A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. It can be adapted from a previous work such as a novel, play or short story, or it may be an original work in and of itself. A screenplay differs from a script in that it is more specifically targeted at the visual, narrative arts, such as film and television, whereas a script can involve a blueprint of "what happens" in a comic, an advertisement, a theatrical play and other "blueprinted" creations.

The major components of a screenplay are action and dialogue, with the "action" being "what we see happening" and "dialogue" being "what the characters say". The characters, when first introduced in the screenplay, may also be described visually. Screenplays differ from traditional literature conventions in ways described below, and in not involving emotion-related descriptions and other aspects of the story that may not be visually apparent in the end-product.

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out Oscars in both Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay categories. In the United States of America, the Writers Guild of America has final control on who may be awarded screenwriting credit for a screenplay in a union production.

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off to do laundry then gonna work on my screenplay read my buffy mags and maybe watch Day of the Dead if there's time.
THEYLIVWESLEEP (Kayleigh Frost) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:45:35 -0000
off to do laundry then gonna work on my screenplay read my buffy mags and maybe watch Day of the Dead if there's time.
I just spent the last 3 hours working on my screenplay. Added scenes, deleted scenes (@jeannevb I deleted the parent scene completely).
yeah_write (Jamie Livingston) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:43:08 -0000
I just spent the last 3 hours working on my screenplay. Added scenes, deleted scenes (@jeannevb I deleted the parent scene completely).
Still writing. I'm not going to finish this screenplay before bedtime unless I stop drinking wine and have some coffee.
johnrackham (John Rackham) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:37:23 -0000
Still writing. I'm not going to finish this screenplay before bedtime unless I stop drinking wine and have some coffee.
Watched the trailer for the book I'm reading. The movie screenplay was written before the book yet they are still completely different. Wow.
4cal (Calvin Pappas) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:35:01 -0000
Watched the trailer for the book I'm reading. The movie screenplay was written before the book yet they are still completely different. Wow.
@nlw - Currently writing a screenplay and researching de-icing machines at SFO (believe it or not). They don't have them at all?
jeffkirschner (Jeff Kirschner) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:34:46 -0000
@nlw - Currently writing a screenplay and researching de-icing machines at SFO (believe it or not). They don't have them at all?
A Minute With: Bryce Dallas Howard in "Teardrop": Based on an original Tennessee Williams screenplay,.. http://bit.ly/88ajOz
indycine (indycine) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:25:03 -0000
A Minute With: Bryce Dallas Howard in "Teardrop": Based on an original Tennessee Williams screenplay,.. http://bit.ly/88ajOz

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