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PublisherWiese Productions, Michael

ISBN-101615932585

ISBN-139781615932580

eBay Product ID (ePID)224471750

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleWriting Subtext : What Lies Beneath

Number of Pages180 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicTelevision / Screenwriting, Film / Référence, Film / Screenwriting

FeaturesRevised

GenrePerforming Arts

AuthorLinda Seger

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal808.2/3

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One Subtext: What Is It? How Do You Find It?Chapter Two The Backstory: What's Behind It? What's Before It?Chapter Three The Words: Not Telling It Like It Is Case Study: Double IndemnityChapter Four Playing with Analogies Case Study: The Big ShortChapter Five Love Sparkles Beneath the Text Case Study: "Abnormal Psychology" from CheersChapter Six Gestures and Action: Showing It Beneath the LinesChapter Seven Images and Metaphors: What You See Is Not All You GetChapter Eight What Lurks Within the Genre Case Study: AvatarChapter Nine The Super-Objective: Where and How Does the Subtextual River Flow? Case Study: Ordinary PeopleChapter Ten Writer Alvin Sargent Ruminates about Subtext

Synopsis"What lurks in the shadows, just below waking consciousness?" Subtext can be the most important element in text and in a performance. It's an unseen force that speaks directly to the reader's unconscious, deepening meaning and understanding. Great subtext reveals more than simple dialogue and action and is at the heart of the best books and films. It is what glues us to the screen. This book goes far beyond dialogue, action, gestures, genre, and images. Written by one of the foremost script consultants in the world and the most prolific writer on screenwriting, this new edition adds new examples with chapters on analogy and love, and provides deeper explanations of how subtext works beneath the text. This edition has been expanded to be relevant to all fiction writers., "What lurks in the shadows, just below waking consciousness?"Subtext can be the most important element in text and in a performance. It's an unseen force that speaks directly to the reader's unconscious, deepening meaning and understanding. Great subtext reveals more than simple dialogue and action and is at the heart of the best books and films. It is what glues us to the screen.This book goes far beyond dialogue, action, gestures, genre, and images. Written by one of the foremost script consultants in the world and the most prolific writer on screenwriting, this new edition adds new examples with chapters on analogy and love, and provides deeper explanations of how subtext works beneath the text. This edition has been expanded to be relevant to all fiction writers.

LC Classification NumberPN3383.S83S44 2017