Analysing the Screenplay

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Edited by Jill Nelmes

Type

Studies

Subject

Film Analysis

Keywords

screenplay, narrative analysis

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 288 pages
7 x 9 ½ inches (18 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-415-55634-7

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Book Presentation:
Most producers and directors acknowledge the crucial role of the screenplay, yet the film script has received little academic attention until recently, even though the screenplay has been in existence since the end of the 19th century.

Analysing the Screenplay highlights the screenplay as an important form in itself, as opposed to merely being the first stage of the production process. It explores a number of possible approaches to studying the screenplay, considering the depth and breadth of the subject area, including:

the history and early development of the screenplay in the United States, France and Britain

the process of screenplay writing and its peculiar relationship to film production

the assumption that the screenplay is standardised in form and certain stories or styles are universal

the range of writing outside the mainstream, from independent film to story ideas in Bhutanese film production to animation

possible critical approaches to analysing the screenplay.

Analysing the Screenplay is a comprehensive anthology, offering a global selection of contributions from internationally renowned, specialist authors. Together they provide readers with an insight into this fascinating yet complex written form.

This anthology will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students on a range of Film Studies courses, particularly those on scriptwriting.

About the Author:
Jill Nelmes is a senior lecturer at the University of East London, UK. Her research interests include gender and film, and screenwriting. She studied screenwriting at UCLA, has had a number of screenplays in development and was a script reader in Hollywood for over two years. Jill Nelmes is editor of The Journal of Scriptwriting and Introduction to Film Studies, currently in its 4th edition.

See the publisher website: Routledge