Screen Writer

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1949

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Shows that the task of the screen writer is to strip a book or story down to its elements and put it together again so that the characters move and live and the printed words can be transferred into visual and aural patterns. Explains that the writer must know the technical aspects of picture making and take into consideration the potentialities and limitations of the screen medium. Pictures a typical writer and lists many writers who have become producers.

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