Scriptwriting for the Screen

ISBN-13: 9780415465182 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 232 str.

Moritz Charlie; Charlie Moritz

Opis

'Scriptwriting for the Screen' is an accessible guide to writing for film and television. It details the first principles of screenwriting and advises on the best way to identify and formulate a story and develop ideas.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Scripting Stories: Some First Principles 2. Ideas Into Action 3. Just Picture It: Visualising the Action 4. Character: the Who? and the How? of Characters in Action 5. Dialogue 6. Making Scenes, Building Sequences 7. Metaphor and Moment: Deepening your Drama 8. Adaptation 9. Subtext 10. Pulling it all Together. Bibliography and Suggested Reading. Index

O autorze

Charlie Moritz is a freelance scriptwriter who has written for both television and theatre. He teaches screenwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has also taught at the RITS School of Film and Television in Brussels.