Story, Script, Screenplay, Dialogues..

Here it is Vinshal (to one of our readers), the difference between Story, Script, Screenplay and Dialogues..

Dialogues – Its nothing more than a conversation between two or more people. A character talking to himself in a movie is also included in dialogues.

Story – Basically a brief narrative and does not include dialogues, a part of the story is released as synopsis. E.g Boy meets girl, fall in love, girl’s father is against, sends villians.. boy fights them bravely.. proves his love, father is convinced and they marry. (sadly most Bollywood movies have the same story)

Script – Literally everything you hear while watching a movie is included in the script. Detailed storyline, the way the characters interact, their lines (dialogues) et al. The script is what the actor’s get to read before signing a movie. Been hearing actresses shout from roof tops, skinshow – kissing scenes only if the script demands the same? Its the script and the characters in them, which does the convincing part.

Screenplay – Is usually limited to movies and television. Apart from the script, it covers the visual aspects of film making. Like how a particular scene will be shot, where the songs will eventually be included, the shooting locations etc. The awards are presented to the Best Original Screenplay as it includes the entire process of film making, which explains why you probably may have never heard of an award for Best Script.

Note: In film-making some consider script to be the same as Screenplay. You could call the screenplay, a script.

Interested in reading scripts of movies? You could read the script of Titanic here (the site also includes scripts of most Hollywood movies)

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