Scriptwriting for the Screen

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Charlie Moritz, Charlie (Manchester Metropolitan Universit Moritz, Moritz Charlie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9780415465182
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46518-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Screenwriting, Humanities, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting