Relationships Broader Term:  moving image n. ~ The script3 of a moving image production. Notes:  Screenplays may be little more than an outline or may have detailed acting and scene directions. ' [..]

is a formatted written work that includes stage direction, action, character names and dialogue. For more information, check out our lesson on Screenplay Formatting.

1916, from screen (n.) in the cinematic sense + play (n.).

 – A script written to be produced as a movie.

a script or text for a film production written by a scripter or screenwriter(s) (or scribe), written (scribbled, scripted, or penned) in the prescribed form as a series of master scenes, with all the [..]

A story written in a form suitable for motion picture or television production or adapted for that purpose from an existing novel, short story, stage play, or other work by a screenwriter whose name i [..]

(n) a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

Film script.

A script written to be produced as a film.

a form of dramatic literature used as an instruction manual for the production of a movie.

The film as a script. Depending on conditions during filming, the final version of the dialogue and action may vary from the original screenplay.