PT Journal
AU Cernik, J
   Trnka, J
TI Shifting Screenwriting - The Past, Present and Future of the Craft. An Introduction to a Special Issue "Conversation Beyond Script"
SO Iluminace
PY 2025
BP 5
EP 10
VL 37
IS 2
DI 10.58193/ilu.1816
WP https://iluminace.cz/artkey/ilu-202502-0010.php
DE screenwriting; screenplay; screenwriter; Screenwriting Research Network; artificial intelligence; Writers Guild of America; cinema; television; virtual reality; sound
SN 0862397X
AB Although the status of screenwriter and screenplay was always uncertain, today's precipitous technological and economic changes are affecting its essence - however, history teaches us that no crisis is so deep that it cannot be turned into opportunity. Bunch of detailed analysis forming the core of this special issue of Iluminace can be read as illustration of this overarching simple idea, an invitation to one of the less explored territories and as call for both another adventurous journeys to the roots of screenwriting and erudite reflections of current screenwriting practices made by scholars, screenwriting teachers and authors. In this text, we offer a perspective on how to view the articles in this special issue in the context of the current challenges facing screenwriting. At the same time, we find in these articles a vision for overcoming the crises of the present. The fact that we are experiencing changes in screenwriting means that it will be with us for years to come.
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