What's the Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay: An Essential Guide for Directors and Writer-Directors

ISBN-13: 9780367415891 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 192 str.

Peter Markham

Opis

A structured perspective on the crucial interface of Director and Screenplay, this book encompasses twenty-two seminal aspects of the approach to story and script that a Director needs to understand before embarking on all other facets of the Director’s craft.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART A — The Approach; 1 What’s the Story? 2 Premise; 3 Theme; 4 Genre; 5 World/Setting; 6 Cultural, Social, and Moral Canvas; 7 Tone; 8 Structure; 9 Passage of Time; 10 Character; 11 Narrative Point of View; 12 Introduction of the Protagonist and Main Characters; 13 Key Images; 14 Opening Image, Frame, Shot; 15 Closing Image, Frame, Shot; 16 Endings; 17 The 5-Step Creative Analysis of the Screenplay; 17.1 A brief summary of the scene; 17.2 The journey of the protagonist; 17.3 The journey of the audience; 17.4 The turning point of the scene; 17.5 the function of the scene; 18 The Director’s Statement; PART B —　The Case Study — CONTRAPELO Screenplay by Liska Ostojic and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer; 19 Screenplay; 20 CONTRAPELO Case Study; 21 CONCLUSION; Index

O autorze

Peter Markham is a creative consultant, teacher, author, and former directing head at the American Film Institute Conservatory. His alumni, award winners at major festivals, have notable careers in film and TV. Prior to teaching, he was a director in the UK, and worked with filmmakers including Anthony Minghella and Martin Scorsese.