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Screenwriting 101 : mastering the art of story / Professor Angus Fletcher, the Ohio State University.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 653 disc 1-4 + course guidebook
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Fletcher, Angus, 1976- instructor.
- Series:
- Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. Writing
- The Great courses. Literature & language. Writing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture authorship.
- Motion picture plays--Technique.
- Motion picture plays.
- Genre:
- Instructional films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Lectures.
- Physical Description:
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Other Title:
- Mastering the art of story
- Place of Publication:
- Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses : The Teaching Company, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital
- laser optical NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Master the art and science of storytelling for the screen."--Container
- Writing a script is simply another way of telling a story, albeit one with its own special set of possibilities and limitations. This course will provide viewers with the invaluable ability to appreciate more films and TV, tell better stories, and write their own scripts.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. 1. Thinking like a screenwriter
- 2. Reverse engineering successful scripts
- 3. Building your story world
- 4. Developing your characters
- 5. Tone: the screenwriter's Lens
- 6. Plotting your story beats. Disc 2. 7 Sentimental return: Casablanca
- 8. The tragic sublime: The Godfather
- 9. Romantic satisfaction: When Harry met Sally ...
- 10. Suspense and relief: Jaws
- 11. Romantic longing: Annie Hall
- 12. Big wonder: Star Wars. Disc 3. 13. Charm: The Princess Bride
- 14. Alienation effect: Do the right thing
- 15. Redemption: Unforgiven
- 16. Surreal Connection: Pulp Fiction
- 17. Big sympathy: Toy story
- 18. Existential meaning: Fargo. Disc 4. 19. Film versus television: MASH and M*A*S*H
- 20. Writing a television pilot: Game of Thrones
- 21. The sitcom: The Simpsons
- 22. The procedural: CSI
- 23. The prime-time soap: Grey's Anatomy
- 24. Becoming a screenwriter.
- Participant:
- Angus Fletcher, lecturer.
- Notes:
- "Course no. 2126."
- Accompanied by the course guidebook of the same title.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.
- Contains:
- Container of: Screenwriting 101: mastering the art of story.
- ISBN:
- 9781629974828
- 162997482X
- OCLC:
- 1013197394
- Publisher Number:
- 2126 The Teaching Company
- ID2126A-01 The Teaching Company (container)
- PD2126A The Teaching Company (discs surface)
- PB2126A The Teaching Company (guidebook)
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