Script Readings
Now available: the anthology "Screenplay Readings"
Theories and analyses of screenplay texts and processes implicitly or explicitly address questions of reception. This raises the initial question of who, in fact, the audience for a screenplay really is. The screenplay as a text is intended for decision-makers and professionals in the audiovisual industries and only secondarily—if at all—for a general audience, whether of the published screenplay or the film itself.
The contributions in this anthology examine the various audiences of the screenplay and their influence on the screenplay’s structure. This volume is based on the conference “Screenplay and Audience,” which was organized by the Interdisciplinary Network for Screenplay Research (in cooperation with the Media Industries Working Group of the Society for Media Studies) in November 2023 at the University of Siegen. The conference was funded by the Research Commission of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Sandra Nuy, Claus Tieber (eds.): Screenplay Readings: Contexts, Perspectives, and Audiences. Berlin: De Gruyter 2026.
