| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 413 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- How to create marketable premises for motion pictures and TV (including successful loglines for pitch sales) -- How to develop a marketable story -- How to write the story -- Dramatic elements and act structure -- How to develop credible and castable characters -- How to write realistic dialogue -- Spec screenplay format -- How to write effective scenes in screenplays -- Script revisions -- Television sitcom format -- How to write professional scenes in sitcoms -- Animation, interactive and new media, and nonfiction entertainment -- Television drama format -- How to write professional scenes in TV drama -- Soap, talk show, and variety -- How to create new television series -- How to sell your motion picture screenplay -- How to sell your television script -- National and state funding sources -- Where to go next |
| Summary |
"Television and Screen Writing is a practical, detailed guide for writing and marketing scripts for film and television. In addition to story, character, and dialogue development, this book also coaches readers on developing series concepts and writing effective script visualization, and how to incorporate it into TV and film script formats. An entire section is devoted to marketing the finished product - how to analyze the market, prepare the script for submission, and find an agent. Appendices provide resources on funding and legal information." "Covers all aspects of scriptwriting, from visualization to marketing. New chapter on competitions, festivals, and workshops. Now includes internet sources for screenwriters."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Television authorship.
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Motion picture authorship.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- Screenwriting.
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Motion picture authorship
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Television authorship
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Scenario's.
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Schrijven.
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Televisieproducties.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00058735 |
| ISBN |
9781136050343 |
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1136050345 |
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9781136051135 |
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1136051139 |
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9780080574325 |
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0080574327 |
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9781136050299 |
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1136050299 |
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9781138138834 |
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1138138835 |
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1299458645 |
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9781299458642 |
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