To understand the distinction between a screenplay and a shooting script, we need to review a basic distinction in film-making the difference between shots and scenes.A shot is a continuous strand of film. During the shooting process, a shot begins when the camera in turned on the ends when it is turned off. During the editing process,a shot is the space between cuts. Thus,assuming the camera is running at normal speed,a shot inscribes and relates real time and space. Revealing a different space within a shot always takes time,because the camera must be moved physically(e.g.,tilted,panned, dollied)to get to the new space.
A scene,on the other hand,is made up of one or more shots and is defined as implying. rather than inscribing, continuous time and a contiguous location. A scene takes place in one room,on one baseball fined,in one car.However, within that space,the camera may cut to any angle or perspective without implying a lapse of time. The eyeline-match shots that make up many dialogue sequences are a good example. In this type of scene,the camera cuts back and forth from close-up to opposing close-up without any appreciable break in time to account for the change in angle.Of course,a scene may be made up of only one shot,in that case,it is inscribed with continuous time and space.