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The pleasures of structure : learning screenwriting through case studies /
"Helps develop a much deeper understanding of story structure, using case studies with short practical lessons which all emerge organically from the example at hand"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: American Screenwriting Today; Section One Principles of Movie Storytelling; The origins of story, part one: Evolution, storytelling and selective advantage; The origins of story, part two: Written culture, ring compositions and the principle of parallelism; The skeleton of a story: Internal story logic; Putting flesh on a story's bones: Narration and pleasure in the telling of the tale; Keeping the story flowing: Narrative economy and screenplay format.
- Modeling movie structure: The W model of story structureAlternative approaches to scripting; Revision: What have we learned in this chapter?; Section Two Case Studies; Act One: First down angle (recognition); Act Two: From avoidance to commitment; Act Two: First up angle (avoidance); Act Two: Second down angle (commitment); Act Three: Second up angle (resolution); How to Train Your Dragon as a ring; Let The Right One In as a ring; Winter's Bone as a ring; Section Three Screenwriting, A Critical Glossary; Part One: Screenplay; Part Two: Development; Part Three: The screenwriting industry.
- Part Four: Story structurePart Five: Character development; Conclusion; Index.