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Step outline – Summary of the story that breaks it down into short descriptions

for each intended sequence, including scene headings and brief action

summary.

Te l e p l a y – Script for a fi ction television program with formats varying

depending on the type of show. Some use formats similar or virtually identical

to feature fi lms, while diff erent approaches are used with multiple camera

series such as Seinfeld

Treatment – Prose version of a story intended to be made into a motion picture,

typically draft ed as a stage between the outline and screenplay. Th ey tend to

range from twenty to fi ft y pages for a feature fi lm and are written in present

tense using simple descriptive language with minimal dialogue.

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