Screenplay: Building Story Through Character

ISBN-13: 9781138935969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 296 str.

Jule Selbo

Opis

Screenplay: Building Story Through Character is designed to help screenwriters turn simple or intricate ideas into exciting, multidimensional film narratives with fully-realized characters. Based on Jule Selbo's unique 11-step structure for building story through characters, the book teaches budding screenwriters the skills to focus and shape their ideas, turning them into stories filled with character development, strong plot elements based on obstacles and conflicts, and multifaceted emotional arcs. Using examples and analysis from classic and contemporary films across a range of genres, from The Godfather to Guardians of the Galaxy, Selbo's Screenplay takes students inside the scriptwriting process, providing a broad overview for both beginners and seasoned writers alike. The book is rounded out with discussion questions, writing exercises, a guide to the business of screenwriting, in-depth film breakdowns, and a glossary of screenwriting terms.

Spis treści

1. Idea vs. Story  2. Genesis of Story  3. Three Act Structure and Beyond  4. Eleven Step Story Structure: Character First  5. Character Is Everything  6. Think About The Ending  7. Once You Know the Ending: Go Back to the Beginning  8. Plot  9. Subplots: A, B and C Stories and Runners  10. Beats, Scenes and Sequences  11. Exposition  12. Dialogue  13. Action, Conflict and Obstacles  14. Events  15. Dramatic Question, Theme and Point of View  16. Logline, Synopsis, Outline and Treatment  17. Start Writing: Act One  18. Working on Act Two  19. Working on Act Three  20. Checklists of Each Acts  21. The Business of Being a Screenwriter  22. Eleven Steps Film Breakdowns  23. Short Glossary of Screenwriting Terms

O autorze

Jule Selbo, Ph.D., is a Professor of Screenwriting in the Radio-TV-Film Department at California State University, Fullerton. She is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter with work in theatre, feature film, network and cable television and animated series; produced credits include projects for Disney, Columbia Pictures, Paramount, and Universal. She is the author, most recently, of Film Genre for the Screenwriter (2015), also published by Routledge.