Paul Gulino is Associate Professor of Screenwriting at Chapman University, USA. He is an award winning screenwriter, whose book, Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach has been adopted as a textbook at schools and universities around the globe. His latest book, The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies, co-written with psychology professor Connie Shears, was published in 2018.
Acknowledgements Preface Foreword Author's Note PART I: FEATURE FILMS 1. An
Introduction to Sequences Why Sequences? The Origin of Sequences How A
Screenplay Works 2. Toy Story: Firing on All Eight 3. The Shop Around the
Corner: Fractured Symmetry 4. Double Indemnity: Flashback to the Future 5.
The Nights of Cabiria: Nocturnal Episodes 6. North By Northwest: 1,700
Miles in Nine Sequences 7. Lawrence of Arabia: Sixteen Sequences and an
Intermission 8. The Graduate: Passive Main Character 9. One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest: Midpoint Reversal 10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The
Shotgun Approach 11. Mustang: Five Sisters and Their Subplots 12. Parasite
: The Goal-Oriented Ensemble PART II: SERIES 13. An Introduction to Series
Why Series? The Storytelling Challenge of the Serial The Sequence and the
Serial The Serial and the Three-Act Structure 14. Breaking Bad Pilot: The
Garlic in the Coffee 15. Insecure Pilot: Three Subplots in Thirty Minutes
16. Barry Pilot: Comic Incongruity Bibliography Index
