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Turow, Joseph – Journal of Communication, 1978
Discusses the casting of small roles in television's dramatic series in terms of social stereotyping. Information is based on interviews with writers, producers, directors, casting directors, and talent agents. (JMF)
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Drama, Dramatics

Fragola, Anthony – Journal of Film and Video, 1990
Suggests American screenwriters experiment with the lighting, colors, perspectives, angles, and positioning of images in works of art to generate narrative. Argues that American screenwriters, unlike European counterparts, unnecessarily adhere to the concept that characterization is essential to generate narrative. (KEH)
Descriptors: Characterization, Film Criticism, Film Study, Films
Novak, Glenn D. – West Georgia College Review, 1986
Horton Foote was among the television writers who helped make NBC's "Television Playhouse" the most popular live dramatic program on the air during the "Golden Age" of television drama, the period between 1952 and 1957. Foote felt a strong affinity for the land and people of his youth, and modeled the imaginary towns of…
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Creative Writing, Drama
Gentile, John S. – 1986
Most performer-writers accept the writing process simply as a means to an end: the shared performance event with a live audience. While writer-performers regard a script as more important than the performance, a solo performance is, however, a showcase of the artist's talent, and creating one's own text offers the performer artistic control. Some…
Descriptors: Acting, Audiences, Authors, Characterization