Movies Analyzed in "The Tools of Screenwriting" by David Howard
In The Tools of Screenwriting, David Howard and Edward Mabley illuminate the essential elements of cinematic storytelling, and reveal the central principles that all good screenplays
share. The authors address questions of dramatic structure, plot, dialogue, charac ter development, setting, imagery, and other crucial topics as they apply to the special art of filmmaking.
Howard and Mabley also demonstrate how the tools of screenwriting work in six teen notable films, including Citizen Kane, E .T., One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rashomon, The Godfather, North by Northwest, Chinatown, and sex, lies and videotape.
The Tools of Screenwriting is an essential book for anyone who studies film or wants to write a screenplay.
avg. score: 9 of 16 (55%)
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