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  2. Screenwriting - Wikipedia

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    Though a spec script is usually a wholly original work, it can also be an adaptation. In television writing, a spec script is a sample teleplay written to demonstrate the writer's knowledge of a show and ability to imitate its style and conventions. It is submitted to the show's producers in hopes of being hired to write future episodes of the ...

  3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/How-to - Wikipedia

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    Keep your script focused on the key points that you want to teach (1-6 points max) Be concise; Try to avoid tangents. Use conversational style; See a sample script at Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Intro. To create a script table like this, add {{subst:Template:Screencast script table}} to a page, and click save.

  4. List of acting techniques - Wikipedia

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    Classical acting is an umbrella term for a philosophy of acting that integrates the expression of the body, voice, imagination, personalizing, improvisation, external stimuli, and script analysis. It is based on the theories and systems of select classical actors and directors including Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel Saint-Denis .

  5. Screenwriter - Wikipedia

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    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 writes the script (original or someone else's idea) without being paid, and, subsequently, tries to sell it.

  6. Prompt book - Wikipedia

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    Pages from the American actress Charlotte Cushman's prompt-book for a production of Hamlet at the Washington Theater, 1861. The prompt book, also called transcript, the bible or sometimes simply the book, is the copy of a production script that contains the information necessary to create a theatrical production from the ground up.

  7. Dramatic convention - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic conventions are the specific actions and techniques the actor, writer or director has employed to create a desired dramatic effect or style.. A dramatic convention is a set of rules which both the audience and actors are familiar with and which act as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action or of a character.

  8. Practical aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Practical Aesthetics is an action-based [1] acting technique originally conceived by David Mamet and William H. Macy, based on the teachings of Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Sanford Meisner, Joseph Campbell, and the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. [2] [3] There are two fundamental pillars of the technique: Think before you act, and Act before you think.

  9. Film director - Wikipedia

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    A film director is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the ...