Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists (Television and Popular Culture)
Douglas Heil
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Description for Prime Time Authorship: Works about and by Three TV Dramatists (Television and Popular Culture)
Paperback. This title mixes interviews, essays, and representative scripts from three successful American television dramatists. It seeks to be of use to the novice scriptwriter by providing a "close study of exemplary writing". Series: Television S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 2 colour photographs, 3 full scripts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; CBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
Mixing interviews, essays, and representative scripts of three successful television dramatists, the book will be of immeasurable use to the novice scriptwriter. Designed to inspire the fledgling scriptwriter, this book combines analytical essays on the work of three successful television writers with interviews and complete scripts printed in correct professional format. The writers Marion Hargrove (Maverick, The Waltons), James Dougherty (thirtysomething), and Michael Kozell (Hill Street Blues) are used as examples of professionals who developed a personal voice and a distinctive style while serving as staff writers for existing prime-time television programs. Douglas Heil theorizes that students of television scriptwriting ... Read more
Mixing interviews, essays, and representative scripts of three successful television dramatists, the book will be of immeasurable use to the novice scriptwriter. Designed to inspire the fledgling scriptwriter, this book combines analytical essays on the work of three successful television writers with interviews and complete scripts printed in correct professional format. The writers Marion Hargrove (Maverick, The Waltons), James Dougherty (thirtysomething), and Michael Kozell (Hill Street Blues) are used as examples of professionals who developed a personal voice and a distinctive style while serving as staff writers for existing prime-time television programs. Douglas Heil theorizes that students of television scriptwriting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Television
Number of Pages
467
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815628798
SKU
V9780815628798
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-87
About Douglas Heil
Douglas Heil is professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He is the writer and producer of the short film The Story of the Cat. He has also published numerous essays, short dramas, and reviews.
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