Chris Neilan

Beyond the Monoplot

How to Write Unconventional Films (and Why We Should)

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Produktbeschreibung

"Formed from Aristotelian principles and a three-act shape brought to Hollywood by Broadway playwrights after the advent of sync sound, Conventional Monoplot has come to dominate screen storytelling practice throughout the Western world. For the experimental, rule-suspicious, unconventional screenwriter, alternative storytelling models are available. Beyond the Monoplot offers screenwriters and screenwriting students a new way of approaching and quantifying conventional practice, whilst equipping them with the skills and tools to subvert convention and expectation in dynamic and innovative ways"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798765107539
• Artikelnr.: 70163870

Autorenporträt

Chris Neilan

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements PART ONE: THE MONOPLOT 1. Neoliberal Screenwriting & the
Corporate Takeover 2. Alternative Meanings 3. What the Handbooks Say 4.
Conventional Monoplot 5. The Conventionalisation Effect PART TWO: ALT PLOT
6. Unconventional Narrative Structures 7. On Dissonance and Disorder
References List of Figures List of Tables and Graphs Index