History of Writing for the Screen

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This course provides a look at the evolution, craft, aesthetics and economics of writing for the screen, from early film to the traditionally structured Hollywood screenplay, to television and the Internet. The course considers, among other issues, the origins of the form and the changing demands on writers through differing types of media; the rise of the writer/director and of the television auteur; and the relationships between screenwriting and other writing disciplines, including playwriting, fiction and journalism.