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| ALTERNATIVE SCRIPTWRITING
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Successfully Breaking the Rules
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Fourth Edition
By
Ken Dancyger, Professor of Film and Television at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University as well as the author of numerous books on screenwriting, editing, and production.
Jeff Rush, Associate professor at Temple University's Department of Film & Media Arts. Former director and department chair. Also a freelance screenwriter, Jeff has published numerous articles and books.
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.
Audience
Beginning and professional filmmakers/writers; students of screenwriting, especially in graduate courses
Contents
Beyond the Rules; Structure; Critique of Restorative Three-Act Form; Counter Structure; Narrative and Anti-Narrative; Working with Genre
1; Working with Genre 2; Working Against Genre; Reframing the Active/Passive Character Distinction; Stretching the Limits of Character
Identification; Main and Secondary Characters; Subtext, Action and Character; The Primacy of Character Over Action; The Subtleties and
Implications of Screenplay Form; Character, History and Politics; Tone; Dramatic Voice/Narrative Voice; Digital Features; Writing the
Narrative Voice; Rewriting; Adaptations from Contemporary Literature; Personal Scriptwriting: The Edge; Beyond the Edge;
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Paperback, 424 pages, publication date: SEP-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80849-9
ISBN-10: 0-240-80849-5
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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