Transactional analysis as a tool for film and television scriptwriters

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Published: Nov 16, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35742/rcci.2011.16(0).42-60
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Script, Transactional Analysis, Eric Berne, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel, Transactions, Psychological Games

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Graciela Padilla Castillo
Complutense University of Madrid
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-4817

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This research analyzes the potential of Transactional Analysis as a tool for film and television writers. The first part delves into some works of writers who cite Transactional Analysis, Eric Berne, and other theories to get inspiration and a good script. The second part concentrates the main parts of the Transactional Analysis and its application in the movie Babel (2006), directed by the Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu.

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Padilla Castillo, Graciela. 2011. “Transactional analysis as a tool for film and television scriptwriters”. Revista de Ciencias de la Comunicación e Información 16 (November):42-60. https://doi.org/10.35742/rcci.2011.16(0).42-60.
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Author Biography

Graciela Padilla Castillo, Complutense University of Madrid

Professor at the Faculty of Information Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid. Accredited Associate Professor. Doctor in Information Sciences with Extraordinary Doctorate Award, and Bachelor of Journalism and Audiovisual Communication with End of Degree Award. She has completed her postdoctoral training at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and has traveled as an expert in gender studies to the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP, Mexico). His lines of research focus on television fiction, information theory, ethics and deontology and political communication. She is the author and co-author of almost a hundred publications: books, book chapters and academic articles, published in high-impact journals. Likewise, he has participated in more than thirty investigations with competitive grants and teaching innovation projects.

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