Institutions, status & social power · Core
Agency
Also called: choice power
ELI5
A character's or participant's capacity to make meaningful choices that affect events.
Used in conversation
“The protagonist needs more agency; too many major events happen without her choices.”
Pitch context
Use this when a deck or treatment needs to describe the people, world, tone or audience promise precisely.
Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.
Connected terms
- Advertising agencyThe search label “Agency” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 6
Direct term-level sources and supporting source families.
- Film Independent — Episodic Lab Application and Project MaterialsDirect source · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisDirect source · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14
- Screen Australia — Story Documents: DramaDirect source · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Scriptnotes / John August — Pitching Television, or Being a Passionate WidgetDirect source · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14
- Film Independent — Screenwriting and Episodic Program Application MaterialsSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14