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OverviewA new, original investigation into how screenwriting works; the practices, creative 'poetics' and texts that serve the screen idea. Using a range of film, media and creative theories, it includes new case studies on the successful ITV soap Emmerdale, Hitchcock's first major screenwriter and David Lean's unfinished film, Nostromo. Full Product DetailsAuthor: I. MacDonald , Ian W. MacdonaldPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 4.581kg ISBN: 9780230392281ISBN 10: 0230392288 Pages: 271 Publication Date: 30 October 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Approaches 3. The orthodox poetics of screenwriting 4. The real world and screenwriting as work 5. The Screen Idea Work Group: Emmerdale 6. The individual, their creativity and the poetics 7. Hitchcock's forgotten screenwriter: Eliot Stannard 8. God is in the details: the text object 9. The poetics of the screen idea: Nostromo 10. Screenwriting studies References Appendices Notes IndexReviews'The Emmerdale chapter is lively, informative and illuminating.' - John Whiston, Creative Director, Serial Dramas, ITV Studios 'I much enjoyed reading your searching analysis of the evolution of the Nostromo screenplay.' - A. A. Reeves, Director, David Lean Films 'Fascinating - exemplary scholarship on Eliot Stannard.' - Emeritus Prof. Charles Barr, author of The English Hitchcock 'The Emmerdale chapter is lively, informative and illuminating.' - John Whiston, Creative Director, Serial Dramas, ITV Studios 'I much enjoyed reading your searching analysis of the evolution of the Nostromo screenplay.' - A. A. Reeves, Director, David Lean Films 'Fascinating - exemplary scholarship on Eliot Stannard.' - Emeritus Prof. Charles Barr, author of The English Hitchcock 'A rigorously methodical, carefully structured and closely argued explication of a wide-ranging yet particular approach to the field.' - Steven Price, Journal of Screenwriting 6.1 Author InformationDr Ian W. Macdonald worked for the BBC, IBA, London Weekend Television, and the British Film Institute before becoming Head of the Northern Film School at Leeds Met in 1992, joining the University of Leeds in 2006. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Screenwriting and co-founder of the Screenwriting Research Network (www.screenwritingresearch.com). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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