Television and Radio WritingYou will find in this book a mixture of the idealistic and the practical: the highminded criteria that should inspire a potential writer for the broadcast media and the confining exigencies of the market place. If the approach herein is rather personalized, it is because radio and television, despite the most spectacular of "spectaculars," are still beamed to the living room audience. It is an interesting paradox that these mass media must give the impression that they are programmed for the individual. No one was more aware of that paradox than President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, in his "fireside chats" to tens of millions of listeners, made the man in the easy chair, with his proverbial pipe and slippers, feel that he alone was being addressed. It is a point the beginning writer will do well to remember. This text, as the title implies, covers both fields of radio and television writing. It attempts to answer many of the questions students of writing continually ask. And because a writer not only learns by writing, but also learns from others' writings, this volume is replete with illustrations. |
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... Film inserts The use of film in- serts or film clips as transitional devices applies specifically to live video dramas . This technique is employed quite often and very skillfully . However , if you find it necessary to call for film ...
... Film inserts The use of film in- serts or film clips as transitional devices applies specifically to live video dramas . This technique is employed quite often and very skillfully . However , if you find it necessary to call for film ...
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... film and to them it is the ideal method of presenting drama . There are several advantages to film presentation : More variety in locales ; The use of extensive outdoor sequences ; No fluffs ; Immediate transitions . The basic assets of ...
... film and to them it is the ideal method of presenting drama . There are several advantages to film presentation : More variety in locales ; The use of extensive outdoor sequences ; No fluffs ; Immediate transitions . The basic assets of ...
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... film . The entire action of the play , except for a very brief scene of the jury box , takes place in the jury room . Although it is possible , as we have stated , for the writer to indicate the use of film clips for certain scenes , it ...
... film . The entire action of the play , except for a very brief scene of the jury box , takes place in the jury room . Although it is possible , as we have stated , for the writer to indicate the use of film clips for certain scenes , it ...
Contents
The role of the writer | 3 |
Audience and measurement | 16 |
Sources and resources | 26 |
Copyright | |
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