附註:Includes bibliographical references.
1. Idea and Subject. Sources of Ideas. Subject -- 2. Visualizing the Idea. Attitude. Forms of Presentation. Film or Tape? Choosing the Medium -- 3. Literary Property. Writers Guild of America. Acquisition of a Literary Property -- 4. Producing. The Business of Script Writing. Sources of Financing. The Development Process -- 5. Distribution and Exhibition. Distribution. Exhibition. Movie Ratings -- 6. Network Television. The Myth of Network Television. Television Ratings. Script Strategies. Syndication. Other Markets -- 7. Cable TV. Breaking into Cable. Cable Content. Provider Profiles. Superstations. Community-Access Television -- 8. Public Broadcasting. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Programming Mix. Funding -- 9. Home Video and Sponsored Programs. Home Video. Sponsored Programs -- 10. Situation Comedies, Telefeatures, and Episodic Dramas. Situation Comedies. Telefeatures -- 11. Children's Shows, Games, Soaps, and the News. Children's Television. Soap Operas. Game Shows.
Music/Variety Shows. Late-Night Television. News and Nonfiction -- 12. The Language of Film and Video. Spatiotemporal Continuity. Separation. The Formal Language of Cinematography. Narrative. Music and Sound. Editing. Undressing Impossible. Script Analysis -- App A Fairs, Markets, Conventions, Conferences -- App B Entertainment Lending Institutions -- App C Independent Production Companies -- App D Motion Picture and Television Unions, Guilds, and Associations -- App E U.S. Catholic Conference (USCC) Ratings -- App F Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Film Ratings -- App G Cable Programmers -- App H Potential Sponsors -- App I Extrastructural Terms.
摘要:A practical guide to planning how to write scripts for theatrical, commercial and industrial formats. It explains language, formats, budgets and technical considerations.
