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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:

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

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

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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]].''		''[[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]].''