Off the Page (eBook)

Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence

Daniel Bernardi, Julian Hoxter (Autoren)

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2017
320 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96104-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Off the Page examines the business and craft of screenwriting in the era of media convergence. Daniel Bernardi and Julian Hoxter use the recent history of screenwriting labor coupled with close analysis of scripts in the context of the screenwriting paraindustryfrom ';how to write a winning script' books to screenwriting softwareto explore the state of screenwriting today. They address the conglomerate studios making tentpole movies, expanded television, Indiewood, independent animation, microbudget scripting, the video games industry, and online content creation. Designed for students, producers, and writers who want to understand what studios want and why they want it, this book also examines how scripting is developing in the convergent media, beneath and beyond the Hollywood tentpole. By addressing specific genres across a wide range of media, this essential volume sets the standard for anyone in the expanded screenwriting industry and the scholars that study it.

Inhalt

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: SCREENWRITING OFF THE PAGE
1. MILLENNIAL MANIC: CRISIS AND CHANGE IN THE BUSINESS OF SCREENWRITING
2. ATOP THE TENTPOLE: HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITING TODAY
3. RUNNING THE ROOM: SHOWRUNNING IN EXPANDED TELEVISION
4. NEW MARKETS AND MICROBUDGETS: “INDEPENDENT” STORYTELLERS
5. SCREENWRITER 2.0: THE LEGITIMATION OF WRITING FOR VIDEO GAMES
CONCLUSION: SCRIPTING BOUNDARIES

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.9.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: american film writing • american screenwriters • filmmakers • Hollywood • independent screenwriting • Media Studies • motion pictures • Multimedia Writing • Producers • screenplays • screenwriting • screenwriting for gaming • screenwriting industry • screenwriting software • Scripting • Script Writing • showrunner • showrunning • Television • video game writing • writers • writing craft scripts • writing for hollywood • writing for media • writing movies • Writing Scripts • writing video games
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96104-8 / 0520961048
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96104-3 / 9780520961043