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  2. Screenwriting - Wikipedia

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    Screenwriting. Appearance. Example of a page from a screenplay formatted for a feature-length film. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.

  3. Teleplay - Wikipedia

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    Teleplay. A teleplay is a screenplay or script used in the production of a scripted television program or series. In general usage, the term is most commonly seen in reference to a standalone production, such as a television film, a television play, or an episode of an anthology series. [1] In internal industry usage, however, all television ...

  4. ScreenPlay - Wikipedia

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    ScreenPlay is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background. After single-play anthology series went ...

  5. TV format - Wikipedia

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    TV format. A TV format is the overall concept and branding of a copyrighted television show. The most common type of formats are those in the television genres of game shows and reality shows, many of which are remade in multiple markets with local contestants. Recent examples include Survivor, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Pop Idol and Big ...

  6. Screenwriter - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A page of a screenplay, showcasing character dialogue, scene transitions, sluglines, and action lines. A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, and video games, are based.

  7. List of television formats and genres - Wikipedia

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    List of adult television channels: (Rated shows) Adventure Series: Animated series: A television show which is traditionally, stop-motion or 2D or 3D computer animation. Cartoon series: Anthology series: Art: shares some of the same traits of art films. Television shows such as David Lynch 's Twin Peaks series and BBC 's The Singing Detective ...

  8. News ticker - Wikipedia

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    An example of a television news ticker, at the very bottom of the screen. News ticker on a building in Sydney, Australia. A news ticker (sometimes called a crawler, crawl, slide, zipper, ticker tape, or chyron) is a horizontal or vertical (depending on a language's writing system) text-based display either in the form of a graphic that typically resides in the lower third of the screen space ...

  9. Cold open - Wikipedia

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    Cold open. A cold open (also called a teaser sequence) [1] is a narrative technique used in television and films. It is the practice of jumping directly into a story at the beginning of the show before the title sequence or opening credits are shown. In North American television, this is often done on the theory that involving the audience in ...