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✍️Screenwriting I
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12 Monkeys

A

Aaron Sorkin
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Action Beats
Action Description
Action Line
Action Line Efficiency
Action line revision
Action-oriented scripts
Active Listening
Active Verbs
Active voice
Adaptation
Adaptation specialist
Agency agreements
All is Lost Moment
Allies and Adversaries
Anti-hero
Anti-hero
Archetypal characters
Archetypes
Arrival
Auteur screenwriters

B

Backstory Reveal
Beat sheet
Before Sunrise
Black mirror
Body language
Business cards
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

C

Camera angle
Camera Movements
Carl Gottlieb
Cause and Effect
Character consistency
Character Contrast
Character Dynamics
Character flaw
Character Introduction
Character motivation
Character motivations
Character Name
Character names
Character placement
Character Profile
Character Relationship
Character relationships
Character-driven storylines
Characterization through movement
Choice
Circular narrative
Clarity
Clarity and Coherence
Cliffhanger
Climactic showdown
Close-ups
Cold open
Collective bargaining agreement
Color palette
Conflict-driven dialogue
Core values
Critical analysis

D

Damsel in distress
Dark comedy
Depth of field
Derivative works
Desires
Development executives
Dialogue Block
Dialogue pass
Dialogue tag
Dialogue techniques
Dialogue trimming
Dialogue Writing
Dialogue-driven scripts