Alternative Scriptwriting Rewriting the Hollywood Formula

Name: Alternative Scriptwriting Rewriting the Hollywood Formula
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ISBN: 9780240522463

ISBN-10: 024052246X

ISBN-13: 9780240522463

Edition: 5th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Ken Dancyger, Jeff Rush

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Alternative Scriptwriting 4E is an insightful and inspiring book on screenwriting concerned with challenging you to take creative risks with genre, tone, character, and structure. Concerned with exploring alternative approaches beyond the traditional three-act structure, Alternative Scriptwriting first defines conventional approach, suggests alternatives, then provides case studies. These contemporary examples and case studies demonstrate what works, what doesn't, and why. Because the film industry as well as the public demand greater and greater creativity, one must go beyond the traditional three-act restorative and predictable plot to test your limits and break new creative ground.…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 3/13/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 486
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments for the Fifth Edition


Introduction



Beyond the Rules


Structure



Structure



Critique of Restorative Three-Act Form



Counter-Structure



More Thoughts on Three Acts: Fifteen Years Later



Narrative and Anti-Narrative: The Case of the Two Stevens



Multiple Threaded Long-Form Television Serial Scripts


Genre



Why Genre?



Working with Genre I



Working with Genre II: The Melodrama and the Thriller



Working Against Genre



The Flexibility of Genre



Genres of Voice



The Non-Linear Film



The Fable: A Case Study of Darkness: The Wizard of Oz and Pan's Labyrinth


Character



Reframing the Active/Passive Character Distinction



Stretching the Limits of Character Identification



Main and Secondary Characters



Subtext, Action, and Character



The Primacy of Character Over Action: The Non-American Screenplay


Form, Tone, and Theory



The Subtleties and Implications of Screenplay Form



Agency and the Other



Character, History, and Politics



Tone: The Inescapability of Irony



Dramatic Voice/Narrative Voice



Digital Features



Writing the Narrative Voice



Rewriting



Adaptations from Contemporary Literature


Conclusion



Personal Scriptwriting: The Edge



Personal Scriptwriting: Beyond the Edge


Index