screenwriter

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screenwriter — 名詞

  • screenwritersingular
  • screenwritersplural

1. a person whose job is to create the script for a film or television show, decidi

1.名詞B2
釋義

編劇

為電影或電視劇寫劇本的人

a person whose job is to create the script for a film or television show, deciding what the characters say and what happens in each scene

例句

Roya worked as a screenwriter for eight years before her first film reached cinemas.

Roya 擔任編劇長達八年，她的第一部電影才終於登上大銀幕。

screenwriter + for + [duration] + before + [event]

The director hired a young screenwriter to rewrite the dialogue for the final scene.

導演聘請了一位年輕的編劇來重寫結局場景的對白。

passive: be hired to rewrite [something]

常見搭配
  • award-winning screenwriter
  • professional screenwriter
  • aspiring screenwriter
  • screenwriter + writes/creates/develops + screenplay/script
  • work as a screenwriter
  • become a screenwriter
  • hire a screenwriter
同義詞
  • scriptwriter

    broader term; can include television, radio, and video-game scripts, not only film

  • playwright

    writes for theatre/stage rather than film; the structure and format are very different

  • filmmaker

    much broader — refers to anyone involved in making a film (director, producer, cinematographer), not specific to writing

文法句型

screenwriter + writes/creates + [script/screenplay]

用法筆記

A screenwriter focuses on script and dialogue, whereas a playwright writes for the stage. The profession is often credited as 'written by' in film credits.

常見錯誤

She is a screenwriter who writes novels.
She is a screenwriter who writes film scripts.
a screenwriter writes screenplays, not novels, though some do both.
The screenwriter directed the movie himself.
The screenwriter wrote the movie, and the director filmed it.
screenwriters and directors are usually different people, though some work in both roles.

同根字

  • screenwriting
    名詞B2
  • screenplay
    名詞B2
  • scriptwriter
    名詞C1

常見搭配

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常用片語

  • work as a screenwriter
  • become a screenwriter
  • hire a screenwriter
  • award-winning screenwriter
  • aspiring screenwriter

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