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shooting script

shooting script

2 7.4
A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːtɪŋ skrɪpt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : guion de rodaje
  • The shooting script for the next episode includes detailed notes on camera angles and lighting for each scene.
  • final shooting script

And then, and then from that, you can get these really, you know, precious moments, these like gems that then what I then do is write them back into the shooting script.

Examples

  • Additionally, in the film, the fighting begins when one of the Clanton boys draws on Wyatt, not as in the shooting script when Doc and Morgan surprise the Clantons from behind.

    Academic text (2002)

  • We're about to issue this as a shooting script.

    Their Finest (2017)

  • And a figure that was not in the shooting script came running into the frame from the left.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • And the draft we're publishing is the shooting script?

    Fiction book (1994)

  • But whose shooting script would we be analyzing?

    Academic text (2002)

  • When we write a script intended for me to direct, it's right from the beginning a shooting script; a document for technicians to use.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • In the shooting script, Wyatt is playing poker when he hears the fight between the women upstairs and goes to investigate.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Inevitably, Huston's "final shooting script" of January 10, 1947, underwent minor revisions and cuts during production.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The production team gathered to review the shooting script, ensuring every detail was finalized before filming began.

  • Before the actors arrived on set, the director made sure the shooting script was complete with all the necessary production details.

Synonyms

screenplay
vsshooting script
124 3.7

A written plan for a film showing what characters say and do

is the final production version adding camera directions and technical details
photoplay
vsshooting script
  • Archaic
1 9.8

A written script for a film used in early silent movies

is the modern detailed production script used with camera and scene directions

How Detailed

shooting script
  • Specialized
2 7.4
screenplay
124 3.7
treatment
  • Jargon
119 4.4
synopsis
23 4.7

Surface Forms

shooting script singular
shooting scripts plural

Morphology

shoot + script

The meaning (a script used for filming) is directly derivable from combining 'shoot' (to film/photograph) with 'script' (the written text for a film). This follows a transparent noun+noun composition — essentially 'the script for shooting' — so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning, even if the term is somewhat technical.

Etymology

Shooting script comes from film sets: shooting means 'to film' and the script is the written plan for the story. This version of the script is marked with scene numbers and camera notes, so it became the 'final plan' used during filming.