Charlie Moritz

Scriptwriting for the Screen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to writing for film and television. It details the first principles of screenwriting and advises on the best way to identify and formulate a story and develop ideas in order to build a vivid, animated and entertaining script. It introduces the reader to essential skills needed to write effective drama.

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First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415465182
• ISBN-10: 0415465184
• Artikelnr.: 23604575

Autorenporträt

Charlie Moritz is a freelance scriptwriter who has written for both television and theatre. He teaches screenwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has also taught at the RITS School of Film and Television in Brussels.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Scripting Stories: Some First Principles 2.
Ideas Into Action 3. Just Picture It: Visualising the Action 4. Character:
the Who? and the How? of Characters in Action 5. Dialogue 6. Making Scenes,
Building Sequences 7. Metaphor and Moment: Deepening your Drama 8.
Adaptation 9. Subtext 10. Pulling it all Together. Bibliography and
Suggested Reading. Index

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Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Scripting Stories: Some First Principles 2. Ideas Into Action 3. Just Picture It: Visualising the Action 4. Character: the Who? and the How? of Characters in Action 5. Dialogue 6. Making Scenes, Building Sequences 7. Metaphor and Moment: Deepening your Drama 8. Adaptation 9. Subtext 10. Pulling it all Together. Bibliography and Suggested Reading. Index