Wondering how to use Screenplay in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as script or book.
Screenplay meaning
A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
Using Screenplay
- The main meaning on this page is: A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
- Useful related words include: script, book, playscript.
- In the example corpus, screenplay often appears in combinations such as: the screenplay, original screenplay, adapted screenplay.
Context around Screenplay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Screenplay
- In this selection, "screenplay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adapted, original, 1936, categories, 1978 and based stand out and add context to how "screenplay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a screenplay can never, an adapted screenplay oscar nom and adapted screenplay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "screenplay" sits close to words such as crashing, hawaiian and heavyweight, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with screenplay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Before the pandemic, Schrader had a standard routine when beginning a screenplay. (12 words)
A screenplay can never capture all of the nuance and texture of an actual human being. (16 words)
Screenplay Under the guidance of Chartoff and Winkler, Mardik Martin was asked to start writing the screenplay. (17 words)
Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel of the same title, “All Quiet on the Western Front” won six other awards, including best director for Edward Berger, best adapted screenplay and best film not in the English language. (39 words)
The screenplay categories are where the consolation prizes are handed out so this is where Bong wins original screenplay for “Parasite,” the most wickedly entertaining and then suddenly pitch black parable for these diabolically unequal times. (36 words)
Merle and Deena Puffer, 1965) * Les Bas-Fonds / The Lower Depths, 1936 (screenplay based on Gorky's play) – Film produced by Films Albatros, screenplay Yevgeni Zamyatin (as E. Zamiatine), Jacques Companéez, Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak, dir. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The couple, who have a child together, are also both nominated for their screenplays - although Gerwig is up for adapted screenplay while Baumbach is in the running for original screenplay.
The screenplay categories are where the consolation prizes are handed out so this is where Bong wins original screenplay for “Parasite,” the most wickedly entertaining and then suddenly pitch black parable for these diabolically unequal times.
Films Harlan Ellison's screenplay (1978) In the late 1970s, Warner Brothers acquired the option to make a film based on the book, but no screenplay was ever accepted.
For some of these he wrote the original screenplay; for others, he supplied the story or a novel (as in the case of Psycho) on which the screenplay was based.
Merle and Deena Puffer, 1965) * Les Bas-Fonds / The Lower Depths, 1936 (screenplay based on Gorky's play) – Film produced by Films Albatros, screenplay Yevgeni Zamyatin (as E. Zamiatine), Jacques Companéez, Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak, dir.
Screenplay Under the guidance of Chartoff and Winkler, Mardik Martin was asked to start writing the screenplay.
According to a report in from 2007, back when the film was still in production, Weisz confessed to a reporter that the screenplay was quite bad.
According to Oliver, her and Perkins's screenplay for "The Blackening" began as a funny short film the latter created years ago.
Alan also produced the screenplay for the 1995 historical drama Rob Roy, which starred Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange and John Hurt.
And Anderson's screenplay, audaciously and respectfully, gives us pretty much no anchor to the specific world and wackadoo flourishes therein.
And Dahl himself wrote the screenplay, so this is definitely the version you’ll want to go with.
And Domont says in the film’s production notes that she began writing the screenplay “as a reckoning of sorts.
And I'm the fastest man alive." voiceover from the '90s comics also appears in the screenplay's opening and closing.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is once again being directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay written by Jeff Loveness.
A previous draft of the screenplay was written by Dante Harper, who also worked on Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant” in 2017.
A screenplay can never capture all of the nuance and texture of an actual human being.
Baron Cohen last starred in Borat Subsequent MoviefilmThe Trial of the Chicago 7, earning an Adapted Screenplay Oscar nom for the former and a Supporting Actor nom for the latter.
Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel of the same title, “All Quiet on the Western Front” won six other awards, including best director for Edward Berger, best adapted screenplay and best film not in the English language.
Based on the extraordinary characters created by Roald Dahl, is directed by Paddington filmmaker Paul King from a screenplay he co-wrote with Simon Farnaby.
Before the pandemic, Schrader had a standard routine when beginning a screenplay.
Phrases with screenplay
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with screenplay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: