Screenwriting A Manual,9780195508321

Screenwriting A Manual

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ISBN13: 9780195508321
ISBN10: 0195508327
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-09-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Covering all forms of screenwriting, this is a wide-ranging and accessbile guide to industry practices and principles. While providing a comprehensive and considered approach to presenting work, it allows for a great deal of creative freedom. With script extracts, original storyboards, and narrative ideas for multimedia, the book offers concrete examples of successful and expressive screenwriting within the described production formats. It also contains exercises for generating and shaping the various elements of a script, an appendix on copyright and other legal issues, and a glossary of terms.

Author Biography


Jonathan Dawson is Associate Professor in the School of Film, Media, and Cultural Studies at Griffith University.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Starting Out 1(4)
Getting Ideas
5(7)
How to Begin Your Script
12(7)
Behind the Screens
19(7)
Commercials, Corporates and Infotainment
26(7)
The Documentary
33(8)
Shorts, Soaps and Sitcoms
41(6)
A Short Course in Comedy
47(12)
The Pitch
59(21)
Creating Characters
80(15)
The Plot Thickens
95(19)
Writing Series TV
114(24)
Writing Feature Films and Television Movies
138(21)
Children's Television and Film
159(14)
Animation: Imaginary Lives
173(19)
Scripting Multimedia
192(18)
Appendix 1: Legals 210(5)
Appendix 2: Video Games: A Very Short History 215(3)
Appendix 3: Gallipoli 218(2)
Glossary 220(6)
References 226(1)
Recommended Reading 227(2)
Index 229

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