The Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract from Focal Press teaches you how to become a creative and marketable writer in every professional arena, including major studios, production companies, networks, cable and pay TV, animation, and interactive programs. Learn specific techniques for writing high-quality and producible spec scripts for theatrical motion pictures, sitcoms, one-hour dramatic series, longform television, talk show, variety, animation, new media.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- How to Create Marketable Premises for Motion Pictures And TV
- 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, New Media, and Nonfiction Entertainment
- Television Drama Format
- How to Write Professional Scenes in TV Drama, 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
- Annotated and Selected Bibliography
EAN: 9780240803975