Writing the short film / Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Patricia.

Contributor:

Dancyger, Ken.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short films--Authorship.

Short films.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Focal Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling process- from conception, to visualization, to dramatization, to characterization and dialogue- and teaches them how to create a dramatic narrative that is at once short (approximately half an hour in length) and complete. Exercises, new examples of short screenplays, and an examination of various genres round out the discussion.<BR

Contents:

Cover; Writing the Short Film; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Fundamentals: Breaking Ground; Chapter 1. Storytelling in General; Chapter 2. Telling a Story in Images; Chapter 3. Using Sound to Tell the Story; Chapter 4. Discovering and Exploring a Main Character; Chapter 5. Telling the Dramatic Story; Chapter 6. Writing an Original Short Screenplay; Chapter 7. On Revision: Substance and Style; Part II: Moving Forward: Writing Strategies; Chapter 8. The Need for Storytelling; Chapter 9. Visualization Strategies; Chapter 10. Dramatic Strategies

Chapter 11. Characterization StrategiesChapter 12. More on Dialogue Strategies; Part III: Genres: Forming the Story; Chapter 13. The Melodrama; Chapter 14. The Docudrama; Chapter 15. The Hyperdrama; Chapter 16. The Experimental Narrative; Part IV: New Directions; Chapter 17. The Opportunity for Renewal; Appendix A. Short Short Screenplays; Vincent; Sob Story; Pigeon; Appendix B. Short Screenplays; Another Story; The Lady in Waiting; Sleeping Beauties; Description of Location; The Wounding; Dead Letters Don't Die; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

978142370827X

9786611020088

9781136048579

113604857X

9781136048586

1136048588

9781281020086

1281020087

9780080492476

0080492479

OCLC:

231813659