Paul Joseph Gulino

Screenwriting (eBook, ePUB)

The Sequence Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A substantial update of the previous edition, Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach deconstructs recent feature films and offers a new section analysing popular television series. A proven screenwriting method in emotionally engaging an audience, the sequence approach emphasises the underlying motives of each story plot to better convey its relation to the work as a whole. In this expanded second edition, Paul Gulino includes analyses of recent noteworthy films and serial dramas, such as Parasite, Barry and Breaking Bad, with an eye to how they manage audience attention, convey vital information and deliver their emotional payloads. The aim of the book is to help writers move readily from the feature film to the serial form, mastering both. It is perfect for both beginning writers and those with experience in the feature screenplay form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765104651
• Artikelnr.: 69508615

Autorenporträt

Paul Gulino is Associate Professor of Screenwriting at Chapman University, USA. He is an award winning screenwriter, whose book, Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach has been adopted as a textbook at schools and universities around the globe. His latest book, The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies, co-written with psychology professor Connie Shears, was published in 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
Author's Note
PART I: FEATURE FILMS
1. An Introduction to Sequences
Why Sequences?
The Origin of Sequences
How A Screenplay Works
2. Toy Story: Firing on All Eight
3. The Shop Around the Corner: Fractured Symmetry
4. Double Indemnity: Flashback to the Future
5. The Nights of Cabiria: Nocturnal Episodes
6. North By Northwest: 1,700 Miles in Nine Sequences
7. Lawrence of Arabia: Sixteen Sequences and an Intermission
8. The Graduate: Passive Main Character
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Midpoint Reversal
10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Shotgun Approach
11. Mustang: Five Sisters and Their Subplots
12. Parasite: The Goal-Oriented Ensemble
PART II: SERIES
13. An Introduction to Series
Why Series?
The Storytelling Challenge of the Serial
The Sequence and the Serial
The Serial and the Three-Act Structure
14. Breaking Bad Pilot: The Garlic in the Coffee
15. Insecure Pilot: Three Subplots in Thirty Minutes
16. Barry Pilot: Comic Incongruity
Bibliography
Index