CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |||||||
INTRODUCTION | |||||||
PART I Fundamentals: Breaking Ground | |||||||
Chapter 1. | STORYTELLING IN GENERAL | ||||||
Chapter 2. | TELLING A STORY IN IMAGES | ||||||
Chapter 3. | USING SOUND TO TELL THE STORY | ||||||
Chapter 4. | DISCOVERING AND EXPLORING A MAIN CHARACTER | ||||||
Chapter 5. | TELLING THE DRAMATIC STORY | ||||||
Chapter 6. | WRITING AN ORIGINAL SHORT SCREENPLAY | ||||||
Chapter 7. | ON REVISION: SUBSTANCE AND STYLE | ||||||
PART II Moving Forward: Writing Strategies | |||||||
Chapter 8. | THE NEED FOR STORYTELLING | ||||||
Chapter 9. | VISUALIZATION STRATEGIES | ||||||
Chapter 10. | DRAMATIC STRATEGIES | ||||||
Chapter 11. | CHARACTERIZATION STRATEGIES | ||||||
Chapter 12. | MORE ON DIALOGUE STRATEGIES | ||||||
PART III Genres: Forming the Story | |||||||
Chapter 13. | THE MELODRAMA | ||||||
Chapter 14. | THE DOCUDRAMA | ||||||
Chapter 15. | THE HYPERDRAMA | ||||||
Chapter 16. | THE EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE | ||||||
PART IV New Directions ... |
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