slug
• Log Line
• Logline
• Long Form
• Long Shot
• Long Take
• Look (screenplay)
• Loose Adaptation
• Love Interest
• Love Story
• Low-Budget Agreement
• Low Concept
• Lower Case
• L.S.
• Lyrics

M

• MacGuffin
• Made For TV Movie
• Magic Hour
• Magic Realism
• Main Action
• Main Character
• Main Credits
• Main Plot
• Main Titles
• Major Character
• Major Plot Point
• Majors
• Major Turning Point
• Manager
• Mandatory Rewrite
• Mannerism
• Man Who Knows, The

MARGIN

• Margin
• Marketing
• Martial Arts
• Martini Shot
• Master
• Master Scene
• Master Scene Heading
• Match Cut
• Match Dissolve
• Match-Image Cut
• Matching Action
• Matte Shot
• Maximizing
• MBA
• McGuffin
• McKee, Robert
• Mechanical Effects
• Mechanical Interruption
• Medium Shot
• Med. Shot
• Meet-and-Greet
• Mega-Genre
• Melodrama
• Memory Flash
• Mentor (character)
• Mentor (screenwriter)
• Mentor (writer)
• Merchandising
• Message Film
• Metaphor
• Microcinema
• Microcinema (camera)
• Mid-Act Climax
• Middle
• Military
• Military School Film
• Miniature Shot
• Mini-Majors
• Minimum Basic Agreement
• Miniplot
• Minor Character
• Minor Role
• Mirror Shot
• Misdirection
• Mise en Scène
• Misspelled Words
• Mitt Out Sound
• Mixed Genre
• Mockumentary
• Model Shot
• Moment of Crisis
• Money Shot
• Monster Movie
• Montage
• Montage Sequence
• Mood
• More
• Morning
• Morph
• MOS
• Motif
• Motion Picture
• Motion Picture Association of America
• Motivation
• Mountain Film
• Movement
• Movie
• Movie of the Week
• Moving Picture
• MOW
• MPAA
• Multiple Protagonists
• Multiple Reeler
• Multiple Reel Film
• Multiplot
• Multiprotagonist
• Murder Mystery

MUSIC

• Music
• Musical
• Music Based Film
• Music Based Movie
• Music (clearance)
• Music Cue
• Mute
• Mystery
• Mystery Character
• Mystery Thriller
• Myth
• Mythic Plot
• Myth Plot

N

• Narration
• Narration By
• Narration Written By
• Narrative
• Narrative Time
• Narrative Treatment
• Narrator
• Naturalism
• Naturalism (dialogue)
• Natural Wipe
• Near Death Experience
• Need
• Negative Cost
• Neo Noir
• Neo Realism
• Networking
• Networking Tips
• New American Cinema
• New Angle
• New Character
• New Wave
• New Zealand Writers Guild
• Nielson Ratings
• Night
• Night for Day
• Night for Night
• Nightmare
• Nite for Nite
• No Dialogue
• Noir
• Non-English Dialogue
• Non-Linear Narrative
• Nonplot
• Non-Speaking Character
• Non-Speaking Part
• Non-Speaking Role
• Non-Theatrical Distribution
• Noon
• Note
• Note to the Director
• Noun
• Nouvelle Vague
• Novelization
• Numbered Scene
• Number (in dialogue)
• Numbers (box office)

O

• Oater
• Objective
• Objective Camera
• Obligatory Scene
• Oblivious Hero Ruse
• Obscure Location
• Obstacle
• O.C.
• Occupation Name
• Off Camera
• Off Screen
• O.K.
• Okay
• Omission
• Omit
• Omitted
• Omitted Dialogue
• On-Camera
• On Camera Narration
• One-Note
• One Sheet
• On Location
• Onomatopoeia
• On Screen
• On Spec
• On Speculation
• On The Nose
• On TV
• Open Ending
• Open Form
• Opening Credits
• Opening Sequence
• Opening Titles
• Open On
• Open Story
• Open Writing Assignment
• Opposition Character
• Optical Effects
• Optical Printer
• Opticals
• Optical Transition
• Option
• Option Example
• Option Fee
• Organic
• Orientation Shot
• Original Screenplay
• Orphan
• O.S.
• O.S.S.
• Other Language
• Outlaw Film
• Outline
• Out of Body Experience
• Out of Sequence
• Out On Submission
• Outside
• Outside Story
• Overhead Shot
• Overlapping Dialogue
• Over The Shoulder Shot
• Overview
• Over Write
• Overwrite

P

• Pace
• Pacing
• Package
• Packaging
• Page Break
• Page Count
• Page Ending
• Page Header
• Page Layout
• Page Number
• Page One
• Page One Rewrite
• Page-Turner
• Pan
• Panoramic Shot
• Pan Shot
• Paper
• Paradigm
• Paragraph
• Parallel Action
• Parentheses
• Parenthetical
• Parenthetical (action)
• Parenthetical Action
• Parenthetical Direction
• Parenthetical Margin
• Parenthetical (performance)
• Parenthetical Phrase
• Parody
• Participating Writer
• Partnership
• Pass
• Passive Character
• Passive Voice
• Past Life Memory
• Past Life Recall
• Past Tense
• Pathos
• Pause
• Pay Off
• Pay or Play
• Percentage Based Method (residuals)
• Perception
• Per Diem
• Performance
• Performer
• Period
• Period Film
• Period Piece
• Period (punctuation)
• Personal Direction
• Personality
• Personal Title
• Perspective
• Pet The Dog
• Pet The Dog Scene
• Phone
• Phone Conversation
• Phony Lead
• Physical Setting
• Pick Up
• Picture Vehicle
• Pink Page
• Pipeline
• Pitch
• Pitching Festival
• Pitching Tips
• Pivotal Character
• Plagiarism
• Plant
• Play
• Player
• Plot
• Plot Device
• Plot Driven Story
• Plot Hole
• Plot Point
• Plot Puppet
• Plot Reversal
• Plot Spine
• Plot Structure
• Plot Twist
• Poetic Realism
• Poetics, The
• Poetry
• Point
• Point of Attack
• Point of No Return
• Point of View (camera)
• Point of View (character)
• Points
• Point Size
• Polish
• Political
• Political Film
• Porno Film
• Possessive
• Possessive Case
• Post
• Postmodernism
• Post-Modernism
• Post Production
• POV
• Practical
• Practical Set
• Predictable
• Preemptive Bid
• Premise
• Pre-Production
• Prequel
• Presentation
• Present Simple
• Present Simple Tense
• Present Tense
• President of Production
• Preview
• Primary Slug
• Prime Time
• Principal Photography
• Printing
• Prison Film
• Prison Movie
• Private Eye Film
• Proactive Character
• Problem Film
• Producer
• Production
• Production Bonus
• Production Breakdown
• Production Company
• Production Credit
• Production Designer
• Production Schedule

PRODUCTION SCRIPT

• Production Script
• Product Placement
• Profanity
• Professional Appearance
• Professional Look
• Professional Title
• Professional Writer
• Profit
• Profit Participant
• Progressive Aspect
• Progressive Verb Form
• Prologue
• Promotional Film
• Pronoun
• Proof Read
• Prop
• Propaganda Film
• Proper English
• Proper Name
• Proper Noun
• Property
• Proposal Script
• Protagonist
• Pseudo-Documentary
• Psychic
• Psychodrama
• Psychological Thriller
• Psychotronic Film
• Public Domain
• Pull Back
• Pull Focus
• Pull Out
• Punchline
• Punch Up A Script

PUNCTUATION

• Punctuation
• Punctuation Marks
• Puppet Animation
• Purchase Price
• Push In

Q

• Quasi-Documentary
• Queer Cinema
• Query
• Query Letter
• Query Letter Tips
• Question Mark
• Quick Reference
• Quotation
• Quotation Marks
• Quote

R

• Race Film
• Rack Focus
• Rating
• Ratings
• Reaction Shot
• Read Through
• Reader
• Realism
• Realistic
• Realistic Dialogue
• Realistic Film
• Reality
• Realization
• Rebel Film
• Recommend
• Redeem
• Redemption
• Red Herring
• Redundant
• Red Wire, Green Wire
• Reestablishing Shot
• Reformat
• Register
• Registration
• Registration Notice
• Rehearsal
• Re-Imagining
• Relationship Line
• Release (film)
• Release Form Example (agent)
• Release Form Example (buyer)
• Release Form Example (life story)
• Release Form (screenplay)
• Release (screenplay)
• Religious Film
• Remake
• Repetition
• Representation
• Research
• Reserved Rights
• Residuals
• Resolution
• Resuming Dialogue
• Re-Telling
• Return To Scene
• Reveal
• Revelation
• Revenge
• Revenue
• Reversal
• Reverse
• Reverse Angle
• Reverse Angle Shot
• Reverse Point of View
• Reverse P.O.V.
• Revision
• Revision Number
• Revision Page
• Rewrite
• Rhythm
• Ridicule
• Right Margin
• Right of First Negotiation
• Right of First Refusal
• Right of Last Refusal
• Right of Reacquisition
• Rights
• Right Slash
• Rising Action
• Rising Conflict
• Rising Tension
• Risk
• Risqué
• Rite of Passage Film
• Road Film
• Road Movie
• Road Picture
• Rock Documentary
• Rockumentary
• Roller Titles
• Roll Focus
• Rolling Titles
• Roll-Up
• Roll-Up Titles
• Romance
• Romantic Comedy
• Rubber Ducky Scene
• Run
• Running Action
• Running Shot
• Rushes

S

• SAG
• Same
• Same Time
• Sample Screenplay
• Sample Script
• Satire
• Scale
• Scenario
• Scenario Treatment
• Scene
• Scène-à-Faire
• Scene Description
• Scene Ending
• Scene Header
• Scene Heading
• Scene Number
• Scene Numbering
• Scene Outline
• Scene Slug
• Schmooze
• Science Fiction
• Sci-Fi
• Score
• Screen Actors Guild
• Screen Credit
• Screenplay
• Screenplay By
• Screenplay Competition
• Screenplay Competition Listings
• Screenplay Contest
• Screenplay Narrative
• Screen Story By
• Screen Time
• Screentime
• Screenwriter
• Screenwriting
• Screenwriting Books
• Screenwriting Conference
• Screenwriting Course
• Screenwriting Seminar
• Screenwriting Software
• Screenwriting Workshop
• Screwball Comedy
• Scribe
• Script
• Script Assignment
• ScriptAssist™
• Script Breakdown
• Script Coach
• Script Consultant
• Script Doctor
• Script Notes
• Script Numbering
• Scroll
• SD EFX
• SE
• Secondary Heading
• Secondary Plot
• Secondary Slug
• Second Draft
• Seger, Linda
• Self Awareness
• Self Knowledge
• Self Realization
• Self Referential
• Self Reflexive
• Self Revelation
• Selling Script
• Semi-colon
• Semicolon
• Semidocumentary
• Senior Vice President of Production
• Sentence Fragment
• Separated Rights
• Sequel
• Sequence
• Sequence Shot
• Serial
• Series
• Series of Shots
• Set
• Set Back
• Set Decoration
• Set Decorator
• Set Dresser
• Set Dressing
• Set Piece
• Setting
• Set Up (beginning)
• Set-Up Bonus
• Set Up (story device)
• Sexploitation Film
• SFX
• Shelve
• Shift Focus
• Shooting Schedule
• Shooting Script
• Shop
• Short Film
• Shot
• Shot Heading
• Shot Type
• Show Bible
• Showcase Staged Reading
• Show Don't Tell
• Show Not Tell
• Showrunner
• Show Script
• Sight Gag
• Sign
• Signatory
• Signatory Agent
• Signatory Company
• Sign Language
• Signpost
• Silent Film
• Simile
• Simultaneous Action
• Simultaneous Business
• Simultaneous Dialogue
• Simultaneous Locations
• Single Space
• Sit-com
• Sitcom
• Situation Comedy
• Situational Comedy
• Skill Film
• Skin Flick
• Slam
• Slam Cut
• Slang
• Slapstick
• Slash
• Slasher Film
• Sleeper
• Slice-of-Life Film
• Slow Motion
• Slug
• Slug Line
• Smash Cut
• Sneak
• Sneak Peek
• Snuff Film
• Soap Opera
• Social-Conscience Film
• Social Consciousness Film
• Social Exposé Film
• Social Protest Film
• Soft
• Software
• Song
• Song Lyrics
• Song Title
• Sotto
• Sotto Voice
• Sound
• Sound Bridge
• Sound Cross Fade
• Sound Crossover To
• Sound Cue
• Sound Design
• Sound Dissolve
• Sound Effect
• Soundtrack
• Source Address
• Source Music
• Space
• Spacing
• Spaghetti Western
• Speaking Letters
• Speaking Numbers
• Special Ability
• Special Effects
• Special Note
• Spec Screenplay
• Spec Script
• Spectacle
• Spectacle Film
• Spectacular
• Speculation Screenplay
• Speculation Script
• Spec Writing Style
• Speech Impaired
• Speech Impediment
• SP-EFX
• Spell Check
• Spell Checker
• Spelled Out
• Spelling
• SPEX
• SPFX
• Spin
• Spine (edge)
• Spine (story)
• Spitballing
• Splatter Film
• Split Scene Heading
• Split Screen
• Split Slug Line
• Spoof
• Sports
• Sports Film
• Spy
• Spy Film
• Stacking Actions
• Staged Reading
• Stakes
• Stalker Film
• Stall
• Stammer
• Standard Release (screenplay)
• Stand In
• Star
• Starts To
• Star Vehicle
• Steadicam
• Step Deal
• Step Deal Example
• Step Outline
• Stereoscope
• Stereoscopic Cinematography
• Stereotype
• Stilted Dialogue
• Stock Character
• Stock Footage
• Stock Shot
• Stop Motion

STORY

• Straw (Wo)Man
• Street Film
• Structure
• Studio
• Studio Film
• Studio Picture
• Stunt
• Stunt Double
• Stuttering
• Style
• Sub-Genre
• Subgenre
• Subheading
• Subjective Camera
• Subplot
• Subtext
• Subtitle
• Subtitle (captions)
• Subtitle (dialogue)
• Subtitle (name)
• Subtitle (screenplay)
• Subtle
• Sunrise
• Sunset
• Super
• Superimpose
• Superimposition
• Supernatural
• Supernatural Character
• Superobjective
• Supporting Character
• Supporting Role
• Surprise
• Surrealism
• Suspense
• Suspension of Disbelief
• Swashbuckling
• Swearing
• Sweeps
• Sweepstakes Pitching
• Sweetheart Deal
• Swing Gang
• Swish Pan
• Symbol
• Symbolic Progression
• Symbolism
• Synchronicity
• Syndication
• Synergy (marketing)
• Synergy (production)
• Synergy (story)
• Synopsis

T

• 3D
• 3D Animation
• 3D Cinematography
• 3D Motion Picture
• 3 x 5 Cards
• Tab
• Table Read
• Tag
• Tag Line
• Tag (scene)
• Tail
• Tail-Away Shot
• Tail End
• Take
• Take A Meeting
• Talent
• Talent Agency
• Talent Agent
• Talking Heads
• Talking Head Scene
• Target Audience
• Target Market
• Tearjerker
• Teaser
• Technical Intrusion
• Technology
• Teen Film
• Teen Flick
• Teen Movie
• Telefilm
• Telegraphing the Reader
• Telemovie
• Telepath
• Telephone
• Telephone Conversation
• Telepix
• Television Series
• Television Sit-com
• Television Sitcom
• Ten Pages
• Tension
• Tent Pole Film
• Tent Pole Movie
• Tent Pole Scene
• Terse
• Test Screening
• The End
• Theme
• Thin
• Third World Cinema
• Thought
• Three Act Structure
• Three Dimensional Animation
• Three Hole
• Three Hole Punch
• Thriller
• Through Line
• Throughline
• Tilt
• Tilt Shot
• Time Clock
• Time Code
• Time Deadline
• Time (film)
• Time (in slug line)
• Time Limit
• Time Limitation
• Time Lock

TIME OF DAY

• Time of Day
• Time (period)
• Time Slug
• Time Transition
• Timing
• Tipping the Reader

TIPS/CHECKLISTS

• Title Card
• Title (credits)
• Title (screenplay)
• Title Over
• Title Page
• Title Sequence
• Titles of Books, TV Shows, etc.
• To Be (verb)
• To Do A Pass
• Tone
• Too Much Black
• Top Margin
• Top Sheet
• Touches
• Track
• Tracker
• Tracking Shot
• Trades
• Tragedy
• Trailer
• Training Film
• Trait
• Transformational Arc

TRANSITION

• Transition
• Transitional Character Heading
• Transitional Slug
• Transition Point
• Trap
• Travel Film
• Traveling Shot
• Travelog
• Travelogue
• Treatment
• Trigger Bonus
• Triple Jeopardy
• Triple Space
• Truby, John
• Trucking Shot
• Turnaround
• Turning Point
• Tweak
• Twilight
• Twist
• Two Dimensional Animation
• Two Shot
• Typecasting
• Type (character)
• Typeface
• Type (font)
• Typewriter
• Typing

U

• Ultimatte
• Unchanging Character
• Underground Film
• Underline
• Underscore
• Underwater
• Unsolicited Material
• Up Ending
• Up-Front Deal
• Up-Front Fee
• Up-Front Payment
• Upfront (television)
• UPGRADE
• Upper Case
• Upset Price

V

• Vanity Deal
• Vaudeville Film
• Vehicle
• Verb
• Verb List
• Verisimilitude
• Vertical Story
• Vice President of Production
• Victim
• Videographer
• Viewer
• Villain
• Virgule
• Visual Effect
• Visual Punchline
• V.O.
• Voice
• Voice Over
• Vulgar
• Vulgarity
• Vulnerability
• Vulnerable

W

• Walk-On
• War
• Wardrobe
• War Film
• Warning
• Washer
• We Hear
• We See
• Weekend Read
• Weepie
• Western
• WGA
• WGAe
• WGAw
• WGA Low-Budget Agreement
• Whammy
• Where
• Whisper
• Whispering
• White Space
• Whodunit
• Who's
• Who's Buying What
• Whose
• Wide
• Wide Angle
• Wide Shot
• Widow
• Wildlife/Outdoors
• Wipe
• Wipe To
• Woman's Film
• Woman's Picture
• (Wo)Man Who Knows, The
• Working Title
• Work The Room
• World of the Story
• Wrap Tolerance
• Wrinkle
• Writer
• Writer's Fee
• Writer's Group
• Writers Guild
• Writers Guild Foundation
• Writers Guild Low-Budget Agreement
• Writers Guild of America
• Writers Guild of America, East
• Writers Guild of America, West
• Writers Guild of Australia
• Writers Guild of Canada
• Writers Guild of Great Britain
• Writers Guild of New Zealand
• Writing Assignment

WRITING CREDITS

• Writing Credits
• Writing Credits - Quick Reference
• Writing Group
• Writing Partner
• Writing Team
• Written By
• Wryly

X

• X.C.U.
• X-Rated Film

Y

• Yellow Page
• Yes/No Questions
• Your
• You're
• Youth-Cult Film
• Youth-Culture Film

Z

• Zero-Option
• Zip Pan
• Zoom
• Zoom In
• Zoom Out