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Script
Dialogue
Stage direction
Voice-over
Scene heading
Scene description
Shot type
Camera movement
Cover page
Sound effects
Transition
Director
Table read


Answers
The first sheet of the document, giving its title, the writer, the date and draft number.
A meeting where the cast read the whole document aloud together before filming starts.
The person who uses the document throughout production to guide the cast and crew.
A pre-production document that sets out the speech, roles and locations for a product with moving images.
An instruction showing how the filming equipment moves during a take, such as a pan or tilt.
A technical element written in capitals, such as FADE IN, showing how one part changes into the next.
Extra noises, such as a door banging, added to the soundtrack and noted for the sound editor.
A short account of what can be seen and heard, written in the present tense.
Speech spoken by someone who is not in shot, which can be recorded separately.
The words that an actor speaks, written in sentence case and indented beneath the speaker.
The capitalised line starting each section, showing whether it is interior or exterior and the time of day.
How much of a subject or place is visible in one view, such as a close up.
Guidance telling actors how to move or behave and how their words should be delivered.
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