ScreenwritingScreenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, writing the script, screenplay, dialogues and delivering it, in the required format, to development executives.
AnimationAnimation is a filmmaking technique whereby pictures are created or manipulated and then played in sequence to create the illusion of moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animation has been recognised as an artistic medium, specifically within the entertainment industry.Pre-productionPre-production is the process of planning some of the elements involved in a film, television show, play, video game, or other performance, as distinct from production and post-production. Pre-production ends when the planning ends and the content starts being produced.
Feature filmA feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature) is, broadly, a film (motion picture, "movie" or simply "picture") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment theatrical program.
Music videoVideo featuring a performance of a song A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically.
Streaming mediaMultimedia delivery methodOn websites such as YouTube, videos such as this short NASA film about spacesuit design are played instantly depending on the user's internet connection, and the video is partially downloaded in the background.Streaming media is the method by which multimedia data is delivered through a network for playback using a digital media player or media player software.
Casting (performing arts)In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra to land the role of a character in a script, screenplay, or teleplay. This process may be used for a motion picture, television program, documentary film, music video, play, or advertisement intended for an audience. Cast types or rolesActors are selected to play various types of roles.
Documentary filmA documentary film (often called simply a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analystBill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries".
BroadcastingBroadcasting is the distribution of audio and audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via an electronic mass communications medium, typically using radio waves in a model. Broadcasting began with AM radio, which became popular around 1920 with the spread of vacuum tuberadio transmitters and receivers. Before this, most implementations of electronic communication (early radio, telephone, and telegraph) were , with the message intended for a single recipient.Serial (radio and television)In television and radio programming, a serial, commonly known as a series, is a show that has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the complete run of the series, and sometimes spinoffs, which distinguishes them from episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes.
Television advertisementPaid commercial segment on television 1981 American television advertisement for Quaker Corn Bran Television was still in its experimental phase in 1928, but the medium's potential to sell goods, services, and ideas was already predicted by this Radio News cover from that year. A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization.
FilmVisual art consisting of moving imagesA Trip to the Moon (1902) is considered to be a turning point in the development of narrative and science fiction films.A film, movie, or motion picture is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and sometimes feature other sensory stimuli.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.