Writing for Film: The Basics of Screenwriting

ISBN-13: 9781138465510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 318 str.

Darsie Bowden

Opis

Providing an introduction to screenwriting, this text helps budding screenwriters to structure their dramas, refine their characterizations, and craft their language. It also includes: guidelines for working as a screenwriter; exercises to enhance skills; suggested readings for further development; and a list of resources for screenwriting.

Spis treści

I: The Dramatic Film; 1: The Rhetoric of the Screenplay; 2: The Film Drama; 3: Character; 4: The Nuts and Bolts of Screenplay Format; 5: Crafting Your Screenplay; 6: Selling the Screenplay; II: Applying Dramatic Principles; 7: Adaptations; 8: The Fact Film: Documentaries—Form and Format; 9: Marketplace: Screenplays for Films That Inform, Explain, and Sell; 10: Introduction to the Experimental Film

O autorze

Darsie Bowden