Characters—What the actors should become in the eyes of the audience.
Cast—The list of names, parts and required characteristics of the characters (in some cases includes names of actors taking the parts).
Dissolve—To dissolve one scene or character gradually into another.
Director—The person or persons who translate the playwright’s manuscript into action, setting and effects by directing the production of the play, which is simultaneously photographed.
Discover—Means to find a character already upon a scene when it is thrown upon the screen: “Douglas discovered at window.”
Denouement—That part of the Plot left after the Climax; the part of the play following the culmination, when “just deserts” are meted out as a result of the foregoing action.
Dynamic—The visible exercise of force, violence and physical effects, as opposed to visualized emotion.
Enter—Said of a character as he enters a scene: “Enter Douglas.”
Exit—(Plural EXEUNT.) Said of a character as he leaves a scene: “Exit Douglas.”
Establish—To make certain the relationship of a character with other characters and with his surroundings, or to make known his identity.