Screenwriting Poetics and the Screen Idea

By Ian W. Macdonald

Book Overview

A 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349351911
• ISBN13: 9781349351916
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"