January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
442 pages
15h
English
In Chapter 22, we established the relationship between screenplay form and dramatic intention. In this chapter, we look at dramatic intention and examine how it is presented through character, dialogue, atmosphere, and narrative structure.
The screenwriter uses tone to imply directionality. Generally, in the treatment phase, the writer is faced with pinning down many dimensions of the story. This process continues into the first draft, and perhaps the second. In further drafts, the writer, or the writer, producer, and director, introduce the directionality (voice) that leads the reader, and, later, the viewer, to interpretation. Of course, interpretation is not singular; there ...
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