September 2012
Beginner
312 pages
8h 37m
English
Content preview from Writing the Short Film, 3rd Edition
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CONTENTS
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |||||||
| INTRODUCTION | |||||||
| PART I Fundamentals: Breaking Ground | |||||||
| Chapter 1. | STORYTELLING IN GENERAL | ||||||
| Chapter 2. | TELLING A STORY IN IMAGES | ||||||
| Chapter 3. | USING SOUND TO TELL THE STORY | ||||||
| Chapter 4. | DISCOVERING AND EXPLORING A MAIN CHARACTER | ||||||
| Chapter 5. | TELLING THE DRAMATIC STORY | ||||||
| Chapter 6. | WRITING AN ORIGINAL SHORT SCREENPLAY | ||||||
| Chapter 7. | ON REVISION: SUBSTANCE AND STYLE | ||||||
| PART II Moving Forward: Writing Strategies | |||||||
| Chapter 8. | THE NEED FOR STORYTELLING | ||||||
| Chapter 9. | VISUALIZATION STRATEGIES | ||||||
| Chapter 10. | DRAMATIC STRATEGIES | ||||||
| Chapter 11. | CHARACTERIZATION STRATEGIES | ||||||
| Chapter 12. | MORE ON DIALOGUE STRATEGIES | ||||||
| PART III Genres: Forming the Story | |||||||
| Chapter 13. | THE MELODRAMA | ||||||
| Chapter 14. | THE DOCUDRAMA | ||||||
| Chapter 15. | THE HYPERDRAMA | ||||||
| Chapter 16. | THE EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE | ||||||
| PART IV New Directions ... | |||||||
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