COM CO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Staff Writer, Double Summit, Ensemble Cast

• School: Boston University
• Department: Core Courses
• Course: COM CO 101
• Professor: Dustin Supa

Document Summary

Writing under contract - hired to write a script, take someone else"s idea and create a script around it. Rewriting - will send original script to another screenwriter who polishes and fixes things. Staff writer - name not on credits. Story editor - people who are on staff who are writing the scripts themselves - credited on the end credits. Writer/producer - usually your show/vision - person in charge of writer"s room - deciding which scripts get madea - free license to write whatever episodes you want to write - Scene heading/slug line - where are we - location - what time of day - inside or outside - Description action of scene - what we see. Character name and dialogue - embody character"s voice - can specify how someone says the dialogue.