Writing And Selling: Crime Film Screenplays

Autor*innen

• Karen Lee Street

Parameter

• 256 Seiten
• 9 Lesestunden

• Lehrbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften
• Universitätslehrbücher

Mehr zum Buch

Aimed at screenwriters, producers, development executives and educators interested in the crime genre, this book provides an invaluable basis for crafting a film story that considers both audience and market expectations without compromising originality. A brief historical overview of the crime genre is presented for context, along with an analysis of various crime sub-genres and their key conventions, including: police, detective, film noir, gangster, heist, prison and serial killer. Street focuses on the creative use of these conventions and offers strategies for focus.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Einband: Paperback