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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Every screenplay, or actually, the story that forms a screenplay, Field argued, has three acts: set-up, confrontation, and resolution.
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After the sale, Mezrich locked himself in a room at a hotel and began feverishly writing the novel as Sorkin started his screenplay.
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The screenplay originated from a deeply personal place for Eisenberg.
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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
The screenplay for the film, which is being written by Virgil Williams, is based on Clinton’s 2014 memoir, Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
After the sale, Mezrich locked himself in a room at a hotel and began feverishly writing the novel as Sorkin started his screenplay.
—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The screenplay originated from a deeply personal place for Eisenberg.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā
: the written form of a story prepared for film production
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