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The science of screenwriting : the neuroscience behind storytelling strategies /

"In a world awash in screenwriting books, The Science of Screenwriting provides an alternative approach that will help the aspiring screenwriter navigate this mass of often contradictory advice: exploring the science behind storytelling strategies. Paul Gulino, author of the best-selling Screen...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Gulino, Paul Joseph (Auteur), Shears, Connie (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2018.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction; or, should I save the cat and send the hero on his journey?
  • The science of information flow, or, I say schema, you say schemata: top-down vs. bottom-up
  • The science of connecting to the main character, or, why do i worry that a meth dealer might get caught?
  • Science of contrast, or, why the big huge spaceship followed the little tiny space ship in the opening of Star Wars
  • The science of exposition, or, what's wrong with an information dump?
  • Science of cause and effect, or, did the Packers really lose because I didn't wear my cheesehead hat?
  • The science of shared attention, or if I write a screenplay in which a tree falls in the forest, and the reader falls asleep halfway through, have i written a screenplay?
  • The science of conflict, or, what's wrong with watching two hours of people just getting along and helping each other?
  • Science of imagination: temporal lobes, how to think creatively, stages of mind, or, your dope-fueled imaginings
  • The structure question, or, how many acts does it take to sell a script?
  • Star Wars, or, how George did it.