Film, Narration, and Seduction - A New European-American Scriptwriting Model

by Trine Breum

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.

268 pages, Paperback