slug line
English
Alternative forms
Noun
slug line (plural slug lines)
Examples (abbreviated text) |
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·EXT. BRIDGE NIGHT (an exterior location, on a bridge at night) |
- (authorship) A line of abbreviated text at the beginning of each scene in a screenplay that describes the location and time of day.
- A queue for "casual carpoolers" (slugs) commuting in the Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia metropolitan area.
See also
- sluglining
References
- Lars Eighner in alt.usage.english
- Lars Eighner's Web site
- Slug-Lines.com,David LeBlanc's page dedicated to the topic
Further reading
- screenplay slug line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Slugging on Wikipedia.Wikipedia