Writing for Visual Media from Focal Press provides writers with an understanding of the nature of visual writing behind all visual media. Such writing is vital for directors, actors, and producers to communicate content to audiences. Friedmann provides an extended investigation into dramatic theory and how entertainment narrative works, illustrated by examples and detailed analysis of scenes, scripts, techniques, and storylines.
This new edition has a finger on the pulse of the rapidly evolving media ecosystem and explains it in the context of writing and creating content. Friedmann lays out many of the complex professional, creative, and commercial issues that a writer needs to understand in order to tell engaging stories and construct effective and professional screenplays.
- A new chapter on storytelling
- A fresh examination of dramatic theory and how to apply it to constructing screenplays
- Updated discussion of mobile platforms
- A lengthened discussion of copyright, ethics, and professional development issues
- Updated companion website with sample scripts and corresponding videos, an interactive glossary, sample storyboards and screenplays, links to industry resources, and materials for instructors such as slides, a syllabus, and a test bank
Chapter 1: Describing One Medium through Another
Chapter 2: Describing Sight and Sound
Chapter 3: A Seven-Step Method for Developing a Creative Concept
Chapter 4: The Stages of Script Development
Chapter 5: Ads and PSAs: Copywriting for Visual Media
Chapter 6: Corporate Communications: Selling, Training, and Promoting
Chapter 7: Documentary and Nonfiction Narrative
Chapter 8: Storytelling
Chapter 9: Visual Storytelling: Dramatic Structure and Form
Chapter 10: Writing Techniques for Long-Form Scripts
Chapter 11: Television Series, Sitcoms, and Soaps
Chapter 12: Writing for Interactive Communications and Interactive Design
Chapter 13: Writing for Video Games
Chapter 14: Writing for Mobile Media Platforms
Chapter 15: You Can Get Paid to Do This