photoplay
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈfoʊtəˌpleɪ/
- Archaic
:
guion cinematográfico
- The director carefully studied the photoplay before filming to ensure the actors understood their roles.
Examples
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Mr. Hughes, members of the committee, I have reviewed Mr. Hughes' photoplay entitled The Outlaw, and I can state categorically that I have never seen anything so unacceptable as the shots of the mammaries of the character named Rio.
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She submitted her photoplay to the festival, hoping to win an award for best screenplay.
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She had my Glamour draped over her knee, and I was leaning on my elbows over her yellowed copy of Photoplay.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the early days of cinema, a well-written photoplay was essential for a successful film.
Synonyms
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3.2
The written words used by actors in a play, film, or broadcast
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3.7
A written plan for a film showing what characters say and do
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7.4
A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Photoplay comes from photo- meaning 'light', the same photo in photograph, and play meaning a staged story like a theatre play. In early cinema, a photoplay often meant the written story or script for a film, so thinking of it as a 'play made of light' helps explain why it names the script.