Introduction to Screenwriting

Author: Ding Mu
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Publish Date: 1999-02-01
Features: Film is a highly beloved art form, and writing film scripts has long been a cherished artistic creation for. Even when the film market faces a downturn due to various reasons, there are still people enthusiastically joining the ranks of film scriptwriters, determined to diligently explore and cultivate in this artistic field of film scripting. This is the hope of the film industry rising from the bottom. As an artistic commodity, the largest market for film lies in narrative films, and the prosperity and sustained development of narrative films must be guaranteed by having a strong team of scriptwriters. This book is a practical textbook for film and television writing, directly guiding film and television creation with actual writing experience. It is divided into eight chapters, discussing the characteristics, ideology, and methods and techniques of film scriptwriting. The conventional narrative film script "Master of Humor," created directly from real-life material, is used as an example in the book to train creators in structuring scripts from raw life materials, laying a solid foundation for later adapting to various genres. Each chapter also includes discussion questions and assignments.