Serial offenders? Defining the boundaries of series and serial TV for screenwriting practice and theory

Ianniello, M; Batty, C

Serial offenders? Defining the boundaries of series and serial TV for screenwriting practice and theory

Ianniello, M Batty, C

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Publisher:: INTELLECT LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Screenwriting, 2021, 12, (1), pp. 55-74
Issue Date:: 2021-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ianniello, M
dc.contributor.author	Batty, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8542-4763
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-09T01:55:47Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-09T01:55:47Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Screenwriting, 2021, 12, (1), pp. 55-74
dc.identifier.issn	1759-7137
dc.identifier.issn	1759-7137
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151424
dc.description.abstract	Serial storytelling dominates the international TV landscape, yet the terms used to describe this form as distinct from ‘series’ vary across industry, scholarship and popular media. While many scholars have observed the series/serial ‘divide’, none of them have done so from the vantage point of screenwriting practice. This article argues there is both the scope and a need to provide clearer definitions for discussion of TV drama screenwriting, particularly as it intersects with extant notions such as ‘complex’ and ‘quality’ TV. In this article, we consolidate the literature on the series/serial and provide our own terms to describe contemporary trends in serial storytelling - finite, infinite and franchise - terms that we hope speak more directly to the screenwriter and screenwriting scholar.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	INTELLECT LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Screenwriting
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1386/josc_00048_1
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media, 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
dc.title	Serial offenders? Defining the boundaries of series and serial TV for screenwriting practice and theory
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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Serial storytelling dominates the international TV landscape, yet the terms used to describe this form as distinct from ‘series’ vary across industry, scholarship and popular media. While many scholars have observed the series/serial ‘divide’, none of them have done so from the vantage point of screenwriting practice. This article argues there is both the scope and a need to provide clearer definitions for discussion of TV drama screenwriting, particularly as it intersects with extant notions such as ‘complex’ and ‘quality’ TV. In this article, we consolidate the literature on the series/serial and provide our own terms to describe contemporary trends in serial storytelling - finite, infinite and franchise - terms that we hope speak more directly to the screenwriter and screenwriting scholar.

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