This article analyzes film script text as a discursive system. The study reveals the aesthetic, communicative, and pragmatic functions of linguistic units in the script, discursive strategies in the speech of characters, and cultural-contextual layers embedded in cinematic discourse. The research is based on linguistic and pragmatic theories developed by G. Kress, T. van Dijk, N. Fairclough, D. Crystal, E. Goffman, M. Halliday, and Y. Lotman. Film discourse is considered as a combination of socio-cultural codes, communicative purposes, and the integration of visual and verbal elements.

Film discourse, screenplay, communicative purpose

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