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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The biggest challenge of shaving Kanon’s nearly 500-page tome down into a manageable shooting script (the final runtime is just under two hours) was trying to keep the subject matter accessible to a wide demographic.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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
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