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Alternative Scriptwriting, 4th Edition

Author Jeff Rush , Ken Dancyger
Release Date: 2012/08/01
ISBN: 9780240808499
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Book Description

Alternative Scriptwriting 4E is an insightful and inspiring book on screenwriting concerned with challenging you to take creative risks with genre, tone, character, and structure. Concerned with exploring alternative approaches beyond the traditional three-act structure, Alternative Scriptwriting first defines conventional approach, suggests alternatives, then provides case studies. These contemporary examples and case studies demonstrate what works, what doesn't, and why.

Because the film industry as well as the public demand greater and greater creativity, one must go beyond the traditional three-act restorative and predictable plot to test your limits and break new creative ground. Rather than teaching writing in a tired formulaic manner, this book elevates the subject and provides inspiration to reach new creative heights.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments for the Fourth Edition
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Chapter 1: Beyond the Rules
  11. Chapter 2: Structure
  12. Chapter 3: Critique of Restorative Three-Act Form
  13. Chapter 4: Counter-Structure
  14. Chapter 5: More Thoughts on Three Acts: Fifteen Years Later
  15. Chapter 6: Narrative and Anti-Narrative: The Case of the Two Stevens: The Work of Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh
  16. Chapter 7: Working with Genre I
  17. Chapter 8: Working with Genre II: The Melodrama and the Thriller
  18. Chapter 9: Working Against Genre
  19. Chapter 10: Genres of Voice
  20. Chapter 11: The Non-Linear Film
  21. Chapter 12: Reframing the Active/Passive Character Distinction
  22. Chapter 13: Stretching the Limits of Character Identification
  23. Chapter 14: Main and Secondary Characters
  24. Chapter 15: Subtext, Action, and Character
  25. Chapter 16: The Primacy of Character Over Action: The Non-American Screenplay
  26. Chapter 17: The Subtleties and Implications of Screenplay Form
  27. Chapter 18: Agency and the Other
  28. Chapter 19: Character, History, and Politics
  29. Chapter 20: Tone: The Inescapability of Irony
  30. Chapter 21: Dramatic Voice/Narrative Voice
  31. Chapter 22: Digital Features
  32. Chapter 23: Writing the Narrative Voice
  33. Chapter 24: Rewriting
  34. Chapter 25: Adaptations from Contemporary Literature
  35. Chapter 26: Personal Scriptwriting: The Edge
  36. Chapter 27: Personal Scriptwriting: Beyond the Edge
  37. Index