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''[[Creator Speak]] that has to do specifically with TV scripts, script-writing, and production. May appear in [[Script Fic]]s that attempt to be "real" scripts. Compare and contrast [[Fan-Speak]] and [[Creativity Leash]].''
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'''Script Speak:'''
* [[Act Break]] - Splitting up a program into segments
* [[Arms Up]] - Camera movement not as strong as boom up
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* [[Landing Gear Shot]] - Quick airplane landing shot
* [[Mandatory Line]] - Strange or quirky piece of dialog probably added for contractual reasons
* [[Market
* [["On the Next..."]] - Montage to encourage watching the next episode
* [["Previously On..."]] - Montage showing scenes from one or more previous episodes
* [[Script Life Cycle]] - How a script is created
* [[Show Parts]] - The structure of a TV program
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* [[Flat Character]]
* [[Foil]]
* [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]
* [[Framing Device]]
* [[Fridge Logic]]
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* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]
* [[Meanwhile Scene]]
* [[Mid
* [[Myth Arc]]
* [[Negative Continuity]]
* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]
* [[One
* [[Opening Monologue]]
* [[Opening Scroll]]
* [[Out of Focus]]
* [[Plot Tailored to
* [[Recurring Character]]
* [[Regular Character]]
* [[Reset Button]]: Examples (see also): [[All Just a Dream]]; [[Negative Continuity]]; [[Snap Back]]
* [[Retool]]
* [[The Reveal]]
* [[Rotating Arcs]]
* [[Script Salve]]
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* [[Series Goal]]
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]
* [[Show, Don't Tell]]
* [[Snap Back]]
* [[Stand Alone Episode]]
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* [[Tableau]]
* [[Take That]]
* [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: see also: [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]; [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]
* [[Understatement]]
* [[The Un
* [[Wham! Episode]]
* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]
* [[Writing
* [[You Bastard]]
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* [[Model Sheet]]
* [[MOS]]
* [[Multi
* [[Precap]]
* [[Scully Box]]
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Latest revision as of 01:06, 10 August 2019
Creator Speak that has to do specifically with TV scripts, script-writing, and production. May appear in Script Fics that attempt to be "real" scripts. Compare and contrast Fan-Speak and Creativity Leash.
Script Speak:
- Act Break - Splitting up a program into segments
- Arms Up - Camera movement not as strong as boom up
- Aside Glance - Brief look at camera
- Beat - Short pause
- Blipvert - High speed montage
- Book Ends - Matching scenes at both ends of a story
- Boom Up and Over - Camera moved high over subject
- The Climax - High point of a story
- Establishing Shot - Wide shot covering an area
- Fade In - Dissolve from black
- Fade Out - Dissolve to black
- Fade to Black (see also Smash to Black) - Slow dissolve to black
- Fade to White - Slow dissolve to white instead of black
- Flyaway Shot - Slow zoom out
- Hat and Coat Shot - Closing shot of the movie
- An Insert - Close-up shot of a specific object
- Internal Reveal - Something known to the audience is now known by a character
- Iris Out - Black edges move inward toward the center of the screen
- Landing Gear Shot - Quick airplane landing shot
- Mandatory Line - Strange or quirky piece of dialog probably added for contractual reasons
- Market-Based Title - Title of a work in a foreign language is changed for marketing reasons
- "On the Next..." - Montage to encourage watching the next episode
- "Previously On..." - Montage showing scenes from one or more previous episodes
- Script Life Cycle - How a script is created
- Show Parts - The structure of a TV program
- Smash Cut - Abrupt change in the middle of a scene
- Smash to Black - Immediate cut to black, typically at a commercial break
- The Tag - Short mini-act near end of the show
- The Teaser - Short cold opening used at the beginning to establish a show
- Three Act Structure - Constructing a program to be set up and finished in three acts
- Title In - Indication that words describing something related to the scene are to appear
- Where When Who - The three primary components of scene setting
Writer Speak
- Aborted Arc
- All Just a Dream
- Backstory
- Breather Episode
- Canon
- Character Focus
- Concepts Are Cheap
- Entrance
- Exposition
- Flat Character
- Foil
- Four Lines, All Waiting
- Framing Device
- Fridge Logic
- Half Arc Season
- High Concept
- The Hollywood Formula
- In Medias Res
- Lead In
- Meanwhile Back At The
- Meanwhile Scene
- Mid-Season Upgrade
- Myth Arc
- Negative Continuity
- Nothing Is the Same Anymore
- One-Shot Character
- Opening Monologue
- Opening Scroll
- Out of Focus
- Plot Tailored to the Party
- Recurring Character
- Regular Character
- Reset Button: Examples (see also): All Just a Dream; Negative Continuity; Snap Back
- Retool
- The Reveal
- Rotating Arcs
- Script Salve
- Script Wank
- Sequel Hook
- Series Goal
- Shoo Out the Clowns
- Show, Don't Tell
- Snap Back
- Stand Alone Episode
- Status Quo Is God
- Story Arc: See also: Aborted Arc; Half Arc Season; Myth Arc; Rotating Arcs
- Subtext
- Tableau
- Take That
- Third Line, Some Waiting
- Two Lines, No Waiting: see also: Third Line, Some Waiting; Four Lines, All Waiting
- Understatement
- The Un-Reveal
- Wham! Episode
- Willing Suspension of Disbelief
- Writing by the Seat of Your Pants
- You Bastard
Production Lingo
- ADR
- Audio Description
- Blue Screen or Green Screen: slang for Chroma Key
- Bottle Episode
- Closed Captioning
- Concept Art
- Episode Code Number
- Five Episode Pilot
- Fix It in Post
- Laugh Track
- Looping Lines
- Model Sheet
- MOS
- Multi-Part Episode
- Precap
- Scully Box
- Shoot the Money
- The Slug
- Squib
- Storyboard
- Studio Audience
- Stunt Double: see also Talent Double
- Stock Footage
- Syndication Title
- Talent Double