From Chariots of fire to the king's speech : writing biopics and docudramas / / Alan Rosenthal

• Autore: Rosenthal Alan
• 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
• 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.: 9910814810403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II