Semiotics For Screenwriters

Author : Michael Tierno
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501390982

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Semiotics for Screenwriters by Michael Tierno Pdf

You're trying to finish a screenplay, but there's a voice in your ear whispering, “You should know more about how cinema story works.” Perhaps you've heard how many successful screenwriters deconstruct or “break down” films and study them. You'd like to try this method but ask yourself, “How do I start?” Semiotics for Screenwriters can help you with this daunting task by taking you on a unique journey through 3 classic films - It's a Wonderful Life, Lost in Translation, and Get Out - that shows you the hidden universal language of plot, character, and theme at work in them. This method will reveal the mechanics of cinema story, then show you how to apply this knowledge to your own screenwriting. Semiotics is a powerful system of analysis applied in many fields, including literature and psychology. In this book you'll learn to deploy this method to break down classic films then apply it to writing, developing and correcting your own screenplays.

Author : Michael Tierno
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501390975

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Semiotics for Screenwriters by Michael Tierno Pdf

You're trying to finish a screenplay, but there's a voice in your ear whispering, “You should know more about how cinema story works.” Perhaps you've heard how many successful screenwriters deconstruct or “break down” films and study them. You'd like to try this method but ask yourself, “How do I start?” Semiotics for Screenwriters can help you with this daunting task by taking you on a unique journey through 3 classic films - It's a Wonderful Life, Lost in Translation, and Get Out - that shows you the hidden universal language of plot, character, and theme at work in them. This method will reveal the mechanics of cinema story, then show you how to apply this knowledge to your own screenwriting. Semiotics is a powerful system of analysis applied in many fields, including literature and psychology. In this book you'll learn to deploy this method to break down classic films then apply it to writing, developing and correcting your own screenplays.

Author : Warren Buckland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781139429955

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The Cognitive Semiotics of Film by Warren Buckland Pdf

In The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, Warren Buckland argues that the conflict between cognitive film theory and contemporary film theory is unproductive. Examining and developing the work of 'cognitive film semiotics', a neglected branch of film theory that combines the insights of cognitive science with those of linguistics and semiotics, he investigates Michel Colin's cognitive semantic theory of film; Francesco Casetti and Christian Metz's theories of film enunciation; Roger Odin's cognitive-pragmatic film theory; and Michel Colin and Dominique Chateau's cognitive studies of film syntax, which are viewed within the framework of Noam Chomsky's transformational generative grammar. Presenting a survey of cognitive film semiotics, this study also re-evaluates the film semiotics of the 1960s, highlights the weaknesses of American cognitive film theory, and challenges the move toward 'post-theory' in film studies.

Author : Jean Mitry
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Film criticism
ISBN : 0485121514

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Semiotics and the Analysis of Film by Jean Mitry Pdf

First published in France as La Semiologie en Question, this study has become a classic analysis of the value of semiotics in film analysis. a film-maker and theoretician, Mitry poses the question that if cinema is a language can it be understood thought the techniques of linguistic analysis? In effect, he interrogates semiology by representing its basic propositions and approaches, comparing them with scientific humanist aesthetics. Mitry's study ranges across film language, its syntax, grammar and code, signs an signification, montage, images, narrative structures, symbols and metaphors, and the rhythm of film.

Author : Michael Tierno
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781401305567

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Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters by Michael Tierno Pdf

An insightful how-to guide for writing screenplays that uses Aristotle's great work as a guide. Long considered the bible for storytellers, Aristotle's Poetics is a fixture of college courses on everything from fiction writing to dramatic theory. Now Michael Tierno shows how this great work can be an invaluable resource to screenwriters or anyone interested in studying plot structure. In carefully organized chapters, Tierno breaks down the fundamentals of screenwriting, highlighting particular aspects of Aristotle's work. Then, using examples from some of the best movies ever made, he demonstrates how to apply these ancient insights to modern-day screenwriting. This user-friendly guide covers a multitude of topics, from plotting and subplotting to dialogue and dramatic unity. Writing in a highly readable, informal tone, Tierno makes Aristotle's monumental work accessible to beginners and pros alike in areas such as screenwriting, film theory, fiction, and playwriting.

Author : Lane Roth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317928515

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Film Semiotics, Metz, and Leone's Trilogy by Lane Roth Pdf

Semiotics offers a systematic approach to analysing the stylistic structure of film. When this study was originally published in 1983 this was a recent addition to the methods of film study and it presents an explanation of film semiotics with direct application to comparative film research. It takes as its representative subject one trilogy of films and applies semiology, with careful textual analysis. The book begins with a basic introduction to semiotics and the ideas of Christian Metz on cinesemiotics. It then presents a syntagmatic analysis of each of the three Dollars films, with an outline of autonomous segments for each and a discussion of the findings before undertaking a wider analysis of the trilogy as a whole with commentary on the stylistic unity of the director’s work. This book, an enduring detailed study of these three films, also outlines clearly this method of classifying the formal structuring codes of film communication.

Author : Robert Stam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134963164

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New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics by Robert Stam Pdf

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Steven Maras
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137544933

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Ethics in Screenwriting by Steven Maras Pdf

Ethics in Screenwriting: New Perspectives is a book that breaks new ground by forging a link between screenwriting research and a burgeoning interest in film, media, and narrative ethics. Going beyond the orthodox discussion of morality of film and television, the collection focuses on ethics in screenwriting. Building on a new wave of screenwriting research, as well as a ‘turn to ethics’ in humanities and media studies scholarship, this title forms a bridge between these areas in a unique analysis of a key area of media practice. Each essay goes beyond the general discussion of ethics and media to engage with specific aspects of screenwriting or scripting. Written for readers interested in questions of ethics as well as screenwriting, the collection offers new perspectives on ethical questions associated with Writers and their Production Environment; Actuality and History; and Character and Narrative.

Author : Eric Williams
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351610667

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The Screenwriters Taxonomy by Eric Williams Pdf

In The Screenwriters Taxonomy, award-winning screenwriter and educator Eric R. Williams offers a new collaborative approach for creative storytellers to recognize, discuss and reinvent storytelling paradigms. Williams presents seven different aspects of storytelling that can be applied to any fictional narrative film—from super genre, macrogenre and microgenre to voice and point of view—allowing writers to analyze existing films and innovate on these structures in their own stories. Moving beyond film theory, Williams describes how this roadmap for creative decision making can relate to classics like Sunset Boulevard, The Wizard of Oz and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as well as such diverse modern favorites like 12 Years a Slave, Anomalisa and Shrek.

Author : Robert Edgar,John Marland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350036697

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Adaptation for Screenwriters by Robert Edgar,John Marland Pdf

Develop the critical and creative skills to 'translate' a story from page to screen with this step-by-step guide to the process of screen adaptation you'll learn to: - interrogate a novel or short story to release its 'inner film' - convert fictional prose into visual drama - overcome the obstacles presented by different media 'languages' - approach key strategic decisions - both technical and interpretive - draft and re-draft your plot, characters and dialogue - professionally format and submit your finished script In addition to examples taken from 'literary classics', contemporary novels, genre fiction, short stories, and biographical material, Marland and Edgar embrace the wider phenomenon of re-telling and updating existing stories, such as the 'appropriation' of popular figures, inter-film adaptation (sequels and 'reboots'), and development into other visual forms including graphic fiction and video games. Whether you are producing a faithful adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace, or planning to pair up the crime-fighting duo of Sherlock Holmes and Batman, Adaptation for Screenwriters will be your guide.

Author : Morris B. Holbrook,Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3110134918

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The Semiotics of Consumption by Morris B. Holbrook,Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman Pdf

Author : Rosamund Davies,Paolo Russo,Claus Tieber
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031207693

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The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies by Rosamund Davies,Paolo Russo,Claus Tieber Pdf

This book provides an overview of the growing field of screenwriting research and is essential reading for both those new to the field and established screenwriting scholars. It covers topics and concepts central to the study of screenwriting and the screenplay in relation to film, television, web series, animation, games and other interactive media, and includes a range of approaches, from theoretical perspectives to in-depth case studies. 44 scholars from around the globe demonstrate the range and depths of this new and expanding area of study. As the chapters of this Handbook demonstrate, shifting the focus from the finished film to the process of screenwriting and the text of the screenplay facilitates valuable new insights. This Handbook is the first of its kind, an indispensable compendium for both academics and practitioners.

Author : Paul Joseph Gulino,Connie Shears
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501327216

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The Science of Screenwriting by Paul Joseph Gulino,Connie Shears Pdf

In a world awash in screenwriting books, The Science of Screenwriting provides an alternative approach that will help the aspiring screenwriter navigate this mass of often contradictory advice: exploring the science behind storytelling strategies. Paul Gulino, author of the best-selling Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach, and Connie Shears, a noted cognitive psychologist, build, chapter-by-chapter, an understanding of the human perceptual/cognitive processes, from the functions of our eyes and ears bringing real world information into our brains, to the intricate networks within our brains connecting our decisions and emotions. They draw on a variety of examples from film and television -- The Social Network, Silver Linings Playbook and Breaking Bad -- to show how the human perceptual process is reflected in the storytelling strategies of these filmmakers. They conclude with a detailed analysis of one of the most successful and influential films of all time, Star Wars, to discover just how it had the effect that it had.

Author : Tony Jappy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441132895

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Introduction to Peircean Visual Semiotics by Tony Jappy Pdf

Contemporary culture is as much visual as literary. This book explores an approach to the communicative power of the pictorial and multimodal documents that make up this visual culture, using Peircean semiotics. It develops the enormous theoretical potential of Peirce's theory of signs of signs (semiotics) and the persuasive strategies in which they are employed (visual rhetoric) in a variety of documents. Unlike presentations of semiotics that take the written word as the reference value, this book examines this particular rhetoric using pictorial signs as its prime examples. The visual is not treated as the 'poor relation' to the (written) word. It is therefore possible to isolate more clearly the specific constituent properties of word and image, taking these as the basic material of a wide range of cultural artefacts. It looks at comic strips, conventional photographs, photographic allegory, pictorial metaphor, advertising campaigns and the huge semiotic range exhibited by the category of the 'poster'. This is essential reading for all students of semiotics, introductory and advanced.

Author : Andrew Horton,Julian Hoxter
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813563428

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Screenwriting by Andrew Horton,Julian Hoxter Pdf

Screenwriters often joke that “no one ever paid a dollar at a movie theater to watch a screenplay.” Yet the screenplay is where a movie begins, determining whether a production gets the “green light” from its financial backers and wins approval from its audience. This innovative volume gives readers a comprehensive portrait of the art and business of screenwriting, while showing how the role of the screenwriter has evolved over the years. Reaching back to the early days of Hollywood, when moonlighting novelists, playwrights, and journalists were first hired to write scenarios and photoplays, Screenwriting illuminates the profound ways that screenwriters have contributed to the films we love. This book explores the social, political, and economic implications of the changing craft of American screenwriting from the silent screen through the classical Hollywood years, the rise of independent cinema, and on to the contemporary global multi-media marketplace. From The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), and Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) to Chinatown (1974), American Beauty (1999), and Lost in Translation (2003), each project began as writers with pen and ink, typewriters, or computers captured the hopes and dreams, the nightmares and concerns of the periods in which they were writing. As the contributors take us behind the silver screen to chronicle the history of screenwriting, they spotlight a range of key screenplays that changed the game in Hollywood and beyond. With original essays from both distinguished film scholars and accomplished screenwriters, Screenwriting is sure to fascinate anyone with an interest in Hollywood, from movie buffs to industry professionals.