Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract
Now in its fourth edition, Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract is a classic resource for students and professionals in screenwriting and television writing. This book will teach 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. Specific techniques and script samples for writing high-quality and producible "spec" scripts for...
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Television and Screen Writing, Third Edition explains specific, proven techniques for writing marketable scripts and reveals the secret of how to create the driving force that is the cure of all commercially successful TV and motion picture scripts. Updated appendices include listings of screenwriting festivals and professional workshops, film/video commissions and arts agencies, major studios and production companies, TV networks, Cable and Pay TV, and professional unions and associations. About the Author: Dr. Richard Blum is Professor of Screenwriting at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He served as head of filmwriting at the University of Maryland, and is an internationally recognized authority in the field. Dr. Blum has been a consultant for Warner Bros. TV's prestigious comedy writers' workshop and for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships. He is a former executive for Columbia Pictures-TV, working on shows like "I Dream of Jeannie," "Bewitched," and "The Flying Nun." He was a consultant for Columbia Pictures, and served as senior program officer for the National Endowment for the Humanities, overseeing many award-winning productions.
Acknowledgments1Introduction2How to Create Producible Premises3How to Create Marketable Series Concepts4How to Develop the Story5Dramatic Elements and Act Structure6How to Create Credible and Castable Characters7How to Create Realistic Dialogue for Comedy and Drama8How to Write Effective Script Visualization9Script Revisions10Television Script Format11Screenplay Format12How to Sell Your Script13Noncommercial Funding SourcesApp. A. Major Studios and Production CompaniesApp. B. Television Networks, Cable, and Pay TVApp. C. National Funding SourcesApp. D. State Film/Video Commissions and State Arts & Humanities AgenciesApp. E. Screenwriting Festivals, Competitions, and Professional WorkshopsApp. F. Professional Unions and AssociationsAnnotated and Selected Bibliography for the Television and Screen WriterIndex
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