Document Type
Article
Abstract
A typical feature film screenplay goes through many development iterations before the original story idea becomes the audio-visual movie we experience. As the screenplay is developed it becomes more complex and may involve an ever-larger group of "content stakeholders" who have a need for different perspectives on the content of the screenplay. Here I discuss four conceptual archetypes for analyzing and visualizing the textual content of a screenplay: Circular, linear, rollercoaster and nodal. I show examples of support for screenplay analysis and visualization in the current generation of screenwriting software and I also suggest how these visualizations and others may provide insight into ways to improve the quality of a screenplay.
Repository Citation
McKie, Stewart. "Screenplay Visualization: Concepts and Practice." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 8, no. 3, 2008, pp. 1–27. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol8/iss3/5