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screenplay

[ skreen-pley ]

noun

  1. a motion-picture or television scenario.
  2. Older Use. a motion picture.


screenplay

/ ˈːˌɪ /

noun

  1. the script for a film, including instructions for sets and camera work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of screenplay1

First recorded in 1915–20; screen + play
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Unsure of his creative and professional roles, Nick is living back home with his parents while he LARPs, bartends and tries unsuccessfully to write a screenplay.

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It won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival and earned writer Lionel Chetwynd an Academy Award nomination for adapted screenplay.

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“Jeff changed my life by saying yes to a screenplay that I wrote specifically for him,” Cooper, who made his directorial debut with the film, tells The Times.

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Over the course of those years, the screenplay for “Párvulos” would become infused with Ezban’s interactions with his children Naomi and Alexander.

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“When something compels me, whether it’s a new acting role or an idea for a book or a screenplay, I dive in. I’m not afraid to hear no, and I hear it all the time.”

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