Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay - Softcover

Howard, David; Mabley, Edward

 
9780285639027: Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0285639021 ISBN 13: 9780285639027
Publisher: Souvenir Press, 2011

Synopsis

All good screenplays share central principles and essential elements of cinematic storytelling and The Tools of Screenwriting has been the definitive text for screenwriters since the 1970 s. David Howard has revised and updated Edward Mabley s classic guide to dramatic theory to apply its principles to screenplays. The Tools of Screenwriting utilises the universal principles of drama, and illuminates how they are specifically used in screenwriting by writers from Aristotle to Orson Welles. Addressing questions of dramatic structure, plot, dialogue, characterisation, setting, imagery and other topics as they apply to filmmaking this is a practical, comprehensive guide based on experience and what has worked in classic screenplays from Citizen Kane and Rashomon to Chinatown and sex, lies and videotape.

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About the Author

David Howard is the founding director of the graduate screenwriting programme at the University of Southern California where he has guided hundreds of students to careers in film and television.

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Publisher
Souvenir Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0285639021
ISBN 13 
9780285639027
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320

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