Off the Page : Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence / Daniel Bernardi, Julian Hoxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernardi, Daniel, author.

Hoxter, Julian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Motion picture plays.

Screenwriters--United States.

Screenwriters.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Off the Page examines the business and craft of screenwriting in the era of media convergence. Daniel Bernardi and Julian Hoxter use the recent history of screenwriting labor coupled with close analysis of scripts in the context of the screenwriting paraindustry-from "how to write a winning script" books to screenwriting software-to explore the state of screenwriting today. They address the conglomerate studios making tentpole movies, expanded television, Indiewood, independent animation, microbudget scripting, the video games industry, and online content creation. Designed for students, producers, and writers who want to understand what studios want and why they want it, this book also examines how scripting is developing in the convergent media, beneath and beyond the Hollywood tentpole. By addressing specific genres across a wide range of media, this essential volume sets the standard for anyone in the expanded screenwriting industry and the scholars that study it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Screenwriting off the Page

1. Millennial Manic. Crisis and Change in the Business of Screenwriting

2. Atop the Tentpole. Hollywood Screenwriting Today

3. Running the Room. Showrunning in Expanded Television

4. New Markets and Microbudgets. "Independent" Storytellers

5. Screenwriter 2.0. The Legitimation of Writing for Video Games

Conclusion. Scripting Boundaries

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780520961043

0520961048

OCLC:

973481700