1. Your Dramatic Heritage

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Acknowledgments 4
5. Part One. Getting on Your Feet
6. 1. Your Dramatic Heritage 7
7. 2. What Is a Dramatic Conflict 10
8. 3. What Is a Scene 13
9. 4. Camera Language and Format 35
10. Part Two. Developing Character and Conflict
11. 5. Introduction 55
12. 6. Establishing Character and Conflict 57
13. 7. Developing Character and Conflict to Crisis 87
14. 8. Achieving Crisis and Climax 133
15. 9. Handling Dialogue, Theme, Values, and Moral Urgency 192
16. 10. Writing the Miniscreenplay 244
17. 11. A Last Word 254
18. Appendix: The Market 256
19. Glossary of Film Terms 260
20. Index 269