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Screenwriting from the heart : the technique of the character-driven screenplay / by James Ryan.

By: Material type: TextOriginal language: English Publication details: New York : Billboard Books, 2000.Description: 186 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0823084191
  • 9780823084197
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.2/3
LOC classification:
  • PN 1996 R988s 2000
Contents:
The character-driven approach. Defining the character-driven screenplay How to write from the inside out Contingent causation : accumulation creates impact Character or story : which comes first? Substance, form, and technique A movie : not just a story in pictures The picture : the power and the limitations Sound : how it can carry the story Finding your structure. Dramatic structure How and why we use acts in a screenplay The one-act form : evoking inescapability The two-act form : the open-ended resolution The three-act structure : order is restored Crafting your script : step by step Finding the story The pitch The free-write The outline How to create a great scene How to expand and grow as a screenwriter
Summary: The value of character-driven screenplays is demonstrated in this step-by-step approach to showing aspiring filmmakers and writers how a script is created through the development of compelling characters.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1996 R988s 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000191659

Filmography: page 182.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-181) and index.

The character-driven approach. Defining the character-driven screenplay
How to write from the inside out
Contingent causation : accumulation creates impact
Character or story : which comes first?
Substance, form, and technique
A movie : not just a story in pictures
The picture : the power and the limitations
Sound : how it can carry the story
Finding your structure. Dramatic structure
How and why we use acts in a screenplay
The one-act form : evoking inescapability
The two-act form : the open-ended resolution
The three-act structure : order is restored
Crafting your script : step by step
Finding the story
The pitch
The free-write
The outline
How to create a great scene
How to expand and grow as a screenwriter

The value of character-driven screenplays is demonstrated in this step-by-step approach to showing aspiring filmmakers and writers how a script is created through the development of compelling characters.

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