| Description |
viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Starting Out -- Ch. 1. Getting Ideas -- Ch. 2. How to Begin Your Script -- Ch. 3. Behind the Screens -- Ch. 4. Commercials, Corporates and Infotainment -- Ch. 5. The Documentary -- Ch. 6. Shorts, Soaps and Sitcoms -- Ch. 7. A Short Course in Comedy -- Ch. 8. The Pitch -- Ch. 9. Creating Characters -- Ch. 10. The Plot Thickens -- Ch. 11. Writing Series TV -- Ch. 12. Writing Features Films and Television Movies -- Ch. 13. Children's Television and Film -- Ch. 14. Animation: Imaginary Lives -- Ch. 15. Scripting Multimedia -- App. 1. Legals -- App. 2. Video Games: A Very Short History -- App. 3. Gallipoli |
| Summary |
"Screenwriting: A Manual is a wide-ranging and accessible guide to industry practices and principles. Covering all forms of screenwriting and providing a comprehensive and considered approach to presenting work, it also allows for maximum creative freedom." "With script extracts, original storyboards, and narrative ideas for multimedia, this book offers concrete examples of successful and expressive screenwriting within the described production formats. Screenwriting also contains exercises for generating and shaping the various elements of a script, an appendix containing information about copyright and other legal issues, and a glossary of terms." "Students of film, radio and television, and multimedia will find this an essential resource for getting the most out of their imaginative ideas in this exciting and challenging field."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 226 |
| Subject |
Interactive multimedia.
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Motion picture authorship.
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Television authorship.
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| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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| Author |
Stocks, Ian A.
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Radio Vic
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| LC no. |
2001269857 |
| ISBN |
0195508327 |
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