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Focal Press Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing

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Focal Press Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing
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  • Editors: Vimi Bauer, Irv Bauer
  • Paperback, 204 Pages
  • Publisher: Routledge Taylor & Francis
  • 1st Edition, Published November, 2016
Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing from Focal Press takes a step-by-step approach to screenwriting, starting with a blank page and working through each element of the craft. Written in an approachable anecdote-infused style that's full of humor, Bauer shows the writer how to put the pieces together, taking the process of screenwriting out of the cerebral and on to the page.
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Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing from Focal Press takes a step-by-step approach to screenwriting, starting with a blank page and working through each element of the craft. Written in an approachable anecdote-infused style that's full of humor, Bauer shows the writer how to put the pieces together, taking the process of screenwriting out of the cerebral and on to the page.

Part One of the book covers character, location, time-frame and dialogue, emphasizing the particularity in writing for a visual medium. Part Two of the book focuses on the narrative aspect of screenwriting. Proceeding incrementally from the idea and story outline, through plotting and writing the treatment, the workshop-in-a-book concludes with writing the First Draft.

Key Features
  • A unique emphasis on the visual elements of storytelling because the camera is always present, the screenplay must act as a guide for the director and the editor.
  • A workshop in a book approach that walks the reader step-by-step through a screenplay—focusing on character, location, time frame, visual components, and transitions—with plenty of exercises that generate material for the narrative writing process.
  • A process-oriented approach, combined with a lighthearted tone and approachable style, that allows the reader to ease into the daunting task of writing a First Draft and takes them all the way through to the end, First Draft in hand.
Table of Contents
  • EDITOR’S NOTE
  • FOREWORD BY MICHAEL RADFORD
  • INTRODUCTION—ON BEING A WRITER
  • PART I - The Gathering Phase
    • Chapter 1 - Character, Location, Time Frame
      • The Arbitrary Character
      • Character Leads to Story
      • Script Example
      • Character Bio
      • Location
      • Time Frame
      • Personal History
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Exercise #1
    • Chapter 2 - Character Out Loud—Dialogue
      • Sources of Dialogue
      • Monologue
      • Script Examples
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • The Character’s Own Sweet Song
      • Exercise #2
    • Chapter 3 - The Visual Component—I
      • Film Form—Screenplay Format
      • Dialogue in Film Form—Second Character
      • Script Example
      • Screenwriting—The Recipe
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Exercise #3
    • Chapter 4 - The Visual Component—II
      • A Scene without Dialogue
      • Script Example—1
      • Script Example—2
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Exercise #4
    • Chapter 5 - The Transition
      • The Transition Defined
      • A Coat of Many Colors
      • Script Examples
      • Exercise #5
  • PART II - The Narrative Arc
    • Review
    • Chapter 6 - The Idea
      • The Background of Film
      • Narrow Your Focus
      • The Mechanics of Storytelling
      • Set Up, Build, Pay Off
      • QuestioningStudent Exercise Examples
      • Exercise #6
    • Chapter 7 - Story—Step Outline
      • What Is Story?
      • Step Outline Defined
      • Creating the Skeleton
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Questioning Your Work
      • Evolution of an Idea
      • Exercise #7
    • Chapter 8 - Plotting the Story—I
      • Flesh on the Skeleton
      • The Opening Scene
      • Script Example
      • The Bridge
      • The African Queen—Opening Scene
      • Plot the Opening Scene
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Exercise #8
    • Chapter 9 - Treatment—Plotting the Story—II
      • What Is a Treatment?
      • Connecting the Bridges
      • Basic Dramatic Elements
      • Step Back and Question
      • Questions to Ask Yourself
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Recap—Treatment
      • Exercise #9
    • Chapter 10 - First Draft Short Screenplay
      • Fulfilling the Treatment
      • The First Draft Screenplay
      • Student Exercise Examples
      • Exercise #10
  • PROTECTING YOUR SCRIPT
  • NOTES TO MY WRITERS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
About the Editor
Irv Bauer's vast experience in teaching screenwriting includes undergraduate programs at New York University and Sarah Lawrence College, playwriting at many universities and venues, and non-performance workshops for writers at the New Dramatists. Bauer has mentored countless up-and-coming industry writers and directors and taught his own very successful classes and tutorials, drawing students from all over the world. He is the author of several produced and optioned plays and screenplays as well as many commissioned rewrites of film and television scripts and stage plays. Irv is also widely known for the animated series Courage The Cowardly Dog on Cartoon Network.

Focal Press 9781138666221 Specs

Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
November 15, 2016
Guide
Author
Irv Bauer
Includes Images
No
ISBN Number
9781138666221
Cover Type
Soft
Number of Pages
204

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