Writing for Visual Media

Anthony Friedmann has an M.A. in English from Harvard University and a B.A. and Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature 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 has taught video production, interactive multimedia, and scriptwriting at various colleges and universities. He continues to do technical writing, write for corporate clients, newsletters, and develop independent projects for film and publishing. His work ranges from feature films to corporate video for English, American, and French clients. Bartleby, which he wrote and directed, won Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián 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.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Describing One Medium Through Another
Chapter 2: A Seven-Step Method for Developing a Creative Concept
Chapter 3: Describing Sight and Sound
Chapter 4: The Stages of Script Development
Chapter 5: Ads and PSAs: Copywriting for Visual Media
Chapter 6: Corporate Communications: Selling, Telling, Training, and Promoting
Chapter 7: Documentary and Nonfiction Narrative
Chapter 8: Visual Storytelling: Dramatic Structure and Form
Chapter 9: Writing Techniques for Long-Form Scripts
Chapter 10: Television Series, Sitcoms, and Soaps
Chapter 11: Writing and Interactive Design
Chapter 12: Writing for Interactive Communications
Chapter 13: Writing for Video Games
Chapter 14: Writing for Mobile Media Platforms
Chapter 15: You Can Get Paid to Do This