Ken Dancyger, Jessie Keyt, Jeff Rush

Alternative Scriptwriting (eBook, ePUB)

Contemporary Storytelling for the Screen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The three-act structure is so last century! Unlike other screenwriting books, this unique storytelling guide pushes you to break free of tired, formulaic writing by bending or breaking the rules of storytelling as we know them. This new edition dives into all the key aspects of scriptwriting, including structure, genre, character, form, and tone.

Authors Ken Dancyger, Jessie Keyt, and Jeff Rush explore myriad alternatives to the traditional three-act story structure, going beyond teaching you "how to tell a story" by teaching you how to write against conventional formulas to produce original, exciting material. Fully revised and updated, the book includes new examples from contemporary and classic cinema and episodic series, as well as additional content on strategies for plot, character, and genre; an exploration of theatrical devices in film; and approaches to scriptwriting with case studies of prolific storytellers such as Billy Wilder, Kelly Reichardt, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Kathryn Bigelow.

Ideal for students of screenwriting and professional screenwriters wishing to develop their craft and write original scripts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000804126
• Artikelnr.: 67317578

Autorenporträt

Ken Dancyger is a Professor of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University as well as the author of numerous books on screenwriting, editing, and production.

Jessie Keyt is a writer and Assistant Arts Professor in the Department of Dramatic Writing at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University as well as a story and script consultant for independent filmmakers and production companies in the US, UK, and Europe.

Jeff Rush is an Associate Professor at Temple University's Department of Film & Media Arts as well as the author of numerous articles on screenwriting and narrative theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
INTRODUCTION
1. Beyond the Rules
STRUCTURE
2 Structure
3 Critique of Restorative Three-Act Form
4 Counter-Structure
5 The Three-Act Spectrum
6 Strategies for Plot and Character: Surprise, Triangulation, and Subtext
7 Multiple Threaded, Long-Form Episodic Scripts
GENRE
8 Why Genre?
9 Working with Genre
10 Working with Genre II: The Melodrama and the Thriller
11 Working with Genre III: Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges
12 Working Against Genre
13 The Flexibility of Genre
14 Genres of Voice
15 The Nonlinear Film
16 The Fable, a Case Study of Darkness: The Wizard of Oz and Pan's Labyrinth
CHARACTER
17 Reframing the Active/Passive Character Distinction
18 Stretching the Limits of Character Identification
19 Main and Secondary Characters
20 Subtext, Action, and Character
21 Exceptional but Opaque Characters in Flattened Scripts
FORM, TONE, AND THEORY
22 The Subtleties and Implications of Screenplay Form
23 Theatricality on Screen
24 Tone: The Inescapability of Irony
25 Dramatic Voice/Narrative Voice
26 Writing the Narrative Voice
27 Regionalism vs Commercialism: Kelly Reichardt, Eugene Martin, and Kathryn Bigelow
28 Adaptations from Literature
29 Rewriting
CONCLUSION
30 Personal Scriptwriting: The Edge
31 Personal Scriptwriting: The Short Film