Short Film Screenwriting

A Craft Guide and Anthology

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Short Film Screenwriting

A Craft Guide and Anthology

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Description

Written by a Sundance alum and short filmmaker, this book combines the practical advice of a craft guide with a curated, diverse anthology, including revealing interviews with the writers and directors.

Short Film Screenwriting demystifies the process of writing effective, emotionally involving short films and, for the first time, publishes the screenplays of some award-winning shorts, providing unfiltered access to the voice, vision, and approach of the filmmakers. A ground-breaking new addition to both film and creative writing instruction, this book treats short film screenwriting as a literary mode worthy of close examination and exploration to inspire screenwriters.

The book is built around accessible craft concepts and story forms: narrative design, visualizing character, uncommon relationship, the 10-minute journey, perception shift, formal experiments and hybrid forms, and revision. Contemporary, award-winning film scripts from the Oscars, Sundance, SXSW, and beyond accompany chapters as case studies, along with interviews with the writers/filmmakers about the drafting and revision process, production, and release. Each of the films is accessible for screening online, with additional screenplays included in an online resource.

Table of Contents

Introduction

SECTION I: Fade In

1. The (Long) Short of It
"The Neighbors' Window”

2. Elements of Style
“The Clean Up”
“Like You Think You Know Me”

3. Ways of Looking (at a Screenplay)
“Ousmane”

4. The Triangle & The Line: Narrative Design
“GUN”
“Emergency”
“Maude”

SECTION II: Craft

5. Inner Life
“Glinda Gastwald”
“Little Chief”
“Mr. Happy”
Chapter Five
Inner Life
“Glinda Gastwald”
“Little Chief”
“Mr. Happy”

6. Uncommon Relationship
“The Loyalist”
“Jellyfish”

7. Progression (or, The 10-Minute Journey)
“The Kármán Line”
“The Colour of Your Lips”

8. Voice
“F to 7th”
“Ringo”

9. Original Form
“Rate Me”
“30 Meetings/30 Days”
“Revelations”
“In the Hollow”

10. Revision(s)
“Hearts and Darts”
“God of Love”
“Love Me Tinder”


Creative Prompts
About the Author
Index

Product details

Published Oct 17 2024
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9798765101865
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 18 color illus
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Austin Bunn

Austin Bunn is Associate Professor in the Departme…

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