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The craft of scene writing : beat by beat to a better script / Jim Mercurio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercurio, James P., 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture authorship.
- Motion picture plays--Technique.
- Motion picture plays.
- Genre:
- handbooks.
- manuals (instructional materials)
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fresno, California : Quill Driver Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- Mercurio analyzes and systematizes the details that create powerful scenes, citing examples from scripts old and new in this exploration of screenwriting technique.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Fundamentals
- 1. The Story of a Scene: Beat by Beat
- 2. Reversals: The Essence of Surprise
- 3. Dialogue: The Beats of a Missing Horse
- 4. Non-Dialogue: Using Visuals
- 5. Exposition: Backdoor Drama
- pt. Two Advanced Topics
- 6. Dilemma: Importance and Digging Deep
- 7. Exploiting Concept: From Inspiration to Surprise
- 8. Theme: Building Your Case
- 9. Advanced Scene Writing: Breaking the Rules with Style
- 10. Cinematic Writing: The Language of Visuals
- pt. Three The Home Stretch
- 11. Rewriting I: The Big Picture
- 12. Rewriting II: The Small Picture
- 13. A Tale of Two Voices: The Voice of the Script
- 14. Personal Voice.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.
- ISBN:
- 9781610353304
- 1610353307
- OCLC:
- 1080081685
- Publisher Number:
- 99992999276
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