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  2. Short film - Wikipedia

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    Salah Zulfikar (left) and Geraldine Chaplin in Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973), a film with a 30-minute running time. A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". [1]

  3. Glossary of motion picture terms - Wikipedia

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    In modern usage the term more commonly indicates simply that a film is of a substantial length or running time, as distinguished from short films, though what is considered "feature length" can vary and has changed over time. feature length The minimum running time necessary to be considered a full-length or feature film, as opposed to a short ...

  4. Screenwriting - Wikipedia

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    Most modern screenplays, at least in Hollywood and related screen cultures, are written in a style known as the master-scene format [37] [38] or master-scene script. [39] The format is characterized by six elements, presented in the order in which they are most likely to be used in a script:

  5. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according to certain common features.. The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the languages in which the script is written follows (in brackets), particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name.

  6. Manuscript - Wikipedia

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    In film and theatre, a manuscript, or script for short, is an author's or dramatist's text, used by a theatre company or film crew during the production of the work's performance or filming. More specifically, a motion picture manuscript is called a screenplay; a television manuscript, a teleplay; a manuscript for the theatre, a stage play; and ...

  7. List of motion picture film formats - Wikipedia

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    This list of motion picture film formats catalogues formats developed for shooting or viewing motion pictures, ranging from the Chronophotographe format from 1888, to mid-20th century formats such as the 1953 CinemaScope format, to more recent formats such as the 1992 IMAX HD format. To be included in this list, the formats must all have been ...

  8. Big Things Comes in Small Packages: The Academy Rolls Out Its ...

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    Doc Short Contenders Give Voters Plenty to Ponder The 15 films that made the shortlist in the Oscars’ documentary short category are all powerful and thought-provoking, making the competition ...

  9. Screenwriter - Wikipedia

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    Pitch: The writer holds a five- to twenty-minute presentation of the film to buyers in a short meeting. Rewriting: The writer rewrites someone else's script for pay. The writer pitches their "take", much like they would an original pitch. Spec script: Short for "speculative" or "on speculation" as in; "She wrote her script on spec". The writer ...