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The Science of Screenwriting
The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies
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This book is ideal for aspiring screenwriters, filmmakers, and anyone interested in the intersection of psychology and storytelling techniques within the arts and culture sphere.
Explores the physiological and psychological processes that underlie many of the commonly held beliefs about the screenwriting craft, providing the aspiring screenwriter a deeper, more intelligent understanding of how his or her storytelling choices can affect an audience.
Explores the physiological and psychological processes that underlie many of the commonly held beliefs about the screenwriting craft, providing the aspiring screenwriter a deeper, more intelligent understanding of how his or her storytelling choices can affect an audience.
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In a world awash in screenwriting books, The Science of Screenwriting provides an alternative approach that will help the aspiring screenwriter navigate this mass of often contradictory advice: exploring the science behind storytelling strategies.
Paul Gulino, author of the best-selling Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach, and Connie Shears, a noted cognitive psychologist, build, chapter-by-chapter, an understanding of the human perceptual/cognitive processes, from the functions of our eyes and ears bringing real world information into our brains, to the intricate networks within our brains connecting our decisions and emotions.
They draw on a variety of examples from film and television — The Social Network, Silver Linings Playbook, and Breaking Bad — to show how the human perceptual process is reflected in the storytelling strategies of these filmmakers.
They conclude with a detailed analysis of one of the most successful and influential films of all time, Star Wars, to discover just how it had the effect that it had.
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The book has been praised for grounding creative decisions in scientific understanding, boosting writers’ confidence. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media regards it as an excellent introduction to storytelling science, while David Howard highlights how its insights help storytellers maximise audience impact. Reviewers appreciate the accessible research that feels like “genuine alchemy” in the craft of screenwriting.
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ISBN: 9781501327254
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 February 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Illustration: 61 bw illus
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 184
About the Author
Paul Gulino is Associate Professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in Orange, California, USA.
Connie Shears is Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Chapman University, USA.
Also by Professor Paul Joseph Gulino
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