What is the relationship between the screenplay and the film on screen?Howis the narrative of a specific screenplay constructed on the page?
How does a specific screenwriter describe and develop plot or story or characteror setting, etc.on the page?How is character/plot/setting,etc.described and developed in a specific film genre (e.g. horror, musical, etc.)?What writing techniques (e.g. imagery, dialogue, action, etc.) does a screenwriter use in a specific screenplay or across many of his/her screenplays?How does character change in a specific script? How do a screenwriter’s practicesand/ornarrative constructioncompare to the screenwriting manuals rules?How do screenwriting practices differ in different social and industrial contexts(e.g. screenwriting in Hollywood vs. screenwriting in the UK, or writing for TV vs. writing for film, etc.)?How does a specific screenplay compare to a screenwriting theory (i.e. Steven Price’s distinction between screenplay and novelistic character)?
