Directing language & playable notes · Working

Pick up a line

ELI5

To restart performance from a particular line instead of the beginning of the scene.

“The pick up a line should come through in behaviour, not only in treatment language.”

To restart performance from a specified line rather than the beginning of the scene.

Here “Pick up a line” means: To restart performance from a specified line rather than the beginning of the scene.

You may encounter “Pick up a line” in directing, casting & performance conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Translates creative intention into casting, rehearsal, performance and on-set direction.

Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.