Writing the Short Film

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION 1(6) PART I Fundamentals: Breaking Ground 7(80) Chapter 1 STORYTELLING IN GENERAL 9(8) Chapter 2 TELLING A STORY IN IMAGES 17(12) Chapter 3 USING SOUND TO TELL THE STORY 29(8) Chapter 4 DISCOVERING AND EXPLORING A MAIN CHARACTER 37(10) Chapter 5 TELLING THE DRAMATIC STORY 47(18) Chapter 6 WRITING AN ORIGINAL SHORT SCREENPLAY 65(14) Chapter 7 ON REVISION: SUBSTANCE AND STYLE 79(8) PART II Moving Forward: Writing Strategies 87(64) Chapter 8 THE NEED FOR STORYTELLING 89(12) Chapter 9 VISUALIZATION STRATEGIES 101(12) Chapter 10 DRAMATIC STRATEGIES 113(14) Chapter 11 CHARACTERIZATION STRATEGIES 127(14) Chapter 12 MORE ON DIALOGUE STRATEGIES 141(10) PART III Genres: Forming the Story 151(70) Chapter 13 THE MELODRAMA 153(18) Chapter 14 THE DOCUDRAMA 171(16) Chapter 15 THE HYPERDRAMA 187(18) Chapter 16 THE EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE 205(16) PART IV New Directions 221(12) Chapter 17 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWAL 223(10) APPENDIX A Short Short Screenplays 233(24) Vincent, by Gert Embrechts 235(6) Sob Story, by Matthew E. Goldenberg and Michael Slavens 241(8) Pigeon, by Anthony Green 249(8) APPENDIX B Short Screenplays 257(88) Another Story, by Lisa Wood Shapiro 259(11) The Lady in Waiting, by Christian Taylor 270(27) Sleeping Beauties, by Karyn Kusama 297(11) The Wounding, by Susan Emerling 308(15) Dead Letters Don't Die, by Anais Granofsky and Michael Swanhaus 323(22) INDEX 345