Creating Dialogue for TV - Screenwriters Talk Television

Sommario

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 The writers/showrunners
3 On great dialogue
4 On naturalism
5 On the expression of emotion
6 On building characters through language
7 On swearing
8 On dialect
9 Conclusion

Info autore

Monika Bednarek is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has authored six academic books, most recently Language and Television Series: A Linguistic Approach to TV Dialogue (2018). Her research interests include corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, media linguistics, sociolinguistics, and the linguistic expression of emotion and attitude.

Riassunto

As entertaining as it is enlightening, Creating Dialogue for TV: Screenwriters Talk Television presents interviews with five Hollywood professionals who talk about all things related to dialogue – from naturalistic style to the building of characters to swearing and dialect.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Monika Bednarek, Monika (The University of Sydney Bednarek, Bednarek Monika
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780367139582
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13958-2
• Pagine: 60
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Media Theory and Practice; Routledge Studies in Media Theory and Practice
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; ART / Film & Video, Sociolinguistics, Screenwriting techniques, Television scripts & screenplays, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Television screenplays, scripts and performances