LUMINA is dedicated to encouraging challenging discourse on the issues most significant to the screen arts and broadcast sector. Reflecting the breadth of contemporary thinking this journal – produced by the Australian Film Television and Radio School – is committed to publishing serious discussion of subjects, interviews, essays and reflections from leading thinkers and practitioners.
In this special issue, dedicated to screenwriting we explore topics – that will resonate with screenwriters and anyone else interested in the art and craft of screenwriting – which include: the creative process, approaches to writing,
the distributors view, a debate on the role of writers/directors and much more...
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:
• A Brief History of Screenwriting STEPHEN VAGG
• Provocation: the Writer/Director Debate DAVID WILLIAMSON, GREG McLEAN, TAIT BRADY, PETER SPIERIG, TIM PYE, CATHERINE MILLAR & SIMON VAN DER BORGH, MICHAEL PETRONI and MARTHA COLEMAN
• Approaches to Writing LINDA ARONSON, BARBARA MASEL & CORY TAYLOR and MICHAEL HAUGE
• Distributors View: ANDREW MACKIE and RICHARD PAYTEN, RACHEL OKINE, GREG DENING, ASHLEY LUKE and ALAN FINNEY
• Address MARGARET POMERANZ
• Creative Producer, Writer & Director TONY AYRES
• Structure, Plot, Character & Audience JOCELYN MOORHOUSE and OLIVIA STEWART
