Writing with light: The screenplay and photography

Kathryn Millard

doi:10.1386/josc.4.2.123_1

Writing with light: The screenplay and photography

Kathryn Millard^*

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Abstract

This article considers alternative processes for recording the screen idea, specifically, processes that draw on photography and images in the writing process. It discusses screen works inspired by the photographs of Samuel Bollendorff (Journey to the End of Coal, 2009), Arthur Felig Weegee (The Naked City, 2002) and August Sanders (Do Right and Fear No-one, 1975), and proposes that 'writing with light' is an appropriate metaphor for screenplays that are inherently unstable and always in transition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-134
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Screenwriting
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/josc.4.2.123_1
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2013

Keywords

screenwriting
writing with images
writing and photography
visual thinking
digital writing
essay

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