Scriptwriting 2.0 : writing for the digital age /: writing for the digital age. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marie Drennan, Yuri Baranovsky, Vlad Baranovsky.
• Authors: Drennan, Marie, 1969-; Baranovsky, Yuri, 1983-; Baranovsky, Vlad
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Writing for Online Series; Getting Started; Design Concept and Production Parameters; About the Authors; Accessing the Web Series We Talk about; 2 What's Your Show About?; The Idea Phase; Generating ideas; Going beyond listing scenarios; Crafting a premise; Box: Why you should not focus on your friends; The central question; Designing Your Characters; The main character; Secondary characters; Antagonists: Tormentor, Threat, Rival; The Story World; Pacing the explanation; Setting boundaries Box: Co-authors Yuri and Vlad on creating a story world3 Episodic Story Structure; The Setup; Rising Action; Obstacles and conflict; Escalating tension; Box: Dramatic arcs within dramatic arcs; Resolution; 4 Dialogue; What is the "Job" of the Dialogue?; Nothing extra; Subtext; Foreshadowing; Exposition and backstory; Is It a Comedy or a Drama?; Comedic Dialogue Techniques; The call-back joke; Playing the opposite; Double entendre; Absurdism; Mumblecore; Comedic and Dramatic Styles: What's Yours?; 5 Revising and Polishing; Checking Your Structure; Does the setup open with a bang? Does Act I feel like a story?Does Act II drive the story forward?; Does Act III pay off?; Checking Your Characters; Checking the Economy of the Writing; Getting Feedback; The workshop; The staged reading; The table reading; Sifting through the critiques; Working with bosses; 6 Episode 2 and Beyond; Serialized vs. Standalone; The standalone approach; The serialized approach; Recurring themes and characters; Three-Act Structure for a Serialized Show; The setup; Rising action; Resolution; Looking ahead; Secondary Story Arcs; 7 Format; Headings ; Action; Capitalization; Camera directions StyleDialogue; Transitions ; 8 Copyright; What is Copyright?; What are My Rights?; Who Owns the Copyright?; Protecting Your Copyright; Using Copyrighted Works and Copyright Infringement; Copyleft and Creative Commons ; 9 Production; Pre-Production; The must-have crew; Other essential crew; The dream crew; The cast; Equipment; Planning the shoot; Production; Everything will go wrong-and that's okay; Don't panic; Be a team; Be good; Feed everyone; Have fun; Post-Production (Editing); 10 Reaching and Engaging Your Audience; Creating an Online Home; Video sharing websites Dedicated websitesBox: Co-authors Yuri and Vlad on finding the wrong audience; Social networking sites; Choosing the site; Creating a Brand; Growing Your Audience; Social network expansion; Syndication; Getting featured; Conferences, lectures and community events; Maintaining Your Community; Extra video content; Minisodes; Conversations; Other in-world clips and shorts; Staying in touch with your audience; In Closing; Appendix: Sample Script; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.23/1; Online authorship; Motion picture authorship; Journalism; COMPUTERS / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315212548; 1315212544; 9781351815994; 1351815997
• Related ISBNs: 9781934432426
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