The pleasures of structure : learning screenwriting through case studies / Julian Hoxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoxter, Julian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2015.

Summary:

"Helps develop a much deeper understanding of story structure, using case studies with short practical lessons which all emerge organically from the example at hand."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: American Screenwriting Today

Section One: Principles of Movie Storytelling

The Origins of Story, Part One: Evolution, Storytelling, and Selective Advantage

The Origins of Story, Part Two: Written Culture, Ring Compositions, and the Principle of Parallelism

The Skeleton of a Story: Internal Story Logic

Putting Flesh on a Story's Bones: Narration and Pleasure in the Telling of the Tale

Keeping the Story Flowing: Narrative Economy and Screenplay Format

Modeling Movie Structure: The 'W' Model of Story Structure

Alternative Approaches to Scripting

Revision: What Have We Learned in this Chapter?

Section Two: Case Studies

Act One: First Down Angle (Recognition)

Act Two: From Avoidance to Commitment

Act Two: First Up Angle (Avoidance)

Act Two: Second Down Angle (Commitment)

Act Three: Second Up Angle (Resolution)

How to Train Your Dragon as a Ring

Let the Right One In as a Ring

Winter's Bone as a Ring

Section Three: Screenwriting, A Critical Glossary

Part One: Screenplay

Part Two: Development

Part Three: The Screenwriting Industry

Part Four: Story Structure

Part Five: Character Development

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441164261

144116426X

9781441130822

1441130829

9781501302671

1501302671

9781441193858

1441193855

OCLC:

1106557677