Constructing Dialogue
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Constructing Dialogue: Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris

Constructing Dialogue: Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris


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Unlike most screenwriting guides that generally analyze several aspects of screenwriting, Constructing Dialogue is devoted to 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. They are completely interwoven. Each chapter deals with how a particular screenwriter approached dialogue relative to that particular scene's construction. From Citizen Kane to The Fisher King the storylines have changed, but the techniques used to construct scene and dialogue have fundamentally remained the same. The author maintains that there are four optimum requirements that each scene needs in order to be successful: maintaining scenic integrity; advancing the storyline, developing character, and eliciting conflict and engaging emotionally. Comparing the original script and viewing the final movie, the student is able to see what exactly was being accomplished to make both the scene and the dialogue work effectively.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Citizen Kane (1941) Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles 3. Casablanca (1942) Murray Burnett, Joan Alison, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson 4. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Billy Wilder 5. North by Northwest (1959) Ernest Lehman 6. Jules & Jim (1962) François Truffaut, Jean Gruault 7. Lolita (1963) Vladimir Nabokov, Stanley Kubrick 8. Goldfinger (1964) Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn 9. The Graduate (1969) Calder Willingham, Buck Henry 10. Midnight Cowboy (1969) Waldo Salt 11. Chinatown (1973) Robert Towne 12. Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman 13. When Harry Met Sally (1989) Nora Ephron 14. The Fisher King (1991) Richard LaGravanese 15. Thelma & Louise (1991) Callie Khouri 16. Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter 17. Good Will Hunting (1997) Matt Damon, Ben Affleck 18. Run Lola Run (1998) Tom Tykwer 19. American Beauty (1999) Alan Ball 20. Midnight in Paris (2010) Woody Allen Exercises Screenplay Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Mark Axelrod is a Full Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing, at Chapman University, USA.

Review :
Constructing Dialogue reveals unprecedented insights into the pivotal impact of dialogue on cinematic craftsmanship. Axelrod’s nuanced analysis of great Hollywood scripts investigates dialogue as an active tactical element that operates with, rather than against, visual artistry. At once gleeful, rigorous and practical, Axelrod shows that the best feature screenplays are structured down to even the “micro” level of a single well-crafted line. Crucial reading for aspiring screenwriters, film students, seasoned filmmakers and film buffs alike, Axelrod uncovers the bare bones of the screenplay, the writer's ecstatic dance with words, structure and story. I wish I could have had at hand such a great screenwriting guide in my first steps as a student and filmmaker. It could have saved me a lot of trouble, by speeding up my own development in this area. Script doctor and visionary creative writer Axelrod provides the art of motion pictures - and film industry in general - with a unique guide that will certainly expand film possibilities over the years to come. Axelrod's book on dialogue construction can perfectly match Joseph Campbell's revolutionary writings that changed film narrative forever. Axelrod does what Axelrod does best: knows dialogue. This unique text elucidates what the preeminent screenwriters have known and accomplished for years; namely, how to say the most with brevity and precision and move the story along. Axelrod shows that in a very succinct, if not unique, way. Anyone interested in the art of dialogue writing should read this.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781441108517
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1441108513
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jan 2014
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Weight: 440 gr


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