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Zusatztext "This book offers value for students in courses on television writing! television production! and media industries! as well as those simply looking to break into the television industry. [...] Through its accumulation of voices! Writing Hollywood shakes off many of the romantic ideas about television writing and replaces them with some invaluable insights into the lived reality of television writing as a career." --Kate Fortmueller in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Informationen zum Autor Patricia F. Phalen is the Assistant Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on media organizations; the connections between Hollywood and politics; audience research; and the interdependence of media, democracy and culture. Zusammenfassung Writing Hollywood highlights the writing process in the production of television drama and comedy series in the U.S. The way writers do their jobs is heavily dependent not only on the demands of commercial business, but also on the uncertainties inherent in a writing career in Hollywood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Entertainment Media in the U.S. From Live Entertainment to Film Radio and Television Broadcasting Television via Cable and Internet Economic Demands and Audience Research From Scenarists To Writers To Executive Producers Chapter 2: Writing for TV Getting There Being There Chapter 3: Showrunners — Where the Buck Stops Who Runs the Show? Managing Writers and Scripts Managing Production Characteristics Writers Value in Showrunners Chapter 4: The Writers’ Room Creating the Writers’ Room Working in the Room Drama vs. Comedy Chapter 5: Occupational Culture The Experience of Writing for Television Who Succeeds, Who Fails? Just Part of the Job Chapter 6: Managed Creativity: It’s a weird way to create Working With Executives Notes From Studio and Network Structural Limitations Chapter 7: Political Spaces: There aren’t any rules, but you have to follow every one Politics of Structure and Hierarchy Writers’ Room Politics Politics of Professional Relationships Party Politics "Hello, he lied" Dealing With Actors Politics of Prestige EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
