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A ___MASK42___ is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas . Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative ___MASK4___ such as novels , short stories , poetry , plays , screenplays , and essays as well as various reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public . Writers ' texts are published across a range of media . Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society . The word is also used elsewhere in the arts  such as songwriter  but as a standalone term , " ___MASK42___ " normally refers to the creation of written language . Some writers work from an oral tradition . The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western ___MASK59___ and Egypt . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East ( as opposed to Far East ) beginning in the early 20th century . Western ___MASK59___ , West ___MASK59___ , Southwestern ___MASK59___ or Southwest ___MASK59___ is the westernmost subregion of ___MASK59___ . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion of Egypt ( which would be counted as part of North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes of grouping countries in statistics . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on ___MASK77___ , ___MASK64___ , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK48___ producers fill a variety of roles depending upon the type of producer . Either employed by a production company or independent , producers plan and coordinate various aspects of ___MASK48___ production , such as selecting script , coordinating ___MASK4___ , directing and editing , and arranging financing . During the " discovery stage ", the producer has to find and acknowledge promising material . Then , unless the ___MASK48___ is supposed to be based on an original script , the producer has to find an appropriate screenwriter . ___MASK40___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK40___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK59___ . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK40___ is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western ___MASK59___ , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . A ___MASK14___ program is a segment of content intended for broadcast on over - the - air , cable ___MASK14___ , or Internet ___MASK14___ , other than a commercial , trailer , or any other segment of content not serving as attraction for viewership . It may be a single ___MASK82___ , or more commonly , a series of related productions ( also called a ___MASK14___ series or a ___MASK14___ show ). ___MASK30___ , also called scriptwriting , is the art and craft of ___MASK4___ scripts for mass media such as feature films , television productions or video games . It is frequently a freelance profession . Tehran ( " Tehrn ") is the capital of ___MASK40___ and Tehran Province . With a population of around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area , Tehran is the most populous city of ___MASK40___ , the 2nd - most populous city in Western ___MASK59___ and the 3rd - largest metropolitan area in the Middle East . It is ranked 29th in the world by the population of its metropolitan area . A screenplay or script is a written work by screenwriters for a ___MASK48___ , ___MASK74___ , or television program . These screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of ___MASK4___ . In them , the movement , actions , expression , and dialogues of the characters are also narrated . A screenplay written for television is also known as a teleplay . A ___MASK48___ ___MASK18___ is a person who directs the making of a ___MASK48___ . Generally , a ___MASK48___ ___MASK18___ controls a ___MASK48___ ' s artistic and dramatic aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The ___MASK18___ has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union ___MASK89___ , the ___MASK18___ is viewed as the author of the ___MASK48___ . Majid Majidi ( Persian :     Persian pronunciation : ( mæd  ide mæd  idi ) , born 17 April 1959 , Tehran ) is an Iranian ___MASK48___ ___MASK18___ , ___MASK48___ producer , and screenwriter . In his films , Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous international awards . A screenplay ___MASK42___ , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a ___MASK42___ who practices the craft of ___MASK30___ , ___MASK4___ screenplays on which mass media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . The ___MASK93___ of comics has followed different paths in different cultures . Scholars have posited a pre - ___MASK93___ as far back as the Lascaux ___MASK27___ paintings . By the mid - 20th century , comics flourished particularly in the United States , western Europe ( especially in France and Belgium ), and Japan . The ___MASK93___ of European comics is often traced to Rodolphe Töpffer ' s cartoon strips of the 1830s , and became popular following the success in the 1930s of strips and books such as " The Adventures of Tintin ". American comics emerged as a mass medium in the early 20th century with the advent of newspaper comic strips ; magazine - style comic books followed in the 1930s , in which the superhero genre became prominent after Superman appeared in 1938 . Histories of Japanese comics and cartooning ("") propose origins as early as the 12th century . Modern comic strips emerged in Japan in the early 20th century , and the output of comics magazines and books rapidly expanded in the post - World War II era with the popularity of cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka . had a lowbrow reputation for much of its ___MASK93___ , but towards the end of the 20th century began to find greater acceptance with the public and in academia . A ___MASK48___ , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical ___MASK48___ or photoplay , is a series of still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry . A ___MASK48___ is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional ___MASK43___ techniques ; by means of CGI and computer ___MASK43___ ; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects . The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass ___MASK87___ . The technologies through which this ___MASK87___ takes place include a variety of outlets . Tehran Province is one of the 31 provinces of ___MASK40___ . It covers an area of and is located to the north of the central plateau of ___MASK40___ . A ___MASK82___ company or a ___MASK82___ house provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the ___MASK97___ , ___MASK28___ , film , ___MASK14___ , radio , and video .