Writing For Visual Media

Currently an associate professor in Sam Houston State University's Mass Communications program, Anthony Friedmann has an M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. and Ph.D. in English from Columbia University and was trained as a filmmaker at the London School of Film Technique. After twenty-one years of writing, producing, and directing film, multi-image, and video, he taught video production, interactive multimedia, and scriptwriting at various colleges. He continues to write scripts for corporate clients and also to develop independent projects. His work ranges from feature film to corporate video for English, American and French clients. Bartleby, which he wrote and directed, won Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1971. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, and the Broadcast Education Association. Currently an associate professor in Sam Houston State University's Mass Communications program, Anthony Friedmann has an M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. and Ph.D. in English from Columbia University and was trained as a filmmaker at the London School of Film Technique. After twenty-one years of writing, producing, and directing film, multi-image, and video, he taught video production, interactive multimedia, and scriptwriting at various colleges. He continues to write scripts for corporate clients and also to develop independent projects. His work ranges from feature film to corporate video for English, American and French clients. Bartleby, which he wrote and directed, won Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1971. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, and the Broadcast Education Association.

Part 1:Defining the Problem. Describing One Medium Through Another; Describing Sight and Sound; The Stages of Script Development; A Seven Step Method for Developing a Creative Concept; Part 2: Solving Communication Problems with Visual Media. ADs and PSAs; Corporate Video; Training and Educational Video; Documentaries and Nonfictional Narratives; Part 3: Entertaining With Visual Media. Dramatic Structure and Form; Writing Techniques for Long-Form Scripts; Televison Series, Sitcoms and Soaps; Part 4: Writing for Interactive Media. Nonlinear Programs for New Media; Part 5: Anticipating Professional Issues. You Can Get Paid To Do This; Script Formats; Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index