| Audience of the products of entertainment | | | | termed as a screenplay. On the other hand, a |
| industries all over the world and people who are | | | | screenplay of a movie or TV program that is |
| aspiring entertainment industry wannabes and | | | | presented in a dramatic narrative with scenes and |
| workders if not the professionals in almost all | | | | dialogues can be termed as a script. Why? |
| parts of the globe have developed the habit of | | | | Because a screenplay is a form of script and not |
| using the terms screenplay and script | | | | opposite is the case. |
| interchangeably with the later one most | | | | Here is what Film Terms glossary of the Babylon |
| frequently used. This, however, is an errorneous | | | | dictionary says about a screenplay: |
| custom and needs to be changed as to depict our | | | | A document text in a specific format which |
| correct understanding of the two terms as well | | | | contains the dramatic elements of the film, as well |
| as leading the people who are unconnected to the | | | | as indications of other elements such as setting, |
| industry terms to quote the terms appropriately. | | | | light values, action, and, in general, everything |
| Let’s begin to understand the difference | | | | which it is essential to see on the screen from |
| between screenplays and scripts by having a look | | | | the point of view of the whole narrative; in its |
| at the definitions of the terms used to refer to | | | | relationship to the completed film, a screenplay is |
| the writing tasks of the two types of | | | | sometimes described as being analogous to a blue |
| entertainment industry documents. | | | | print of a structure. The analogy is true up to a |
| Screenwriting (not Screen Writing): | | | | point, but in fact there is no other kind of text |
| Screenwriting, sometimes written as Screen | | | | which has the specific characteristics and |
| Writing, which is no more a valid method of | | | | constraints of a screenplay. And no other text |
| writing the term in almost all of the Hollywood but | | | | which, when successful at attaining its goal--i.e., the |
| in few other parts of the world, is the term given | | | | finished film--effectively ceases to exist except as |
| to the task of screenplay writing. | | | | a historical and critical curiosity. |
| Scriptwriting or Script Writing: | | | | And here is what the Babel glossary says about a |
| Scriptwriting or Script Writing is the term given to | | | | script: |
| the task of script writing. | | | | A general term for a written work (and with |
| What most people should not do, but do is | | | | special reference to the entertainment industry) |
| confuse screenwriting with scriptwriting or script | | | | detailing story, setting, and dialogue. A script may |
| writing. Although screenwriting and scriptwriting | | | | take the form of a screenplay , shooting script , |
| are not totally different, they are still two | | | | lined script, continuity script , or a spec script. |
| different mediums of media writing. | | | | Copyright (C) 2007-2008 M.d Tabish Faraz. All |
| A script for a talk show, news, infotainment | | | | Rights Reserved. |
| program, etc, whether on TV or radio, cannot be | | | | |