The Glossary is collection of terms with specific meaning for screenwriting, or filmmaking in general.

===== A =====

[[act]]

[[act break]]

[[antagonist]] 

[[associate producer]]

===== B =====
[[bad version]]

[[base camp]]

[[bio-pic]]

[[bump]] 

[[buy]]

[[business]] 

===== C =====

[[catharsis]]

[[character]]

[[character arc]]

[[circus]]

[[cliché]]

[[climax]]

[[close up]]

[[co-executive producer]]

[[co-producer]]

[[copyright]]

[[courier]]

[[CUT TO]]

[[cutty]]


===== D =====

[[day player]]

[[denouement]]

[[deus ex machina]]

[[development]]

[[development executive]]

[[diegetic]]

[[docu-drama]]

[[draft]]

[[draft and set]]

===== E =====

[[earned]]

[[edgy]]

[[eighth]]

[[entrance]]

[[establishing shot]]

[[execspeak]]

[[executive producer]]

[[exit]]

[[exit line]]

[[EXT.]]

[[extreme close up]]

[[eye candy]]

===== F =====

[[fantasy sequence]]

[[flash cut]]

[[flashback]]

[[flashforward]]

===== G =====

[[genre]]


===== H =====

[[hack]]

[[half-hour]]

[[hamartia]]

[[happy ending]]

[[hero]]

[[hubris]]

===== I =====

[[in]]

[[inciting incident]]

[[industry]]

[[INT.]]

===== L =====

[[line producer]]

===== M =====

[[manuscript]]

[[macguffin]]

[[meet-cute]]

[[momentum]]

[[montage]]

[[motivated]]

[[motivation]]

===== N =====

[[noir]]

[[non-diegetic]]

[[non-linear]]

[[notes]]

===== O =====
[[on the nose]]

[[one-hour]]

[[out]]

===== P =====

[[pacing]]

[[plot]]

[[plot point]]

[[plot twist]]

[[polish]]

[[post]]

[[prep]]

[[pre-production]]

[[principal photography]]

[[producer]]

[[protagonist]]


===== Q =====

[[quest]]

===== R =====

[[red herring]]

[[residuals]]

[[reveal]]

===== S =====

[[scale]]

[[scene]]

[[scene header]]

[[scene number]]

[[screenplay]]

[[script supervisor]]

[[set-piece]]

[[sequence]]

[[single-camera]]

[[slow-motion]]

[[slugline]]

[[split-screen]]

[[studio]]

[[sub-rights]]

[[subtext]]

===== T =====

[[take]]

[[teleplay]]

[[tentpole]]

[[theme]]

[[three-camera]]

[[tracking]]

[[transition]]


===== U =====

[["up and back"]]

===== V =====

[[video village]]

[[villain]]

[[voice-over]]

===== W =====

[[wonky]]

[[worst-of-the-worst]]