Creating dialogue for TV : screenwriters talk television / Monika Bednarek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bednarek, Monika, 1977- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in media theory & practice ; 8.

Routledge studies in media theory & practice ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television authorship.

Dialogue.

Television writers--Interviews.

Television writers.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

58 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"As entertaining as it is enlightening, Creating Dialogue for TV: Screenwriters Talk Television presents interviews with five Hollywood professionals who talk about all things related to dialogue - from naturalistic style to the building of characters to swearing and dialect. Screenwriters/showrunners David Mandel (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep), Jane Espenson (Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Once Upon a Time), Robert Berens (Supernatural), Sheila Lawrence (Gilmore Girls, Ugly Betty, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), and Doris Egan (Tru Calling, House, Reign) field a linguist's inquiries about the craft of writing dialogue. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered what creative processes and attitudes lie behind the words they encounter when tuning into their favourite television show. It provides direct insights into Hollywood writers' knowledge and opinions of how language is used in television narratives, and in doing so shows how language awareness, attitudes and the craft of using words are utilised to create popular TV series. The book will appeal to students and teachers in screenwriting, creative writing and linguistics as well as lay readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The writers/showrunners

On great dialogue

On naturalism

On the expression of emotion

On building characters through language

On swearing

On dialect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367139582

0367139588

OCLC:

1075518626