1 option
The TV showrunner's roadmap : 21 navigational tips for screenwriters to create and sustain a hit TV series / Neil Landau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landau, Neil, author.
- Standardized Title:
- The TV showrunner's roadmap
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television authorship.
- Television--Production and direction.
- Television.
- Television writers--United States--Interviews.
- Television writers.
- Television producers and directors--United States--Interviews.
- Television producers and directors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Other Title:
- TV show runner's road map
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Focal Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- If you've ever dreamed of being in charge of your own network, cable, or web series, then this is the book for you. The TV Showrunner's Roadmap provides you with the tools for creating, writing, and managing your own hit show. Combining his 20+ years as a working screenwriter and UCLA professor, Neil Landau expertly guides you through 21 essential insights to the creation of a successful show, and takes you behind the scenes with exclusive and enlightening interviews with showrunners from some of TV's most lauded series, including:Breaking BadHome
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Prepare the Perfect Pitch; 2 Explore a New Arena; 3 Service Your Franchise; 4 Deliver the Verdict; 5 Make Us Care; 6 Value Family Dynamics; 7 Fuel Your Story Engine; 8 Identify Characters' Weaknesses; 9 Determine the POV; 10 Get to the Heart of Your Story; 11 Know Who and What They're Up Against; 12 Mine the Mystery; 13 Blueprint Your Structure; 14 Unify Storylines (via Theme); 15 Pique Our Interest with a Potent Teaser; 16 Hit the Sweet Spot; 17 Pay Off the Setups
- 18 Establish the Mythology19 Push Them Off a Cliff; 20 Designate an Expertise; 21 Make Us Laugh; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781138127920
- 1138127922
- 9781134621323
- 1134621329
- 9781134621392
- 1134621396
- 9780203381106
- 0203381106
- OCLC:
- 869745523
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.