Writing for the Screen

Creative and Critical Approaches

Dr. Craig Batty, Zara Waldeback (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2008
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-230-55075-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This fresh approach to scriptwriting, innovative in style and approach, incorporates both creativity and critical appraisal as essential methods in writing for the screen. Contemporary case studies, in-depth analyses and interactive exercises create a wealth of ideas for those wishing to work in the industry or deepen their study of the practice.

Autor

Craig Batty is Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting at Bournemouth University, UK. He is a writer and script consultant, and has published widely on screenwriting. Zara Waldeback devised the Creative Screenwriting MA at Thames Valley University and has previously worked at Brunel and Sussex Universities, UK. She freelances as a script editor and has worked for British Screen, First Film Foundation and Film London.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- PART I: FOUNDATIONS.- 1. Establishing Practice.- 2. Subject: Ideas into Character.- 3. Structure and Narrative.- 4. Visual Storytelling.- 5. Dialogue and Voice.- 6. The Cultures of Screenwriting.- 7. Key Points and Foundations Exercises.- PART II: SPECULATIONS.- 8. Exploring Possibilities.- 9. Subjects: Ideas into Character.- 10. Structures and Narratives.- 11. Visual Storytelling.- 12. Dialogues and Voices.- 13. Further Cultures of Screenwriting.- 14. Key Points and Speculations Exercises.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.9.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Approaches to Writing
• Reihe/Serie: Approaches to Writing
• Zusatzinfo: 216 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 278 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-230-55075-4 / 0230550754
• ISBN-13: 978-0-230-55075-9 / 9780230550759
• Zustand: Neuware