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screenplay

[ skreen-pley ]

noun

  1. a motion-picture or television scenario.
  2. Older Use. a motion picture.


screenplay

/ ˈːˌɪ /

noun

  1. the script for a film, including instructions for sets and camera work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of screenplay1

First recorded in 1915–20; screen + play
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The tome evolved from what Boneta originally envisioned as a screenplay inspired by some of the roles he had auditioned for and lost.

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But I always thought, I wanna write plays, or screenplays, because that felt more in my wheelhouse.

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Coogler — a Black director from Oakland, California, who was originally going to pursue medicine before a college professor pointed him toward screenplay writing — fought for his success.

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Unsure of his creative and professional roles, Nick is living back home with his parents while he LARPs, bartends and tries unsuccessfully to write a screenplay.

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It won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival and earned writer Lionel Chetwynd an Academy Award nomination for adapted screenplay.

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