Professional Studies- Upcoming Report

In professional studies we have an upcoming report we need to start thinking about now, the report needs to focus on an area of the film business of your choice, it could be from cinematography, editing, screenwriting or any job roles from the extensive area of film. The report is to be 2000 words and will require a large amount of research which is why we are to start thinking about it now, currently I am drawn towards the writing aspect and want to focus on screenwriters and how many actually transform it into a career. I thought about this because there is such a variety of writers out there all competing for work and you don't always hear about writers as much as you do directors, this led me to think about how many actually write for a career and how many have done it as a one off job and not been able to sustain it. There's also a range of writers who will also direct their own work which is another aspect I can look into on the report and I feel overall this would be an interesting area to look into for the report. 

I can start researching some of my favorite writers and some of the most successful writers early so I have that information for when I need it, I can also start looking into the salary and pay for a screenwriter and how much it varies and how much you'd need to write to make a living out of it. There's different ways to assess a screenwriters success and that is weather the quality of their writing is good, the amount they get paid for the work or the amount their work grosses at the box office. It'll be interesting to see what information and results I find while doing this report and weather my view of screenwriting changes throughout.