Writing the Short Film - Softcover

Cooper, Patricia; Dancyger, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0240803698 ISBN 13: 9780240803692

Publisher: Focal Press, 1999

Synopsis

The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling process- from conception, to visualization, to dramatization, to characterization and dialogue- and teaches them how to create a dramatic narrative that is at once short (approximately half an hour in length) and complete.
This edition has been expanded to include a chapter on character development, plus a new section that includes chapters on melodrama, docudrama, hyperdrama, and experimental drama- genres well suited to the short film.
Includes a new 4-chapter section on genres particularly suited to the short film

New chapter on character development

Existing chapters considerably expanded

About this title

Book Description:

One of the few screenwriting books on the challenging short-form genre

From the Publisher:

This edition has been expanded to include a chapter on character development, plus a new section that includes chapters on melodrama, docudrama, hyperdrama, and experimental drama - genres well suited to the short film.

About this edition

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0240803698
• ISBN 13: 9780240803692
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320