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screenplay

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Film, Television & radio
screen·play /ˈskriːnpleɪ/ noun [countable]  AMFAMTthe words that are written down for actors to say in a film, and the instructions that tell them what they should do 电影剧本 SYN script
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screenplayEvery gardener in this town has a screenplay.I really wanted to try to write a screenplay and have the same experience that I have writing fiction.a screenplay based on a novel by John O'BrienBut they didn't look like screenplay writers.Rereading his faint carbon of the screenplay.She felt she could influence the outcome of the screenplay by her concentrated thoughts as the story unfolded.The screenplay gives Sally Field a fistful of knives, which she plunges into the places where we hurt the most.I think can at once give the assurance that your screenplays are unusually promising.
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screenplay
screenplay /ˈskriːnpleɪ/ noun [countable]
the words that are written down for actors to say in a film, and the instructions that tell them what they should do
   SYN  script


screen·playBrE /ˈskriːnpleɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskriːnpleɪ/ 🔊 nounthe words that are written for a film/movie (= the script ), together with instructions for how it is to be acted and filmed 电影剧本<titled tranID="40" status="2">Cinema/the movies<chnsep> </chnsep><chn>电影</chn></titled>

Watching 观看

  • go to/take sb to (see) a film/movie 去/带某人去看电影
  • go to/sit in (BrE) the cinema/(NAmE) the (movie) theater 去/在看电影
  • rent a film/movie/DVD 租借影片/DVD 光碟
  • download/stream a film/movie 下载/用串流传输方式播放电影
  • burn/copy/rip a DVD 刻录/复制/转压一张 DVD 碟片
  • see/watch a film/movie/DVD/preview/trailer 观看电影/DVD 碟片/预映/预告片

Showing 放映;播放

  • show/screen a film/movie 放映电影
  • promote/distribute/review a film/movie 宣传/发行/评论电影
  • (BrE) be on at the cinema 在电影院上映
  • be released on/come out on/be out on DVD 发行 DVD
  • captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience 使观众着迷/高兴/感兴趣/激动
  • do well/badly at the box office 票房好/不好
  • get a lot of/live up to the hype 受到大肆炒作;与天花乱坠的广告宣传相符

Film-making 电影制作

  • write/co-write a film/movie/script/screenplay 写/合写一部电影剧本
  • direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/movie/sequel 导演/制作/拍摄/编辑电影/续集
  • make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie 拍摄一部浪漫喜剧/惊悚片/动作片
  • do/work on a sequel/remake 拍摄续集;重拍
  • film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of sth) 拍摄(…的)开场戏/一套动作/连续镜头
  • compose/create/do/write the soundtrack 制作电影声带
  • cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence 剪辑掉一个镜头/一组镜头

Acting 表演

  • have/get/do an audition 试演
  • get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role 得以饰演/饰演主角/配角
  • play a character/James Bond/the bad guy 饰演一个人物/詹姆斯 · 邦德/反面角色
  • act in/appear in/star in a film/movie/remake 出演/主演一部影片/翻拍电影
  • do/perform/attempt a stunt 做/尝试特技表演
  • work in/make it big in Hollywood 在好莱坞工作/取得成功
  • forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood 在好莱坞闯出/追求一番事业

Describing films 描述电影

  • the camera pulls back/pans over sth/zooms in (on sth) 摄影机拉回/追拍/推近…
  • the camera focuses on sth/lingers on sth 摄影机聚焦于/长时间拍摄某物
  • shoot sb/show sb in extreme close-up 用特写镜头拍摄/表现某人
  • use odd/unusual camera angles 采用奇特的/不同寻常的摄影机角度
  • be filmed/shot on location/in a studio 在外景地/摄影棚拍摄
  • be set/take place in London/in the '60s 以伦敦/60 年代为背景
  • have a happy ending/plot twist 有美满的结局/出人意料的情节转折