Psychology for screenwriters
Subtitle: building conflict in your script
By: William Indick.
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Studio City, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Motion picture authorship; Motion picture authorship -- Psychological aspects
Description: "To make their stories come alive, screenwriters must understand human behavior. Using this book, writers can make Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erick Erikson, and Joseph Campbell their writing partners. Psychology for Screenwriters helps scribes craft psychologically resonant characters and conflict. You'll learn to create convincing motivation, believable identity development, and archetypes that produce authentic screen moments."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index.
Filmography: p. 239-270.
Table of contents: title: The oedipal complex; title: Neurotic conflict; title: The psychosexual stages; title: The ego defense mechanisms; title: Dreamwork; title: Normative conflict; title: Identity crisis and beyond; title: Archetypes of character; title: Archetypes of plot; title: The hero with a thousand faces; title: The heroine's journey; title: Inferiority complex; title: Sibling rivalry; title: Life styles; title: Existential conflict; title: Archetypes for the age of narcissism.