Simon van der Borgh

Scene-writing for Film and TV (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on an integral aspect of screenplays, this book takes students and writers at all levels through the process of understanding and writing better scenes. It interrogates the functions of a scene and how writers can then apply this knowledge to their own film and television scripts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040146538
• Artikelnr.: 72276466

Autorenporträt

Simon van der Borgh has worked globally for 40 years, gaining an international reputation as a produced screenwriter, screenwriting teacher, and script consultant. He has delivered his practical scene-writing lectures, masterclasses, and workshops to thousands of students, screenwriters, and filmmakers worldwide. Many of the ideas in this book were developed during his time as Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting at the University of York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Approach: What is a scene?
2. Character: Whose scene is it? Who is in the scene and why?
3. Action: What is the scene about? What do we see happening in the scene and why?
4. Dialogue: What are your characters trying to say?
5. The Setting: The arena where and when the action is located at a particular point in the story
6. Formatting & Layout: What should a scene look like on the page?
7. Style: What does the scene look, feel, sound like?
8. Theme: What's your scene really about?
9. The Sequence: How do we join it all together?
10. Recap & Conclusion: Why isn't this scene working? How can I make it work better?
Appendix: Documents A - D
Bibliography

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Introduction; 1. Approach: What is a scene?; 2. Character: Whose scene is it? Who is in the scene and why?;
3. Action: What is the scene about? What do we see happening in the scene and why?; 4. Dialogue: What are your characters trying to say?; 5. The Setting: The arena where and when the action is located at a particular point in the story; 6. Formatting & Layout: What should a scene look like on the page?; 7. Style: What does the scene look, feel, sound like?; 8. Theme: What's your scene really about?; 9. The Sequence: How do we join it all together?; 10. Recap & Conclusion: Why isn't this scene working? How can I make it work better?; Appendix: Documents A - D; Bibliography