Memo from the Story Department: Secrets of Structure and Character - Softcover

McKenna, David; Vogler, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932907971 ISBN 13: 9781932907971

Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions, 2011

Synopsis

Memo From the Story Department offers a battery of story-generating engines and story-improving tools, and reliable methods tested on hundreds of Hollywood productions. It goes far beyond the standard advice given in most screenwriting manuals.

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About the Author

Christopher Vogler is the top story analyst and consultant for major Hollywood studios and talent, advising on projects as varied as The Lion King and Fight Club. He wrote the script for the animated feature Jester Till and the story for a Japanese-style manga comic, Ravenskull. He was executive producer of the feature film P.S. Your Cat is Dead and has worked recently on projects for Will Smith, Helen Hunt, Roland Emmerich, and Darren Aronofsky. He travels widely to lecture about mythic structure. With Michael Hauge he produced the instructional DVD The Hero's Two Journeys. His book The Writer's Journey has been translated into ten languages and is one of the top-selling screenwriting manuals in the world.
David McKenna is a stage director, acting coach, voice-over artist, and film professor at Columbia University and Barnard College. He is an expert on the films of Clint Eastwood and film genres including horror, westerns, and war movies. His influential classes on screenwriting have stimulated a generation of young filmmakers and writers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932907971
• ISBN 13: 9781932907971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230