How to Build a Great Screenplay: A Master Class in Storytelling for Film - Couverture rigide

Howard, Professor David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312252110 ISBN 13 : 9780312252113

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2004

Synopsis

As founding director of the graduate screenwriting program at the University of Southern California, David Howard has taught the authors of some of the most successful movies of our time. Now, in HOW TO BUILD A GREAT SCREENPLAY, he synthesizes years of teaching into a thorough and profound curriculum in storytelling - a way to structure any kind of screenplay for maximum dramatic effect. Chapters include: - Where the Antagonist? - Main Character or Ensemble Story? - Six Types of Characters - Screen Time and Drama - How to Wave in Subplots The book concludes with analysis of seven very different bu successful movies, including Octobers Sky, American Beauty, The Sixth Sense and Pulp Fiction.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In making individual decisions about each element of the screenplay a writer builds a good story from the ground up. David Howard offers in-depth consideration of the many elements that make up a screenplay, clarifying his lessons through examples from the most successful films: Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, The Usual Suspects, Trainspotting and Chinatown among many others. Accessible, clear and practical 'How To Build A Great Screenplay' is a working bible for the budding screenwriter. Recognising that story structure is the framework for a successful screenplay David Howard teaches how to incorporate the other elements so that the screenplay takes on a life of its own, creating the emotional connection, spectacle and intellectual stimulation that will impact on an audience.

Revue de presse

The definitive book on writing for the screen. --'Writing Magazine'

He is careful to illustrate his wordy but wise theories with plenty of examples... this is a solid, blow-by-blow guide to ordering your ideas and siphoning them from head to page. --'Total Film'

Intelligently written and highly accessible... As a screenwriter himself, Howard s abundant knowledge is evident throughout, explained with the aid of numerous examples from classic films that helps to make this book both an informative and enjoyable read. --'Hot Dog'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312252110
• ISBN 13: 9780312252113
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible