Truth and storytelling : scripting the visual narrative / Emily Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Emily D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Truth in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, [2022]

Summary:

The book offers a guide for writers to better understand and confront the truths they want to reveal through narrative stories and how to find legitimacy in the fictional characters and situations they create.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1 Truth And the Search For Story

The Relevance of Fiction

Finding Concepts: The Logline

The Influence of Genre on Story

Reimagining Classics, Myths, Epic Poems, and Fairytales

Ideas from Life Experience

Story Inspirations from News Accounts

Visualizing a Story Idea

Ideas from Historical Accounts

Questions for Authentic Fiction

Language and Lies

But I Just Want to Entertain

What Is the Nature of Humanity?

What Is the Relationship between the Individual and Society?

What Is a Just Society?

What Is Happiness?

What Is Truth?

What Is the Proper Role of the Storyteller?

References

Chapter 2 Creating Authentic Characters

Protagonists, Antagonists, Heroes, Antiheroes, and Villains

Characters and Perspectives

Perspective and Experience

Change and Character Arcs

Characters and Stereotypes

Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

Archetypes of the Personal Unconscious

Dramatic Goals and Dramatic Needs

Finding Character in a Concept

Psychological Drives and Character

Physical Attributes

Quirks, Hobbies, and Passions

Location as Character

Characters in Games and Interactive Stories

Character Biographies

Chapter 3 The Shapes of Visual Narrative

Linear Three-Act Structures

The Work of Act One

The Work of Act Two

The Work of Act Three

Sequence Structure

The Three Acts of the Hero's Journey

The Heroine's Journey

A Heterosexual Man on a Heroine's Journey

Children's Journeys

Chapter 4 The Structures of Time and Perspective

Nonlinear Structures

Multiple Stories and Ensembles

Multi-Story and Nonlinear Combinations

Brusque Endings, Curt Beginnings, and Slices of Life.

The Unmotivated and Disenfranchised Protagonist

An Alternate Perspective on Genre

Pseudo-Documentary, Mockumentary, and Found Footage

Familiar Structures and Interactive Stories

Choosing Structure

Chapter 5 OUTLINES and The Spines of Stories

Step Outlines for Any Structure

An Example Process for Developing a Step Outline

I. Act One

A. Sequence One

B. Sequence Two

II. Act Two

C. Sequence Three

D. Sequence Four

E. Sequence Five

F. Sequence Six

III. Act Three

G. Sequence Seven

H. Sequence Eight

What an Outline Can Reveal

Challenging the Structure

Story Outlines and Awkward Truths

Outlines, Flow Charts, Beat Sheets, and Treatments

Chapter 6 The Truths of Style and Format

The Literary Screenplay

Types of Film Scripts

Basics of the Master Scene Screenplay

Scene Headings

EXT. FRANK'S BAR - NIGHT

INT. FRANK'S BAR - NIGHT (CONTINUOUS)

INT. FRANK'S BAR - NIGHT (LATER)

INT. NANCY'S DORM ROOM - DAY (FALL 1901)

INT./EXT. MILITARY HUMVEE - DAY

INT. AMY'S HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT

Writing Action or Visualization

Formatting the Dialogue Block

Using Parentheticals

Using Transitions

Other Script Formats

Television Scripts

Written Documents for Fictional Multimedia and Interactive Stories

Chapter 7 Guarded Dialogue and Candid Silence

The Functions of Dialogue

Exposing the Character

Supporting the Plot

The Verbal and the Nonverbal

Scripting a Different Language

Listening as Dialogue Research

Regional Phrases and Dialect

Punctuation: A Writer's "Directing" Tool

Writing Full Stops, Beats, and Pauses

Exclamation Marks, Questions, and Ellipsis

Hyphens and Dashes

Quotations and Apostrophes

Colons and Semicolons

Numbers and Keyboard Symbols

Abbreviations. Periods That Aren't Pauses.

Cursing and Dialogue

Dialogue and Devices

Dialogue and Ad-lib

Chapter 8 The Scene and the Story

The Length of a Scene

EXT. FIELD - RAIN - DAY

The Development of a Scene

The Scene and the Montage

Scenes as Flashbacks, Dream Sequences, and Hallucinations

Connecting Scenes

The Intercut Sequence

Stylized Scenes

Breaking the Fourth Wall

The Voice-Over Scene

Lampshading

Gaslighting

The Work of a Scene

Chapter 9 HONEST REVISIONS

The Readable Text and Cold Table Readings

Workshopping after the Read

Finding Meaning-What Readers Understand

The Missions of Stories in Revision

The Finished Script

Scripts in Competition

Getting Scripts to Producers

Creative Self-Discovery

The Abstract Truth

A Story's Perspective

Story in the Larger Context

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Edwards, Emily Truth and Storytelling

ISBN:

9781785273094