Writing the short film / Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Patricia.

Contributor:

Dancyger, Ken.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Short films.

Physical Description:

ix, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Focal Press, [2000]

Summary:

Novice screenwriters can follow the storytelling process--from conception to dramatization to dialogue--and learn how to create a dramatic narrative that is short and complete.

Contents:

Part I Fundamentals: Breaking Ground 9

Chapter 1 Storytelling In General 11

Chapter 2 Telling A Story In Images 19

Chapter 3 Using Sound To Tell The Story 31

Chapter 4 Discovering And Exploring A Main Character 41

Chapter 5 Telling The Dramatic Story 51

Chapter 6 Writing An Original Short Screenplay 67

Part II Moving Forward: Writing Strategies 81

Chapter 7 Storytelling Strategies 83

Chapter 8 Visualization Strategies 99

Chapter 9 Dramatic Strategies 111

Chapter 10 Characterization Strategies 125

Chapter 11 Dialogue Strategies 139

Part III Genres: Forming the Story 149

Chapter 12 The Melodrama 151

Chapter 13 The Docudrama 171

Chapter 14 The Hyperdrama 187

Chapter 15 The Experimental Drama 205

Appendix Short Screenplays 223

Another Story / Lisa Wood Shapiro 225

The Lady in Waiting / Christian Taylor 234

Sleeping Beauties / Karyn Kusama 256

The Wounding / Susan Emerling 265

Dead Letters Don't Lie / Anais Granofsky, Michael Swanhaus 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0240803698

OCLC:

41176712