The Screenwriter Activist Writing Social Issue Movies
Auteur : Beker Marilyn
Hotel Rwanda. Philadelphia. Silkwood. Some of the most important films ever made have tackled real-world social issues, from genocide to homophobia to corporate greed. As storytellers, activist screenwriters recognize that social issues make great stories that can be gut-wrenching, heart-tugging, funny, tragic, and interesting to watch. The Screenwriter Activist helps screenwriters tell those stories in compelling, non-preachy, and inspiring ways.
The Screenwriter Activist is an in-depth, practical guide, appropriate for students in intermediate or graduate screenwriting courses in Film and English Programs as well as professionals who want to write a movie that can make a difference in the world. Using examples from classic and recent popular films, The Screenwriter Activist:
- Explores the motivation and sensibility a screenwriter needs to embark on a social issue project
- Gives techniques for choosing compelling subjects
- Provides historical context for social issue movies
- Explains how characters legitimize social issue themes
- Puts forward specific models for structuring advocacy screenplays
- Lays out a roadmap for how screenwriters can get a social issue movie made
If you care deeply about social issues and recognize that films can be highly effective platforms for motivativng audiences to civic involvement and social action, this is the one screenwriting book you need to read.
Introduction
1. Motivation
2. Taking Action
3. Inspiration
4. Character
5. On the Shoulders of Giants
6. True or False
7. Plan of Attack
8. Research
9. Getting it Made
Afterglow
Marilyn Beker is the Senior Screenwriting Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and the author of Screenwriting With A Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters. She has written extensively for all forms of media—especially television and film and lectures internationally on screenwriting.
Date de parution : 07-2012
Ouvrage de 192 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 07-2012
Ouvrage de 192 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 14 jours).
Prix indicatif 160,25 €
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Screenwriting; Activism; filmmaking; film and social change; movie scripts; Social Issue Movie; Good Morning Vietnam; Social Issue; Paramahansa Yogananda; Million Dollar Baby; Screenwriter Activist; Fi Ll; Traffi Cking; Main Character; District Attorney Jim Garrison; Human Kind; Erin Brockovich; Joe Miller; Social Issue Fi Lm; Vera Drake; Lms; Wo; Inciting Incident; Hot Potato; Plot Points; Can; Query Letter; China Syndrome; Code Red; Grand Jury Prize