Creative Screenwriting : Understanding Emotional Structure By Kallas, Christina / Howard, John William (TRN) Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Published Date : 2010/07 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9780230221413 BookWeb Price : AED 124.00 Availability Status : Our fulfillment centre has the item in stock. Usually dispatches within 3 working days. Language : English

 
Acknowledgements                                   x
Prologue                                           1  (16)
      Why Creative Screenwriting?                  1  (5)
      The Art of Creative Writing                  6  (2)
      The Idiosyncrasies of Audiovisual            8  (2)
      Storytelling
      The Methods of Creative Screenwriting:       10 (7)
      Technique and Rules of the Game
    Pre-Credit Sequence: Theoretical Roots of      17 (20)
    Creative Screenwriting
      Creative Screenwriting in the Context of     17 (7)
      Prevailing Theories of Drama and
      Screenwriting - a Little Review
      The Old Struggle between Poetics and         24 (13)
      Philosophy: It all Goes Back to Aristotle
      or What we Owe Plato and Aristotle
    The Beginning: The Trick of Creative           37 (38)
    Screenwriting
      The Trick of the Commonplace and the Lack    39 (6)
      of Responsibility
      The Structure of the Screenplay: First       45 (10)
      Sequence (the Character)
      The Trick of the Status Perspective          55 (3)
      The Structure of the Screenplay: Second      58 (3)
      Sequence (the Conflict)
      The Trick of Failure: The Courage to Fail    61 (6)
      and the Law of Quantity
      The Structure of the Screenplay: Third       67 (5)
      Sequence (the First Dramatic Question)
      In Remembrance                               72 (3)
    The Middle: Techniques of Creative             75 (76)
    Screenwriting
      Gathering Material and the Combination       77 (2)
      Technique
      The Structure of the Screenplay: Fourth      79 (3)
      Sequence (the Second Dramatic Question)
      The Technique of the Conditional Question    82 (2)
      Working with both Hemispheres of the Brain   84 (2)
      The Technique of Free Association and        86 (2)
      Automatic Writing
      The Technique of Defining the Problem        88 (5)
      The Structure of the Screenplay: Fifth       93 (2)
      Sequence (the Middle)
      Working with Images                          95 (6)
      Working with Music and Sound                 101(4)
      The Technique of Conflict                    105(2)
      Working with Dreams                          107(2)
      Working with Emotions                        109(15)
      The Structure of the Screenplay: Sixth       124(8)
      Sequence (the Theme)
      Working with our Experiences                 132(2)
      The Technique of the Reversal                134(1)
      Working with First Love                      135(3)
      Working with Fairy Tales                     138(1)
      Working with Themes                          139(3)
      Working with Shadows                         142(1)
      Working with the Look of a Film              143(1)
      Working with Subtext                         144(1)
      The Structure of the Screenplay: Seventh     145(1)
      Sequence (the Answer to the Second
      Dramatic Question)
      Working with Rhythm                          146(3)
      A Beat                                       149(2)
    The End: Application of Creative               151(37)
    Screenwriting and Emotional Structure to
    the Complete Screenplay
      Playing with Structure: Working with the     153(2)
      Chronological Sequence
      Every Ending Tells a Story                   155(7)
      Working with the Psychology of the           162(5)
      Audience
      The Structure of the Screenplay, Eighth      167(2)
      Sequence: (the Answer to the First
      Dramatic Question)
      Working with Emotional Structure             169(15)
      The Technique of Rewriting                   184(1)
      The Future of Screenwriting                  185(3)
In Place of an Epilogue: The Era of the            188(12)
Screenwriter
Bibliography                                       200(5)
Notes                                              205(26)
Index                                              231