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The final rewrite : how to view your screenplay with a film editor's eye / John Rosenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenberg, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture plays--Editing.
- Motion picture plays.
- Motion picture authorship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, [2023]
- Summary:
- This book offers the unique perspective on crafting your screenplay from the eye of an editor. Special features include before and after examples from preproduction scripts to postproduction final cuts giving screenwriters an opportunity to understand how their screenplay is visualized in the editing room.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Final Rewrite
- First Man
- The Screenplay
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Best Intentions and Excellent Fails
- Not Quite Heaven
- How to Help Your Characters Succeed
- Chapter 3: The Well of Coverage
- The Dailies
- Coverage
- Permutations of the Script
- Organization
- Chapter 4: The Scene and an Approach to Dailies
- A Word about Scenes
- Writing the Scene
- First Steps
- The First Draft
- Chapter 5: Another approach
- The Gift of Memory and Its Limits
- Beyond "Cut"
- Keep Rolling
- Discovering What to Lose
- Movies Move
- Note
- Chapter 6: What Writers Know
- Structure
- Genre
- Sense and Setting
- Chapter 7: What Editors Know
- Power of the Shot
- Sculpting the Story
- Establishing Tone
- Chapter 8: Tricks of the Editor's Trade
- The Magician
- Repurposing Shots
- The Intercut
- Point-of-View
- Chapter 9: The Essence of Time
- Clock Time versus Film Time
- Chapter 10: The Filmic Moment
- Chapter 11: Aspects of Dialogue
- Dialogue and Subtext
- Subtext
- The Sound of Silence
- Chapter 12: Dialogue and Character Issues
- Space
- The Ensemble
- Improvisation
- Voiceover
- Chapter 13: When "Cut to" Isn't Enough
- Transitions
- Chapter 14: Following the Line
- Non-linear Trajectories
- Chapter 15: Formula but Not Formulaic
- Ritual Objects and Story
- Formula
- Chapter 16: The End Is the Beginning
- Where to Begin
- The End
- Chapter 17: Hindsight Is 20/20
- Emotional Logic
- Creativity and Inspiration
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rosenberg, John The Final Rewrite
- ISBN:
- 1-00-316157-X
- 1-003-16157-X
- 1-000-86258-5
- 9781003161578
- OCLC:
- 1378936912
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