Screenwriting Poetics and the Screen Idea
Description
A new, original investigation into how screenwriting works; the practices, creative 'poetics' and texts that serve the screen idea. Using a range of film, media and creative theories, it includes new case studies on the successful ITV soap Emmerdale, Hitchcock's first major screenwriter and David Lean's unfinished film, Nostromo.
Keywords
Performing ArtsFilmTelevisionHistory & CriticismScreenwritingSocial ScienceMedia StudiesLiterary CriticismPoetryPhotographyTechniquesCinematography & VideographyScreenplays
2013Book
Author(s)Ian W. MacDonald
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230392281
LanguageEnglish
