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Autore: | Rosenthal Alan |
Titolo: | From Chariots of fire to the king's speech : writing biopics and docudramas / / Alan Rosenthal |
Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, Illinois : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
Disciplina: | 808.23 |
Soggetto topico: | Motion picture authorship |
Biographical drama - Authorship | |
Historical drama - Authorship | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Clearing your head. The popular genre -- What is docudrama? -- Choosing a dynamic subject -- Starting to work. Research -- The dramatic elements -- Shaping the film -- From treatment to full script. The outline treatment -- Writing dialogue and narration -- Beginning your script -- Special considerations. Adaptations -- Print the legend? -- Rights and legal issues -- Afterword. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Over the past decade, movie audiences have become hungry for films based on real people and historical events. Never was this more evident than during the best-picture showdown between The King's Speech and The Social Network during the 2011 Academy Awards, a scene then repeated, with Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty in the 2013 awards.. While Hollywood moguls have come to recognize the box-office revenue and critical acclaim that accompany such films and are now fast-tracking many docudramas into theaters, there remains a need for more reality-based film scr |
Titolo autorizzato: | From Chariots of fire to the king's speech |
ISBN: | 0-8093-3299-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453176503321 |
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