Screenplay - Authorship, Theory and Criticism

Zusatztext 'Steve Price explores a wide array of issues associated with movie scripts in this thorough-going study. [...] Essentially a thoughtful! well-researched examination of a too-little-studied literary form.' - Virginia Wright Wexman! Review of English Studies Informationen zum Autor STEVEN PRICE teaches English and American Literature and Film at Bangor University, Wales, UK. He is the author of The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet , and (with William Tydeman) Oscar Wilde: Salome . Klappentext After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognized as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Zusammenfassung After decades of neglect! the screenplay is finally being recognized as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Authorship From Work to Text Ontology of the Screenplay Stages in Screenplay Development The Birds Editing and Publication The Scene Text The Dialogue Text Epilogue: Sunset Boulevard Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Table des matières

Preface Acknowledgements Authorship From Work to Text Ontology of the Screenplay Stages in Screenplay Development The Birds Editing and Publication The Scene Text The Dialogue Text Epilogue: Sunset Boulevard Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Commentaire

'Steve Price explores a wide array of issues associated with movie scripts in this thorough-going study. [...] Essentially a thoughtful, well-researched examination of a too-little-studied literary form.' - Virginia Wright Wexman, Review of English Studies

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Steven Price
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.01.2010
• EAN: 9780230223615
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22361-5
• Pages: 225
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire culturelle; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Général, dictionnaires; B, Cultural History, History, Media Studies, Performing Arts, Communication, Creative Writing, Film History, Media and Communication, Civilization—History, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Motion picture authorship, Screenwriting