INDEX
A
Abduction from the Seraglio, 108
accent, 92
action
Aristotle on, 23–26
over specifying, 136–137
speech and, 94–95
action description, 63–69. See also Scene/action description
mimetic description, 68–69
paragraph of, 70
Act One, 109
Act Three, 110
Act Two, 109
Adams, Scott, 127
adaptation, 50–56
fable and, 51
fidelity and, 52–53
films/movies, 50–51
narrative vs. story time, 53–54
prestige, 51
questions related to, 56
as reimagining, 51–52
straight up, 51
tasks of, 56
types of, 51–52
vs. original screenplays, 51
adjectives, multiple, 180
Adventures in the Screen Trade, 15
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 55, 97
adverbial clause, 128–130
adverbs, 180–181
agency, characters as, 20, 21, 27–28
agents, ...
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