In media production, a script primarily provides dialogue and stage directions for whom?

• A. Directors only
• B. Actors and production crew
• C. Audiences
• D. Editors

Answer: (B)

A script is the blueprint for making a production. It provides the dialogue actors will deliver and the stage directions that tell them where to move, how characters should behave, and what needs to happen on each scene. It also guides the production crew—director, camera, lighting, sound, set, props—on how to stage and shoot those moments, including blocking, camera angles, and timing. Audiences don’t use the script to create the work, and editors rely on it later to shape the final cut, not to guide the initial production. So the script is best understood as the guide for both actors and the people who produce and film the work.