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{{Useful Notes}}
''[[Creator Speak]] that has to do specifically with TV scripts, script-writing, and production. Compare and contrast [[Fan-Speak]] and [[Creativity Leash]].''
''[[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:'''
'''Script Speak:'''


* [[Act Break]] - Splitting up a program into segments
* [[Act Break]] - Splitting up a program into segments
* [[Arms Up]] - Camera movement not as strong as boom up
* [[Arms Up]] - Camera movement not as strong as boom up
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* [[Landing Gear Shot]] - Quick airplane landing shot
* [[Landing Gear Shot]] - Quick airplane landing shot
* [[Mandatory Line]] - Strange or quirky piece of dialog probably added for contractual reasons
* [[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
* [[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
* [["On the Next..."]] - Montage to encourage watching the next episode
* [[Previously On]] - Montage showing scenes from one or more previous episodes
* [["Previously On..."]] - Montage showing scenes from one or more previous episodes
* [[Script Life Cycle]] - How a script is created
* [[Script Life Cycle]] - How a script is created
* [[Show Parts]] - The structure of a TV program
* [[Show Parts]] - The structure of a TV program
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* [[Flat Character]]
* [[Flat Character]]
* [[Foil]]
* [[Foil]]
* [[Four Lines All Waiting]]
* [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]
* [[Framing Device]]
* [[Framing Device]]
* [[Fridge Logic]]
* [[Fridge Logic]]
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* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]
* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]
* [[Meanwhile Scene]]
* [[Meanwhile Scene]]
* [[Mid Season Upgrade]]
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]
* [[Myth Arc]]
* [[Myth Arc]]
* [[Negative Continuity]]
* [[Negative Continuity]]
* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]
* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]
* [[One Shot Character]]
* [[One-Shot Character]]
* [[Opening Monologue]]
* [[Opening Monologue]]
* [[Opening Scroll]]
* [[Opening Scroll]]
* [[Out of Focus]]
* [[Out of Focus]]
* [[Plot Tailored to The Party]]
* [[Plot Tailored to the Party]]
* [[Recurring Character]]
* [[Recurring Character]]
* [[Regular Character]]
* [[Regular Character]]
* [[Reset Button]]: Examples (see also): [[All Just a Dream]]; [[Negative Continuity]]; [[Snap Back]]
* [[Reset Button]]: Examples (see also): [[All Just a Dream]]; [[Negative Continuity]]; [[Snap Back]]
* [[Retool]]
* [[Retool]]
* [[The Reveal]]
* [[The Reveal]]
* [[Rotating Arcs]]
* [[Rotating Arcs]]
* [[Script Salve]]
* [[Script Salve]]
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* [[Series Goal]]
* [[Series Goal]]
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]
* [[Show Don't Tell]]
* [[Show, Don't Tell]]
* [[Snap Back]]
* [[Snap Back]]
* [[Stand Alone Episode]]
* [[Stand Alone Episode]]
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* [[Tableau]]
* [[Tableau]]
* [[Take That]]
* [[Take That]]
* [[Third Line Some Waiting]]
* [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]
* [[Two Lines No Waiting]]: see also: [[Third Line Some Waiting]]; [[Four Lines All Waiting]]
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: see also: [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]; [[Four Lines, All Waiting]]
* [[Understatement]]
* [[Understatement]]
* [[The Un Reveal]]
* [[The Un-Reveal]]
* [[Wham Episode]]
* [[Wham! Episode]]
* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]
* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]
* [[Writing By the Seat of Your Pants]]
* [[Writing by the Seat of Your Pants]]
* [[You Bastard]]
* [[You Bastard]]


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* [[Model Sheet]]
* [[Model Sheet]]
* [[MOS]]
* [[MOS]]
* [[Multi Part Episode]]
* [[Multi-Part Episode]]
* [[Precap]]
* [[Precap]]
* [[Scully Box]]
* [[Scully Box]]
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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]]
[[Category:Creator Speak]]
[[Category:Creator Speak]]
[[Category:Index Index]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:index]]
[[Category:Script Speak]]
[[Category:Script Speak]]
[[Category:Trope]]

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    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:

    Writer Speak

    Production Lingo

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