Story Line : Finding Gold in Your Life Story

Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life Story is a practical and spiritual guide to drawing upon your own story and fictionalizing it into your writing. As a Story Consultant and former VP of Current Programs at CBS/Paramount, most of the author's work with writers has focused on creating standout scripts by elevating story. The secret to telling strong story is digging deep inside yourself and utilizing your own life experiences and emotions to connect with the audience Dialog Is One Of The Best Known - And Obvious - Elements In A Film. But The Language Of Cinema Is More Subtle And Sophisticated Than Dialog Alone. From Metropolis To Kill Bill, This Remarkable Reference Guide Reveals 100 Of The Most Potent Storytelling Tools Of The Film Medium. It Demonstrates How Master Screenwriters And Directors Depend On Cinematic Devices To Pump Up Action, Create Characters, And Energize A Motion Picture's Plot. Cinematic Storytelling Compresses 100 Years Of Film History, Outlining The Important Connection Between Film Technique And Storytelling. It Shows How The Purposeful Use Of Film Techniques Like Lighting, Editing, And Sound Can Evoke Audience Emotions Like Fear, Hatred, Or Anger Without A Word Of Dialog. It Demonstrates How Character Values And Themes Are Expressed Cumulatively Over Time And Nonverbally. In This, The Reader Is Given Both The Critical Tools To Better Understand Modern Moviemaking And The Creative Tools To More Fully Exploit The Dramatic Potential Of The Medium.--book Jacket. Introduction : Cinematic Storytelling : The Screenwriter; The Problem; What Does This Mean For The Screenwriter?; Script Excerpts ; Cinematic Storytelling : The Director; The Problem; What Does This Mean For The Director? -- 1. Space: 2-d & 3d Screen Direction : X-axis (east-west): Strangers On A Train ; Y-axis (north-south): Strangers On A Train ; Xy (diagonals): Metropolis, The Piano ; Z-axis (depth Of Field): Citizen Kane ; Z-axis (planes Of Action): Dolores Claiborne ; Z-axis (rack Focus): The Graduate -- Frame: Composition : Directing The Eye: Citizen Kane ; Imbalance: Disco Pigs ; Balance: Disco Pigs ; Orientation: Apocalypse Now, Barton Fink ; Size: Metropolis -- Shape Within The Frame : Circular: The Conversation ; Linear : Fargo ; Triangular: Witness ; Rectangular: The Searchers ; Organic Versus Geometric: Witness --^ Editing: Pudovkin's Five Editing Techniques ; Introduction: A Little Theory ; Five Editing Principles ; On Editing ; Editing: Additional Techniques ; Montage: Citizen Kane, Adaptation ; Assembly: Psycho ; Mise-en-scène: Psycho ; Intercutting: Cabaret ; Split Screen: Kill Bill Vol. 1 ; Dissolves: Citizen Kane, Barton Fink ; Smash Cut: American Beauty -- Time : Expanding Time Through Pacing: Barton Fink ; Contrast Of Time And Intercutting: Pulp Fiction ; Expanding Time, Overlapping Action: Pulp Fiction ; Slo-motion: Raging Bull ; Fast-motion (time Compression): Amelie ; Flashback: Sunset Boulevard ; Flash Forward: The People Vs Larry Flynt ; Freeze Frame: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Thelma And Louise, The 400 Blows ; Visual Foreshadowing: The Piano -- Sound Effects : Realistic Sound (diegetic) Character: Klute ; Realistic Sound (diegetic) Emotional Response: Et ; Expressive Sound (diegetic) Outer World: Barton Fink ; Surreal Sound (meta-diegetic): Inner World: Barton Fink --^ Music : Lyrics As Narrator: Apocalypse Now ; Symbolic Use Of Music: Shawshank Redemption ; Music As A Moveable Prop: Out Of Africa -- Scene Transitions (audio And Visual) : Marching Audio Segue: Sorry, Wrong Number, Fatal Attraction ; Audio Bridge (dialogue): Citizen Kane ; Audio Bridge (sound Effects): Barton Fink ; Visual Match-cut: Graphic Similarity : Single White Female ; Visual Match-cut: Pattern And Color: Citizen Kane ; Visual Match-cut: Action: 2001: A Space Odyssey ; Visual Match-cut: Idea: Requiem For A Dream, Harold And Maude ; Extended Match Dissolve (time Transition): Titanic ; Disrupted Match-cut : Bound -- Camera Lenses : Wide Angle: Citizen Kane ; Wide Angle (vistas And Establishing Shots): The Piano ; Telephoto: The Graduate ; Fisheye: Requiem For A Dream ; Prop Lenses Within The Scene (fisheye): Citizen Kane ; Objects: Dances With Wolves -- Camera Position : Close-up (cu): The Piano ; Extreme Close-up (ecu): Kill Bill Vol. 1 ; Two Shot: The Piano ; Over-the-shoulder (ots): Chinatown, The Piano ; Point-of-view (pov): Halloween, Jaws ; High Angle: Citizen Kane ; Low Angle: Et ; Hi-lo Combined: Psycho -- Camera Motion : Static Shot: Klute ; Pan: Dances With Wolves ; Tilt Up (character): The Professional ; Tilt Down: Fargo ; Rotation: Bound, Apocalypse Now ; Tracking: Fatal Attraction ; Circular: Reservoir Dogs ; Push In, Push Out : Fargo ; Crane: Touch Of Evil ; Handheld: Touch Of Evil, Pulp Fiction ; Steadicam: Goodfellas ; Aerial: The Piano -- Lighting : Rembrandt Lighting (light Versus Dark): Apocalypse Now ; Tv Lighting: Natural Born Killers ; Candlelight: American Beauty ; Motivated Lighting: Fatal Attraction ; Unmotivated Lighting: The Professional ; Motion: Et -- Color : Coding Character: Three Women -- Props : Props (externalizing Character): Barton Fink, Raging Bull ; Re-purposing Props: Bound ; Contrast: Harold And Maude -- Wardrobe : Wardrobe: Ed Wood ; Re-purposing Wardrobe: Out Of Africa ; Contrast Of Wardrobe: Bound -- Locations : Defining Character: Hedwig And The Angry Inch ; Location As Unifying Element: The Sweet Hereafter ; Location As Theme: Blue Velvet ; Moving Locations: Deadman -- Natural Elements : Climate: Sixth Sense ; Seasons And The Passage Of Time: Amelie ; Physical Phenomena: Dolores Claiborne. Jennifer Van Sijll. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257). Heres what started the phenomenon: the best seller, for over 15 years, thats been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying, including: The four elements of every winning logline The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics The 10 genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by and why theyre important to your script Why your Hero must serve your Idea Mastering the 15 Beats Creating the Perfect Beast by using The Board to map 40 scenes with conflict and emotional change How to get back on track with proven rules for script repair This ultimate insiders guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a showbiz veteran whos proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat. This edition of the well-known text on the connection between mythology and storytelling contains a revised chapter on the Star Wars series, new illustrations and diagrams, and new chapters (presented in the appendices) on life force operating in stories, the mechanism of polarity in storytelling, the wisdom of the body, catharsis, and other concepts. The book is meant for all types of writers and outlines guidelines for plot and character development, focusing on character archetypes and the stages of a "hero's journey," drawn from Jungian psychology and the mythic studies of Joseph Campbell. Vogler uses movies to give examples throughout. He is a story consultant for Hollywood film companies and teaches filmmakers and writers around the world "Every great filmmaker has role models and films which inspired him or her to greater and greater heights. Here, for the first time, is a guide that takes you into the inner workings of classic scenes, revealing the aspects that make them great and the reasons they have served as inspirations. An invaluable resource for screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, director, and editor, Richard Pepperman's book uses examples from six decades of international films to illustrate what happens when story, character, dialogue, text, subtext, and set-ups come together to create cinematic magic. With more than 400 selected movie frames in a wide-screen format, this book can help you emulate the masters and achieve your dreams."--BOOK JACKET This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz Veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!

He's made millions of dollars selling screenplays to Hollywood and now screenwriter Blake Snyder tells all. "Save the Cat" is just one of Snyder's many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketablle and your script more satisfying - and saleable, including: The four elements of every winning logline

See why this book has become an international best seller and a true classic. The Writer's Journey explores the powerful relationship between mythology and storytelling in a clear, concise style that's made it required reading for movie executives, screenwriters, playwrights, scholars, and fans of pop culture all over the world. The updated and revised third edition provides new insights and observations from Vogler's ongoing work on mythology's influence on stories, movies, and man himself Preface : Cinematic storytelling Introduction. Cinematic storytelling : the screenwriter Cinematic storytelling : the director 1. Space: 2-D & 3-D screen direction 2. Frame : composition 3. Shape within the frame 4. Editing : Pudovkin's five editing techniques 5. Time 6. Sound effects 7. Music 8. Scene transitions (Audio and visual) 9. Camera lenses 10. Camera position 11. Camera motion 12. Lighting 13. Color 14. Props 15. Wardrobe 16. Locations 17. Natural environment "One of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business. "Save the Cat" is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying - and saleable. This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat."--Jacket

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