Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach

by Paul Joseph Gulino

Overview

Produced screenwriter and playwright Gulino (screenwriting, Chapman U., California) helps screenwriters maintain viewer interest and keep the story moving through the entire script, by explaining the notion of sequences, that a feature film is composed of a series of shorter films. He demonstrates the various ways sequences can work by analyzing 11 popular films. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765104613
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/22/2024
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.45(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Paul Gulino is Associate Professor of Screenwriting at Chapman University, USA. He is an award winning screenwriter, whose book, Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach has been adopted as a textbook at schools and universities around the globe. His latest book, The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies, co-written with psychology professor Connie Shears, was published in 2018.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
Author's Note

PART I: FEATURE FILMS
1. An Introduction to Sequences
Why Sequences?
The Origin of Sequences
How A Screenplay Works
2. Toy Story: Firing on All Eight
3. The Shop Around the Corner: Fractured Symmetry
4. Double Indemnity: Flashback to the Future
5. The Nights of Cabiria: Nocturnal Episodes
6. North By Northwest: 1,700 Miles in Nine Sequences
7. Lawrence of Arabia: Sixteen Sequences and an Intermission
8. The Graduate: Passive Main Character
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Midpoint Reversal
10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Shotgun Approach
11. Mustang: Five Sisters and Their Subplots
12. Parasite: The Goal-Oriented Ensemble

PART II: SERIES
13. An Introduction to Series
Why Series?
The Storytelling Challenge of the Serial
The Sequence and the Serial
The Serial and the Three-Act Structure
14. Breaking Bad Pilot: The Garlic in the Coffee
15. Insecure Pilot: Three Subplots in Thirty Minutes
16. Barry Pilot: Comic Incongruity


Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A very welcome update of the previous edition! Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach analyses the most recent feature films and adds a whole section about prominent television series. In this expanded second edition, Paul Gulino includes a very relevant analysis of both recent films and very popular serial dramas to reveal how they strategically manage audience attention while delivering emotional payoffs. The book helps writers apply the sequence approach to film and serial screenwriting alike. Brilliant!” —Romana Turina, Associate Professor, Arts University Bournemouth, UK

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