Big Screen, Small Screen: A Practical Guide to Writing for Flim and Television in Australia

ISBN-13: 9780367717575 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 182 str.

Coral Drouyn

Opis

Big Screen, Small Screen is a complete introduction to writing for film and television for both beginners and experienced screenwriters. It covers all facets of screenwriting from genre choice to marketing campaigns, and provides detailed directions on all the basic skills involved in creating a first draft.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1 - Preparation: Before the writing begins

1 Big Screen, Small Screen

2 Changing genres for the market

3 Who wants what - and who gets it?

PART 2 - The writing process: Getting it down on paper

4 Character function

5 Creating characters and back stories

6 Structure

7 Adapting the structure

8 Dialogue and scene construction

9 Subtext and visual text

10 The range of formats

11 Formatting the first draft

PART 3 - The completed script: Now the fun really starts

12 Revising the first draft

13 Pre-production relationships

14 The television serial

15 Selling your script

Film and television references

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Carol Drouyn is one of Australia's most prolific and experienced screenwriters and script editors. She is an assessor and editor for Film Queensland and conducts seminars for the Australian Writer's Guild and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.