shooting script

noun

1
: the final completely detailed version of a movie script in which scenes are grouped in the order most convenient for shooting
2
: the final version of a television script used in the production of a program

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With a handful of foundational elements in hand from Reddick’s story, Morgan and Wong started working on the shooting script. Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025 Variety reports that the shooting script was penned by Nick Antosca after previous versions by Hoover and Lauren Levine; Hillary Seitz; Angela LaManna; and Will Honley and April Maguire. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025 In the shooting script, there’s nothing in the character’s description pegging him as a Baldoni avatar (no man-bun, for instance). Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025 Universal Studios, who was working with Demi Moore on this project, could not get a decent shooting script. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shooting script

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shooting script was circa 1929

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“Shooting script.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20script. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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