shooting script

noun

Definition of shooting scriptnext
as in scenario

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Recent Examples of shooting script In the shooting script, there’s nothing in the character’s description pegging him as a Baldoni avatar (no man-bun, for instance). — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025 With a handful of foundational elements in hand from Reddick’s story, Morgan and Wong started working on the shooting script. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025 The biggest challenge of shaving Kanon’s nearly 500-page tome down into a manageable shooting script (the final runtime is just under two hours) was trying to keep the subject matter accessible to a wide demographic. — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 Variety reports that the shooting script was penned by Nick Antosca after previous versions by Hoover and Lauren Levine; Hillary Seitz; Angela LaManna; and Will Honley and April Maguire. — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shooting script
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  1. scenario
  2. script
  3. screenplay
  4. text
Noun
  • Unless the settlement fund is established and distributes payments, that scenario is unlikely.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Davis said events of that scale require planning months — sometimes a year — in advance, with contingencies built into nearly every scenario.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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Noun
  • For a stable, repo-local script, that critique holds, and wrapping every small command in a gateway adds surface area no one needs.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • The studio tapped Ana Nogueira to write the script, a holdover from the former DCEU plans for a standalone Supergirl film.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026
Definition of script
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  • Eisenberg was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best screenplay, and his screenplay won a BAFTA Award, the Waldo Salt Award at the Sundance Film Festival, an Independent Spirit Award, and numerous other prizes.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2026
  • Lisa Baker co-writes the screenplay, which is produced by Nadia Jaynes, Sean Marley and Rachel Richardson-Jones.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 3 July 2026
Definition of screenplay
Noun
  • There may be some differences between the audio and the text.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The search for the opening song stretched into the final weeks before filming, with Kittrell, Dries and pilot director Jason Moore trading ideas over text.
    — Angelina Mazza, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
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