| Description |
xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index. |
| Contents |
What is a story -- Three-act structure -- Five-act structure -- The importance of change -- How we tell stories -- Fractals -- Acts -- The inciting incident -- Scenes -- Putting it all together -- Showing and telling -- Character and characterization -- Character and structural design -- Character individuation -- Dialogue and characterization -- Exposition -- Subtext -- Television and the triumph of structure -- Series and serial structure -- Change in drama series -- Home again -- Why -- Act structure of Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Hamlet, the structural form -- Being John Malkovich, the structural form -- My Zinc Bed, the structural form -- The Godfather, the structural form -- First and last act parallels : some further examples -- A lightning guide to screenwriting gurus. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas |
| Subject |
Storytelling -- Philosophy.
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Storytelling -- Philosophy. |
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Storytelling. |
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Motion picture authorship -- Philosophy.
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Motion picture authorship. |
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Philosophy. |
| ISBN |
9781846146435 paperback |
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1846146437 paperback |
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9781846146442 ebook |
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1846146445 ebook |
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