SixThe Idea
We now have an embryo in front of us. An embryo with all kinds of ticks and pulses and limbs and germs; germs of what our story might become. However, before we break into Story, I want to give you a background on the whole understanding of the screenwriter’s position in the collaborative world of filmmaking. In the United States, in particular, the writer’s place is not only an insecure one, but a diminished one.
The Background of Film
We have to start with the theater. Playwrights go back to the ancient Greeks. Great philosophers—Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes—all playwrights. A few of those plays are even performed today … The Frogs comes to mind. The plays still exist and are revered. We can see them staged and we can still ...
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