Martie Cook

Write to TV (eBook, ePUB)

Out of Your Head and onto the Screen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen. Learn to craft smart, original stories and scripts for a variety of television formats and genres, including comedy, drama, pilots, web series, and subscription video on demand.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000071900
• Artikelnr.: 59972035

Autorenporträt

Martie Cook has over three decades of experience as a respected writer and producer of television and film. She has worked for all four major networks and PBS as well as for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios. A member of the Writers Guild of America West, Cook has written for hit television shows such as the top-ten Nielsen rated Full House, and the cult classic, Charles in Charge. She has served as a writer/producer for Entertainment Tonight, America's Most Wanted, and the PBS Emmy Award-winning children's show Zoom. Cook currently teaches Television Writing at Emerson College in Boston, MA, where she also serves as the director of the BFA in Comedic Arts and the Founding Director of the Center for Comedic Arts.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I How Hollywood Works
Chapter 1 FROM DINOSUAR TO DIGITAL: AN OVERVIEW OF THE TV INDUSTRY
Chapter 2 THE LAY OF THE LAND
Chapter 3 THE SPECTACULAR SPEC
Chapter 4 GETTING YOUR SCRIPTS READ
PART II Comedy
Chapter 5 WRITING FOR LAUGHS
Chapter 6 DEVELOPING YOUR COMEDIC STORY
Chapter 7 COMEDIC STRUCTURE
Chapter 8 OUTLINING YOUR COMEDIC STORY
Chapter 9 SCRIPTING YOUR COMEDY
Chapter 10 OTHER KINDS OF TV COMEDY
PART III Drama
Chapter 11 PLOT-DRIVEN DRAMA
Chapter 12 CHARACTER-DRIVEN DRAMA
Chapter 13 FORMATTING FOR DRAMA
Chapter 14 DRAMADIES
PART IV Creating Original Series
Chapter 15 THE MECHANICS OF A TELEVISION PILOT
Chapter 16 BUILDING YOUR SERIES FROM THE GROUND UP
Chapter 17 SELLING AN ORIGINAL IDEA
PART V Characters
Chapter 18 CREATING COMPLEX AND COMPELLING CHARACTERS
PART VI Dialogue
Chapter 19 WRITING DIALOGUE THAT DANCES ONTHE PAGE
PART VII Rewriting: a Necessary Evil
Chapter 20 REWRITE THE HECK OUT OF IT
PART VIII Pitch Perfect: How to Pitch Stories and Series
Chapter 21 ESSENSIALS OF A PROFESSIONAL PITCH
Chapter 22 PITCHING IDEAS FOR EXISITING SERIES
Chapter 23 PITCHING PILOTS
PART IX Niche Can Be Nice
Chapter 24 WRITING FOR FRAGMENTED AUDIENCES
PART X Thinking Out of the Box
Chapter 25 WEB SERIES AND PODCASTS
PART XI The Business Side of Television
Chapter 26 THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA
Chapter 27 AGENTS
MANAGERS
AND ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEYS
Chapter 28 WRITING TEAMS
PART XII How to Get Your Foot in the Door
Chapter 29 HOW TO GET WORK AS A TELEVISION WRITER
Chapter 30 GETTING THE INTERVIEW
Chapter 31 CONGRATULATIONS
YOU'VE GOT THE JOB ... NOW WHAT?
Chapter 32 THE POWER OF NETWORKING
Chapter 33 OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HELP YOU SUCCEED
Chapter 34 WELCOME TO THE ROOM!
Chapter 35 SOME FINAL THOUGHTS Index