Screenwriting in a Digital Era

Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Picture Storytellers: from pad to iPad 2. Post Courier 12 3. The New 3 Rs of Digital Writing: Record, Reenact and Remix 4. 13 Lessons on Screenwriting from Errol Morris 5. Adaptation: Writing as Rewriting and The Lost Thing 6. Degrees of Improvisation 7. Improvising Reality 8. Composing the Digital Screenplay 9. Collaboration: Writing the Possible Conclusion: Sustainable Screenwriting Endnotes Select Bibliography

About the author

Kathryn Millard is an essayist,  filmmaker and academic. She has written, produced and directed award-wining feature films including  drama, documentary and hybrid works. Kathryn is Professor of Screen and Creative Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Summary

Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment.

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Product details

• Authors: K. Millard, Kathryn Millard, Kathryn (Director) Millard
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2014
• EAN: 9780230343283
• ISBN: 978-0-230-34328-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting; Palgrave Studies in Screenwrit; Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting; Palgrave Studies in Screenwrit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Genre, B, Literature, Media Studies, Communication, Film History, Media and Communication, Literature, general, Biography, Literature & Literary studies, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, Genre Studies, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Motion picture authorship, Screenwriting, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Hollywood;realism;screenwriting