Introduction to screen narrative : perspectives on story production and comprehension /
Introduction to screen narrative : perspectives on story production and comprehension /
edited by Paul Taberham and Catalina Iricinschi.
- 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dimensions of narrative / Paul Taberham -- Enjoying classical Hollywood storytelling / Todd Berliner -- Independent cinema / Geoff King -- Interview : David Greenberg -- Complex film narratives : diegetic fictionalization in Christopher Nolan's fantastical puzzle film cycle / Miklós Kiss -- Realism, time and ambiguity : narration in art cinema / Paul Taberham -- Interview : Ioana Uricaru -- Pseudo-narration in Jean-Luc Godard's late films / András Kovács -- Defining a Lynchian narrative / Neil McCartney -- Television narrative : forms, strategies, and histories / Sean O'Sullivan and Robyn Warhol -- The way toons tell it : animation's narrative strategies / Christopher Holliday -- Interview : Josh Weinstein -- Video game narrative : concepts and practices for structuring and infusing story in games / Dominic Arsenault -- Interview : Evan Skolnick -- Transmedia storyworlds and transmedia universes / Jan-Noël Thon -- Two philosophies of the screenplay / Enrico Terrone -- The absorbed viewer's activity / Ed Tan and Katalin Bálint -- The cognition of event segmentation in film narrative : segmenting, parsing, and the ensuing narrative comprehension / Catalina Iricinschi.
"Bringing together the expertise of world-leading screenwriters and scholars, this book offers a comprehensive overview of how screen narratives work. Exploring a variety of mediums including feature films, television, animation, and video games, the volume provides a contextual overview of the form and applies this to the practice of screenwriting. Featuring over 20 contributions, the volume surveys the art of screen narrative, and allows students and screenwriters to draw on crucial insights to further improve their screenwriting craft. Editors Paul Taberham and Catalina Iricinschi have curated a volume that spans a range of disciplines including screenwriting, film theory, philosophy and psychology with experience and expertise in storytelling, modern blockbusters, puzzle films and art cinema. Screenwriters interviewed include: Josh Weinstein (The Simpsons, Gravity Falls), David Greenberg (Stomping Ground, Used to Love Her), Evan Skolnick and Ioana Uricaru. Ideal for students of Screenwriting and Screen Narrative as well as aspiring screenwriters wanting to provide theoretical context to their craft"--
9781032055213 9781032055206
2023011049
Motion picture authorship.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Storytelling in mass media.
PN1996 / .I58 2024
791.4302
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dimensions of narrative / Paul Taberham -- Enjoying classical Hollywood storytelling / Todd Berliner -- Independent cinema / Geoff King -- Interview : David Greenberg -- Complex film narratives : diegetic fictionalization in Christopher Nolan's fantastical puzzle film cycle / Miklós Kiss -- Realism, time and ambiguity : narration in art cinema / Paul Taberham -- Interview : Ioana Uricaru -- Pseudo-narration in Jean-Luc Godard's late films / András Kovács -- Defining a Lynchian narrative / Neil McCartney -- Television narrative : forms, strategies, and histories / Sean O'Sullivan and Robyn Warhol -- The way toons tell it : animation's narrative strategies / Christopher Holliday -- Interview : Josh Weinstein -- Video game narrative : concepts and practices for structuring and infusing story in games / Dominic Arsenault -- Interview : Evan Skolnick -- Transmedia storyworlds and transmedia universes / Jan-Noël Thon -- Two philosophies of the screenplay / Enrico Terrone -- The absorbed viewer's activity / Ed Tan and Katalin Bálint -- The cognition of event segmentation in film narrative : segmenting, parsing, and the ensuing narrative comprehension / Catalina Iricinschi.
"Bringing together the expertise of world-leading screenwriters and scholars, this book offers a comprehensive overview of how screen narratives work. Exploring a variety of mediums including feature films, television, animation, and video games, the volume provides a contextual overview of the form and applies this to the practice of screenwriting. Featuring over 20 contributions, the volume surveys the art of screen narrative, and allows students and screenwriters to draw on crucial insights to further improve their screenwriting craft. Editors Paul Taberham and Catalina Iricinschi have curated a volume that spans a range of disciplines including screenwriting, film theory, philosophy and psychology with experience and expertise in storytelling, modern blockbusters, puzzle films and art cinema. Screenwriters interviewed include: Josh Weinstein (The Simpsons, Gravity Falls), David Greenberg (Stomping Ground, Used to Love Her), Evan Skolnick and Ioana Uricaru. Ideal for students of Screenwriting and Screen Narrative as well as aspiring screenwriters wanting to provide theoretical context to their craft"--
9781032055213 9781032055206
2023011049
Motion picture authorship.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Storytelling in mass media.
PN1996 / .I58 2024
791.4302