Screenwriter's compass : character as true North / / Guy Gallo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461290103321
• Autore: Gallo Guy.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, Mass. : , : Focal Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-136-03873-6; 1-136-03874-4; 1-280-58210-3; 9786613611888; 0-240-81808-3
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.2/3; 808.23
• Soggetti: Motion picture authorship; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2012.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Screenwriter's Compass: Character As True North; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDMENTS; 1 FIRST THINGS; SCREENWRITER'S COMPASS; BIG DEAL-YOU'RE WRITING A SCREENPLAY; GEAR UP; SCREENWRITING IS WRITING; CRAFTSMANSHIP; 2 GROUNDWORK; READING THEORY; UPESETTING ARISTOTLE; PUTTING ARISTOTLE TO WORK; CHARACTER-DRIVEN VERSUS PLOT-DRIVEN; FABLE AND CONSTRUCT; TURNING THEORY TO TASK; 3 GETTING READY; MASTER SHOT SCREENPLAY; READING SCREENPLAYS; COMPOSITION CREATES STORY; ON OUTLINES; ON CHARACTER HISTORIES; ON TREATMENTS; ON ADAPTATION; 4 FIRST DRAFT; THE BLANK PAGE; SCENE AND ACTION DESCRIPTIONBEING GOD; HEARING VOICES; EMPATHY; THINKING OF STRUCTURE; BREAKING A BLOCK; 5 REVISION; FIRST READER; LOOKING AGAIN FOR LOGIC; QUESTIONS; CHALLENGES AND PITFALLS; ON EXPECTATION; 6 FINISHING; WRIGHTING A SREENPLAY; SCREENPLAY FORMAT; PROOFRADING; SUBMISSION; 7 GETTING READY AGAIN; PASSION AND PURPOSE; HAPPY ACCIDENT; INTUION AND ANALYSIS; LESSONS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Ever watch a movie, and despite great production value, fantastic action sequences, a great cast, etc, you come away thinking-I just didn't buy it. Chances are it was because you didn't care about the characters. Screenwriter's Compass presents a new way of approaching screenwriting, examining how effective screen storytelling must be grounded in the vivid imagining and presentation of character.Screenwriter's Compass will not offer formulas to follow but instead will give you the tools needed to chart your own path to screenwriting success. It details useful ways o