{"id":9920,"date":"2014-06-08T06:59:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T10:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/scriptwriting_recommended_books\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:08:00","slug":"scriptwriting-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/scriptwriting-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Scriptwriting: Recommended Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">SCRIPTWRITING IN THE CLASSROOM<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"copyright symbol\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a9<\/a>2006\u00a0 Frank Baker, Media Educator<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/script7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"table1\" border=\"1\" width=\"61%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/store.tcpress.com\/media\/0807754668.gif\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/The%20Power%20of%20Scriptwriting!--Teaching%20Essential%20Writing%20Skills%20Through%20Podcasts,%20Graphic%20Novels,%20Movies,%20and%20More\">The Power of Scriptwriting!&#8211;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/The%20Power%20of%20Scriptwriting!--Teaching%20Essential%20Writing%20Skills%20Through%20Podcasts,%20Graphic%20Novels,%20Movies,%20and%20More\">Teaching Essential Writing Skills Through Podcasts, Graphic Novels, Movies, and More<\/a><br \/>\nPeter Gutierrez<br \/>\nTeachers College Press (2013)\u201cI am overjoyed to read\u00a0The Power of Scriptwriting! Peter Guti\u00e9rrez\u2019s extensive background makes him the perfect person to provide educators\u00a0with all of the necessary guidance, tools,\u00a0and instruction they will need to feel comfortable incorporating scriptwriting\u00a0into the classroom. This book is a long-overdue addition to the world of new literacy, where media and technology already have our students\u2019 attention. Tell your librarian to get several copies for your professional collection: I highly recommend it!\u201d<br \/>\nFrank Baker, media literacy consultant, Media Literacy Clearinghouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"il_fi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.byhero.com\/uploads\/posts_images\/1\/2\/129616\/YXFHjjV\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Writing-Visual-Media-Anthony-Friedmann\/dp\/0240812352\">Writing for Visual Media,<\/a> 3rd Ed.<br \/>\nAnthony Friedmann<br \/>\nFocal Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.unswpress.com.au\/webimages\/9781921411083.jpg\" alt=\"9781921411083\" width=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insightpublications.com.au\/index.asp\">Writing Short Film Scripts: A student Guide <\/a><br \/>\nPaul Kooperman ,<br \/>\n9781921411083, Insight Publications, April 2009<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/5131TG950tL._SX240_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><span id=\"btAsinTitle\">Copywriting for the Electronic Media: A Practical Guide\u00a0 (6th ed)<br \/>\n<\/span>Milan D. Denske<br \/>\nWadsworth Publishing<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/images\/0072372605\/ref=dp_image_0\/104-7972553-5184726?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books\" target=\"AmazonHelp\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prodImage\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2.images-amazon.com\/images\/P\/0072372605.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" alt=\"The Writer's Eye\" width=\"154\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Writers-Eye-William-Costanzo\/dp\/0072372605\/sr=1-7\/qid=1171405414\/ref=sr_1_7\/104-7972553-5184726?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books\">The Writer&#8217;s Eye: Composition in the Multimedia Age<\/a> (2007)<br \/>\nWilliam Costanzo, McGraw Hill Humanities<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/710794.gif\" alt=\"An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media\" width=\"122\" height=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.elsevier.com\/us\/bookscat\/search\/details.asp?country=United+States&amp;community=focalbooks&amp;txtSearch=focalbooks&amp;searchfield=community&amp;imprint=Focal+Press&amp;operator=%3D&amp;textbook=&amp;highlight=0&amp;display=collapse&amp;isbn=9780240808529&amp;srccode=&amp;ref=&amp;mscssid=RVDV41PPJNFH9JGM406L3BPB2VSM93F1\">An Introduction to Writing for Electronic Media<\/a>\u00a0 (2007)<br \/>\nScriptwriting Essentials Across the Genres<br \/>\nFocal Press<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b class=\"sans\"><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/ed_boo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"166\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wps.ablongman.com\/long_ruszkiewic_bw_1\/\">Beyond Words\u00a0\u00a0 Reading and Writing In A Visual Age<\/a><br \/>\nPearson Longman Publishers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.infibeam.com\/img\/718af7c0\/975\/3\/9780240803975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><basefont size=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"plainboxtext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.elsevier.com\/us\/focalbooks\/us\/subindex.asp?maintarget=&amp;isbn=&amp;country=United+States&amp;srccode=&amp;ref=&amp;subcode=&amp;head=&amp;pdf=&amp;basiccode=&amp;txtSearch=&amp;SearchField=&amp;operator=&amp;order=&amp;community=focalbooks\">Television and Screen Writing <\/a>\u00a0From Concept to Contract<br \/>\nFocal Press<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"||CPIMAGE:22450|0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mass_media_2.JPG\" alt=\"book cover\" width=\"100\" height=\"130\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/resources\/educational\/recommended\/books\/mass_media_pop_culture.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass Media &amp; Popular Culture<\/a> (Text and Resource Binder)\u00a0includes activities on news writing and script writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medialit.med.sc.edu\/PROD0411.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Image\" width=\"111\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/booksvideo\/books\/catalogue\/details.php?bookid=411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teaching Scriptwriting, Screenplays and Storyboards for Film and TV Production<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/TDIC_Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"160\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffff00\" width=\"76%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedirectorintheclassroom.com\/book4.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Director In The Classroom<\/a> (Chapter 11 Writing the Script)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCRIPTWRITING IN THE CLASSROOM &copy;2006&nbsp; Frank Baker, Media Educator &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-scriptwriting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36794,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions\/36794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}