Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting

Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting

Aristotle and the Modern Scriptwriter

Price, Brian

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2017

258

Dura

Inglês

9781138553330

15 a 20 dias

640

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Acknowledgments

Preface: Some Obligatory Backstory

SECTION I: A PROLOGUE

Chapter 1 - Introduction: What You Hold in Your Hands

Chapter 2 - Aristotle's Poetics: It's All Greek to Me

Chapter 3 - Motivating Factors: Why We Tell Stories

Chapter 4 - Starting the Journey: Defining the Road Ahead

SECTION II: A BEGINNING

Chapter 5 - Story: And I'm Sticking To It

Chapter 6 - Ideas: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Chapter 7 - Conflict: People Who Write Should Throw Stones

Chapter 8 - Wholeness: We Need Some Closure

Chapter 9 - Magnitude: It All Boils Down to One Thing

Chapter 10 - Loglines: Putting It All Together (Part 1)

SECTION III: A MIDDLE

Chapter 11 - Plot: Let's Stay Connected

Chapter 12 - Reversals and Revelations: Pieces of the Action

Chapter 13 - Change of Fortune: Covenant of the Arc

Chapter 14 - Fatal Flaw: And the Plot Thickens

Chapter 15 - Structure: The Shape of Things to Come

Chapter 16 - The Three Acts: Let's Break It Down

Chapter 17 - Anchor Points: A Pattern of Design

Chapter 18 - Character: The Agents of the Action

Chapter 19 - Defining Traits: What's Good and Appropriate

Chapter 20 - The 5 Ps: They Help Build Character

Chapter 21 - Motivating Behavior: Goooooal!!

Chapter 22 - Structure Revisited: Filling in the Gaps

Chapter 23 - Set-Up: Stepping Stones of Act One

Chapter 24 - Complications: Stepping Stones of Act Two

Chapter 25 - Resolution: Stepping Stones of Act Three

Chapter 26 - Stepping Stones: Building the Great Pyramids

Chapter 27 - Beat Sheets: Putting It All Together (Part 2)

SECTION IV: AN END

Chapter 28 - Scenes: The Building Blocks

Chapter 29 - Description: What You See Is What You Get

Chapter 30 - Dialogue: What You Say is What You Get

Chapter 31 - Dialogue Continued: Still More Left to Say

Chapter 32 - Formatting: Ah, the Lovely White Space

Chapter 33 - Pages: Putting It All Together (Part 3)

Chapter 34 - First Draft: And You're Finally Done

SECTION V: A RESOLUTION

Chapter 35 - Rewriting: Ha! You Thought You Were done

Chapter 36 - Theme: What's It All About, Ari?

Chapter 37 - Conclusion: Bringing It All Back Home

APPENDICES

Aristotle's Guiding Precepts

Assignments

Recommended Reading

Recommended Movies

Attributions

About the Author

Index
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