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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 280 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 280 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. Scarce paperback, 268 pages, NOT ex-library. A lightly used, clean and bright copy, with firm binding and unmarked text; free of inscriptions and stamps. Limited signs of gentle wear. Uncreased spine. -- This book is about the dramatic, psychological and storytelling craftsmanship, inherent to all good stories. The classical American scriptwriting used by Robert McKee, Syd Field and Linda Seger among others, provides this book with its starting point. It has been constructed around a series of case studies and a string of entertaining and thought provoking analysis of well known films and TV series such as Fight Club, The Full Monty, Shrek, Thelma & Louise, The Celebration, Ally McBeal, Friends, As Good As It Gets, Italian for Beginners, Pretty Woman and many more. It is a practical user guide aimed at the author, director and producer. It will be useful to anyone with an interest in film and TV drama, and those curious to know why film can be so seductive. -- Contents: I The Hidden Structure: 1. Strategy of seduction [Our own story; Need for security - and excitement; Fear of failure; Dramatic story; Good storyteller; Professional audience; Genre conventions] 2. Conflicts [Premise; Genuine conflicts; Personal lopsidedness; Outer goals & inner needs; Sub-conflicts & sub-plots; Relationship between the main & sub-conflicts; What's the conflict really about?; Problems with the conflict] 3. Characters' Dramatic Function [Same old story; Main character vs the leading character; Main character's outer goal & development; Supporters & opponents; Followers & contrasts; Confidant; Mentor; Normal character; Credibility; Orchestration] / II Dramatic and Narrative Structure: 4. First act [Three acts; Two different worlds; Set-up; Dramatic set-up; Mysterious set-up; Establishing set-up; Combined set-up; Point of attack; Presentation; Move from the ordinary world to the special world; First turning point] 5. Second act [Elaboration; Symbolic scene; Development; Midpoint and the point of no return; Symbolic death; Escalation of the conflict; Scene of regret; Resistance; Second turning point; Difference between the two turning points; Relationship between midpoint and second turning point] 6. Third act [Back to the ordinary world; Resolution; Climax: resolution of the main conflict; Fade-out; Further Adventures of the Ugly Duckling] / III Dramatic and Narrative Effects: 7. Familiarisation & identification [Credibility of the story; Identification; Sympathy for the bad guy; Recognition; So do something, then!; Stories with several leading characters] 8. Narrator [Concept; Implicit & Explicit narrator; Shift in POV; Four different narrative points of view; Subjective narrator; Personal narrator; Omniscient narrator; Recording narrator; Use of voice-over; Use of POV in Fight Club] 9. Suspense, surprise & credibility [Withholding knowledge; Hints and portents; Set-up - pay-off; Obstacles; Just when everything was going so well; Cooperating with the audience] / IV Filmic Tools and Visual Expression: 10. Moving pictures [Single frame; Camera movements; Point of view; Light & colour; Visual style] 11. Time [Film time; Reaction shots; Flashbacks] 12. Dialogue [Show it - don't say it; Um. what?; Mental dialects; Text and subtext; Direction of the dialogue; True-to-life dialogue; Monologues] / V Working on The Script: 13. Working out what you want [Personal vs the private story; Good yarns and psychodramas; Two universal conflicts; Outer story as metaphor; Meeting of opposites; Choice of theme and arena] 14. Finding and formulating your story [Structuring the idea; Worst that could happen; Using different types of heroes; Pitch; Developing the idea; Natural story; Sequences; Getting started; Synopsis; Character bibles; Actual story; Tell the story; Treatment] 15. Getting it to work [Script format; Division into scenes; Choice of location; Dual function of a scene; Dramatic structure of the scene; Kill your darlings].…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 8.75x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No DJ present. Two volume set. Decorative covers. Volume 1, 633, [3] pages. Volume 2, 520 pages. Illustrations. Summary in Danish. Notes. Bibliography and Bibliographic Addendum. List of Abbreviations, Index of Names. Ink marks noted. Niels Erik Rosenfeldt is Associate Professor at the East European Department at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Stalin and Russia/the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union collapsed the formerly closed archives were to a certain degree opened for research. Rosenfeldt has on several occasions visited these archives. Here he presents a thorough and groundbreaking study. As a starting point a detailed description is given of the principles and procedures for secrecy in the Soviet System of the 1920s. This is followed by an investigation of the development of Stalin's secret chancellery, from the early 1920s to the death of Stalin in 1953, and of the various internal and external factors affecting the growth and shape of the secret apparatus during the same period. More specifically there is a lengthy discussion of the role of the secret chancellery in the Soviet decision-making process. In the analysis of the Soviet State Security Service the main emphasis is put on the network of the ultra-secret "special departments" and "special sections". The examination of the apparatus of the Communist International focuses on the clandestine chancellery and communication departments which can be compared to the structural pattern of Stalin's secret chancellery and related offices in the Soviet Communist Party. This groundbreaking two-volume study offers a comprehensive examination of some of the most secret structures of Soviet society, and in particular of Stalin's power and control mechanisms. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 8.75x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.