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Call Number Ranges
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| PN1990 - 1992.95 | Broadcasting (Radio, Television, Web) |
| PN1993 - 1999 | Motion pictures |
| PN4784 | (Television & video journalism) |
| T 385 | (Guides for applications like Photoshop and Illustrator) |
| TK 5105.88 | (Internet and web technologies) |
| TR | Photography (including Cinematography and Motion Pictures) |
Reference Sources
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The authors use the recent history of screenwriting labor coupled with close analysis of scripts in the context of the screenwriting paraindustry--from "how to write a winning script" books to screenwriting software--to explore the state of screenwriting today. They address the conglomerate studios making tentpole movies, expanded television, Indiewood, independent animation, microbudget scripting, the video games industry, and online content creation. Designed for students, producers, and writers who want to understand what studios want and why they want it, this book also examines how scripting is developing in the convergent media, beneath and beyond the Hollywood tentpole.
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The solo video journalist : doing it all and doing it well in TV multimedia journalism
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