Screenwriting in a digital era / Kathryn Millard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millard, Kathryn, 1956-

Series:

Palgrave studies in screenwriting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Motion picture authorship--Computer network resources.

Computer network resources.

Physical Description:

viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Screenwriting in a Digital Era" examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to Dogme, the new realism and beyond. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling. From the shadow playwrights of twelfth century Egypt to semi-improvised ensemble films played out on the streets of cities around the globe, she draws on a wealth of insights from music, photography, performance, writing, psychology and organisational studies to explore the creative processes underlying writing for the screen. Looking also to the future, "Screenwriting in a Digital Era" examines the blurring of genres, production stages and roles in digital ecologies and the rise of sustainable screenwriting.

Contents:

Introduction

The picture storytellers: from pad to iPad

Post courier 12

The new three Rs of digital writing: record, reenact and remix

14 lessons on screenwriting from Errol Morris

Adaptation: writing as rewriting and The lost thing

Degrees of improvisation

Improvising reality

Composing the digital screenplay

Collaboration: writing the possible

Conclusion: sustainable screenwriting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780230343283

0230343287

OCLC:

864749976