The great challenge in writing a feature-length screenplay is
sustaining audience involvement from page one through 120.
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach expounds on an often-overlooked
tool that can be key in solving this problem. A screenplay can be
understood as being built of sequences of about fifteen pages each,
and by focusing on solving the dramatic aspects of each of these
sequences in detail, a writer can more easily conquer the challenges
posed by the script as a whole. The sequence approach has its
foundation in early Hollywood cinema (until the 1950s, most
screenplays were formatted with sequences explicitly identified), and
has been rediscovered and used effectively at such film schools as the
University of Southern California, Columbia University and Chapman
University. This book exposes a wide audience to the approach for the
first time, introducing the concept then providing a sequence analysis
of eleven significant feature films made between 1940 and 2000: The
Shop Around The Corner / Double Indemnity / Nights of Cabiria / North
By Northwest / Lawrence of Arabia / The Graduate / One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest / Toy Story / Air Force One / Being John Malkovich / The
Fellowship of the Ring
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781628925128
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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