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PART I UNIVERSAL ELEMENTS OF SCRIPT
by Ken Dancyger
Global Scriptwriting
Cover
Half Title
Full Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I UNIVERSAL ELEMENTS OF SCRIPT
1 The Basics
The Visual versus the Spoken
Terms—Useful, Critical
A Case Study in the Basics: Elia Kazan's America America
Imagination and Success in the Screenplay
The Short Film and the Long Film
Drama versus Documentary versus Experimental Narratives
2 Character
Ownership of Story
The Main Character and the Role of a Goal
Sources of Resistance to Character and Goal
The Source of Greatest Resistance: The Antagonist
Character Construction
Myths about Character
Issues of Identification
Character in the Plot-Driven Film: The Films of Joseph Ruben
The Character-Driven Film: The Films of Lasse Hallström
3 Structure
Three-Act Structure
Act I
Act II
Act III
4 Genre
The Audience
Issues of the Day
The Role of Character in Genre
The Role of Structure in Genre
The Case of Michael Mann's Heat
The Case of Michael Mann's The Insider
The Case of Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans
The Case of Franklin Schaffner's Planet of the Apes
The Case of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner
The Case of John Frankenheimer's Seconds
Working with Genre
Working against Genre
5 Tone
The Case of Peter Medak's Romeo Is Bleeding
The Case of the Films of Ang Lee and Stanley Kubrick
The Case of the Films of John Ford, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder
The Case of the Films of Stone, Lee, Mamet, Bertolucci, and Egoyan
Genres that Elevate Voice
PART II PARTICULARS ABOUT SCRIPTWRITING
6 The Hollywood Model
The Can-Do Character
The Use of Plot
The Attraction to Genres of Action
The Voice of Possibility over Adversity
The Transformation of the Main Character into a Hero
The Role of Dissent in the Hollywood Film
The Case of Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire
The Case of Saving Private Ryan
7 The Independent Model
The Centrality of Character: The Case of John Cassavetes—Husbands and Opening Night
Politics and the Independent Film I: The Case of The Ballad of Little Jo
Politics and the Independent Film II: The Case of Slam
Politics and the Independent Film III: The Case of Boys Don't Cry
The Experimental Narrative I: The Case of The Draughtsman's Contract
The Experimental Narrative II: The Case of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Breaking the Rules
Breaking the Rules I: The Case of She's Gotta Have It
Breaking the Rules II: The Case of Mean Streets
Breaking the Rules III: The Case of The Nasty Girl
8 The National Model
The Arts and Their Influence: The Case of Italy
The Art of Possibility: The Case of France
Working with Genre: The Case of the United Kingdom
Challenging Genre: The Case of Australia
9 New Models
Myth
The MTV Narrative
Women Telling Stories
The Nonlinear Story
10 Experiments in Voice
The Case of The Manchurian Candidate
The Intellectual Voice: Mike Nichols and Franklin Schaffner
The More Assertive Voice: Arthur Penn and Robert Altman
The Assertive Voice: Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino
PART III THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF STORYTELLING
11 The Ascent of Voice
Juzo Itami—The Soft Satirist
Neil LaBute—The Cruel Satirist
Neil Jordan—The Voice of Tolerance
Spike Lee—The Teacher/Preacher
Thorn Fitzgerald—The Voice of Sexual Difference
Clara Law—The Modern Traditionalist
Tod Solondz—The Scream as Voice
12 The Search for New Forms
Theater as a Model
The Novel as a Model
Television as a Model
Film as a Model
13 The Struggle of Style and Content
The Subversion of Narrative: The Case of Buñuel and Godard
The Subversion of Realism: The Case of Stone and Scorsese
The Dynamic of the Overwrought Treatment of Narrative: The Case of Bertolucci's Beseiged
The Structural Challenge to Content
Alternating Structures
The Tonal Challenge to Content
Narration Subverts the Narrative
Irony and Voice
14 The Medium Is the Message
The Pre-McLuhan Era in Film
The Post-McLuhan Era in Film
15 The Centrality of Metagenre
Melodrama
Docudrama
Hyperdrama
Experimental Narrative
16 Big Issues Plus National Stereotypes
The Case of Elizabeth
The Case of Fire
The Case of Antonia's Line
The Case of All About My Mother
The Case of French Twist
The Case of Shall We Dance
The Case of The Full Monty
17 The Search for the Global Tale
The Case of Agnieska Holland's Olivier Olivier
The Case of Mike Radford's Il Postino
The Case of Ang Lee's The Ice Storm
The Case of Sam Mendes' American Beauty
The Case of Mary Harron's American Psycho
Appendix: Script Treatment
Treatment Sample
Master Scene Format
Index
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