Screenwriting Poetics and the Screen Idea /
MacDonald, I.author.
Macdonald, Ian W.author.
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. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Approaches; 3 The Orthodox Poetics of Screenwriting; 4 The Real World, and Screenwriting as Work; 5 The Screen Idea Work Group: Emmerdale; 6 The Individual, Their Creativity and the Poetics; 7 Hitchcock's Forgotten Screenwriter: Eliot Stannard; 8 God Is in the Details: The Text Object; 9 The Poetics of the Screen Idea: Nostromo; 10 Screenwriting Studies; Appendices; References; Index
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. .
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion picture authorship.
Film genres.
Communication.
Poetry.
Screen Studies.
Film History.
Screenwriting.
Genre.
Media Studies.
Poetry and Poetics.