Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay, Updated and Expanded Edition

Name: Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay, Updated and Expanded Edition
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ISBN: 9780520221659

ISBN-10: 0520221656

ISBN-13: 9780520221659

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Andrew Horton

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"We need good screenwriters who understand character." Everywhere Andrew Horton traveled in researching this book--from Hollywood to Hungary--he heard the same refrain. Yet most of the standard how-to books on screenwriting follow the film industry's earlier lead in focusing almost exclusively on plot and formulaic structures. With this book, Horton, a film scholar and successful screenwriter, provides the definitive work on the character-based screenplay. Exceptionally wide-ranging--covering American, international, mainstream, and "off-Hollywood" films, as well as television--the book offers creative strategies and essential practical information. Horton begins by placing screenwriting in…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/23/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 249
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Character



The Feast of Becoming: Carnival and Character



Varieties of Voices Within Character



Five Not-So-Easy Pieces: Analysis of Character-Centered Scripts



Narrative and Structure



Beyond the Classical Hollywood Structure



Developing a Character-Centered Narrative



Pitching



Writing



Prelude to a Screenplay



The Fourteen-Week Character Developing Schedule



The Fourteen-Week Feature Screenplay



Launching Your Script



From Rewrite to Screen: An Overview of Options



Live Writers Talking: Screenwriting 2000 and Beyond



Coverage



Self-Critiques



Your Personal Screenwriting and Video Library



At Long Last the Recipe for a Screenwriter's Gumbo with Character!


Index