| Patricia Cooper Ken Dancyger Ken Dancyger is the author of numerous books on screenwriting, editing, and production. He conducts screenwriting forums and workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia. A past chair of Undergraduate studies in the Department of Film and Television at NYU, he is currently Professor of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. |
The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling process- from conception, to visualization, to dramatization, to characterization and dialogue- and teaches them how to create a dramatic narrative that is at once short (approximately half an hour in length) and complete. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Storytelling in General; Telling a Story in Images; Using Sound to Tell the Story; Finding a Main Character for Your Story; Writing an Original Short Screenplay; Part 2: Storytelling Strategies; Visualization Strategies; Dramatic Strategies; Characterization Strategies; Dialogue Strategies; Part 3: The Melodrama; The Docudrama; Hyperdrama; Experimental Drama
Readership: Students of screenwriting, beginning filmmakers/writers.
ISBN: 0240801652 Paperback
Color plates: Line Illustrations: Halftones:
Measurements: 6 x 9.25 In.
Pages: 203
Publication Date: 1994
Price: $29.99