screenwriting
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thumb|right|300px|Example of a page from a screenplay formatted for a feature-length film. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.
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34 sectionsContents
- Types
- Spec script writing
- Commission
- Feature assignment writing
- Rewriting and script doctoring
- Television writing
- Writing for daily series
- Writing for game shows
- Video game writing
- Structural theories
- Three-act structure
- The Hero's Journey
- Syd Field's paradigm
- Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell’s Four Act Structure
- The sequence approach
- Michael Welles Schock's Atoms of Storytelling
- Robert McKee's Story
- Character theories
- Michael Hauge's categories
- Format
- Dialogue and description
- Imagery
- Dialogue
- Plot
- Education
- History
- Portrayed in film
- Copyright protection
- United States
- See also
- References
- Specific references
- General references
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Example of a page from a screenplay formatted for a feature-length film. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.
Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, writing the script, screenplay, dialogues and delivering it, in the required format, to development executives. Screenwriters therefore have great influence over the creative direction and emotional impact of the screenplay and, arguably, of the finished film.