Semiotics for Screenwriters : Break down Your Favorite Movies Then Write Your Own / Michael Tierno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tierno, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Motion pictures--Semiotics.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, [2024]

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

You're trying to finish a screenplay, but there's a voice in your ear whispering, "You should know more about how cinema story works." Perhaps you've heard how many successful screenwriters deconstruct or "break down" films and study them. You'd like to try this method but ask yourself, "How do I start?" Semiotics for Screenwriters can help you with this daunting task by taking you on a unique journey through 3 classic films - It's a Wonderful Life, Lost in Translation, and Get Out - that shows you the hidden universal language of plot, character, and theme at work in them. This method will reveal the mechanics of cinema story, then show you how to apply this knowledge to your own screenwriting. Semiotics is a powerful system of analysis applied in many fields, including literature and psychology. In this book you'll learn to deploy this method to break down classic films then apply it to writing, developing and correcting your own screenplays.

Contents:

Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction - The Hollywood Movie Breakdown System with a Semiotics Spin 1. The Semiotics for Screenwriters System 2. Isotopies, Part I 3. Isotopies, Part II - The Semiotic Square 4. The Narrative Level 5. The Deep Level of Meaning 6. The Breakdown of Three Specimen Movies 7. Demonstration of Using the Tools to Develop a Feature Screenplay - Through the Night 8. Using Final Draft Beat Board and Outline Editor with the Semiotics Tools Closing Thoughts Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tierno, Michael Semiotics for Screenwriters

ISBN:

9781501390975

OCLC:

1414459019