Introduction: screenwriting off the page -- Millennial manic: crisis and change in the business of screenwriting -- Atop the tentpole: hollywood screenwriting today -- Running the room: screenwriting in expanded television -- New markets and microbudgets: "independent" storytellers -- Screenwriter 2.0: the legitimation of writing for video games -- Conclusion: scripting boundaries
Helps develop a much deeper understanding of story structure, using case studies with short practical lessons which all emerge organically from the example at hand--
Welcome to your custom textbook! This book represents a unique opportunity for the faculty in film and media studies at Arizona State University to tailor material to your specific course and to offer it to you at an affordable price. Although designed to support FSM 370: Signs of Aliens at ASU we have designed this book to appeal to courses that cover this topic at other universities across the country. Film and Media Studies professors have taken great care and attention in selecting the most relevant and contemporary readings for each book. Rather than trying to fit a given course around a general text, we have instead planned each textbook so that the chosen readings pertain to specific course lessons. This way, all the learning material for your FMS course, including screenings, lectures, clips, and interactive features, dovetails precisely with your readings. Film and Media Studies at ASU has devised this textbook as a way to keep the cost manageable for students. We have been able to assemble a wealth of material in each book; material that acquired independently might have necessitated that the student buy a number of books. The comprehensive nature of our selected readings allows students to buy one reasonably priced book.