Writing the Horror Movie
Screenwriting
Marc Blake and Sara Bailey
bestseller
The Sequence Approach
“It’s important for people to understand that the screenplay’s essential role in film making is the same regardless of the genre of the film.” John Landis
Paul Joseph Gulino
For the first time ever, this book offers a detailed analysis of the horror genre, including its subgenres, tropes and the specific requirements of the horror screenplay. Screenplays and genres discussed include the German Expressionism of Nosferatu to the Universal franchises of the 30s (Frankenstein), to Sci-Fi (Psycho), the Slasher film franchise (Friday 13th), Asian Horror, horror verite (Blair Witch) and torture porn (Saw). It also includes step-by-step writing exercises, annotated extracts from horror screenplays and interviews with seasoned writers/ directors/producers discussing budget restrictions, screenplay form and formulas and how screenplays work during shooting.
A screenplay can be understood as being built of sequences of about fifteen Pages each, and by focusing on solving the dramatic aspects of each of these sequences in detail, a writer can more easily conquer the challenges posed by the script as a whole. The sequence approach has its foundation in early Hollywood cinema and has been used effectively at such film schools as the University of Southern California, Columbia and Chapman University. This book provides a sequence analysis of eleven feature films: The Shop Around The Corner, Double Indemnity, Nights of Cabiria, North By Northwest, Lawrence of Arabia, The Graduate, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Toy Story, Air Force One, Being John Malkovich, and The Fellowship of the Ring.
SARA BAILEY is a Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, UK. MARC BLAKE teaches horror film at Southampton Solent University, UK.
PAUL JOSEPH GULINO is Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at Chapman University, USA.
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Theory and Practice Jason Lee A comprehensive introduction to the craft of screenwriting, encompassing theory, practical tools, pedagogical features, and focusing heavily on examples from contemporary film that guides the student screenwriter through the stages of screenwriting. Chapters focus on core topics such as the purpose of screenwriting, genres, structure, the expression of ideas, character, awareness of the visual, and adaptations. Films analyzed in-depth include Rear Window, Short Cuts, Pulp Fiction, Crash, Moon, and Orlando. Jason Lee is Head of Film, Media and Creative Writing at the University of Derby, UK.
Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris Mark Axelrod This book provides a more analytical treatment of certain individual scenes and how those scenes were constructed to be the most highly dramatic vis á vis their dialogue. In the art of screenwriting, one cannot separate how the scene is constructed from how the dialogue is written. Using case studies from the last 70 years, each chapter deals with how a particular screenwriter approached dialogue relative to that particular scene’s construction. MARK AXELROD is a Professor of English & Comparative Literature at Chapman University, and Director of the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing, USA. UK December 2013 • US October 2013 192 Pages PB 9781441108517 • £14.99 / $24.95 HB 9781441174253 • £45.00 / $80.00 Individual eBook 9781441121912 • £14.99 / $22.99 Library eBook 9781441169808 • £45.00 / $72.00
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