The Instinctive Screenplay: Watching and Writing Screen Drama
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1137607491 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 212 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Including a variety of both well-known and less famous examples, from The Shawshank Redemption to Samira Makhmalbaf’s The Apple, this book offers a fresh new approach to thinking about, discussing and writing screenplays.Sam North won the Somerset Maugham Award for his first novel, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2004 and in 2010 was given the Eric Gregory Award by the Society of Authors. For the last nine years he has taught screenwriting at undergraduate and postgraduate level at The University of Exeter, UK.. He was also head of development for a television production company, and subsequently Director of a UK literary agency selling film rights in the UK and USA. Analysing four powerful instincts – willpower, logic, morality and emotion – Sam North ex
Sam North is an award-winning writer and is Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Exeter, UK.
Analysing four powerful instincts – willpower, logic, morality and emotion – Sam North explores how they determine our level of involvement in their drama, and how screenwriters can use them to develop their craft. Including a variety of both well-known and less famous examples, from The Shawshank Redemption to Samira Makhmalbaf’s The Apple, this book offers a fresh new approach to thinking about, discussing and writing screenplays.. What is it that makes humans engage with a dramatic narrative? Is it linked to our primitive selves, contained within our instinctive experience?This innovative text argues that unders