This book is for the thinking screenwriter - the person who is serious about the craft of screenwriting and wants to maintain the integrity of the work produced. Many people who want to write for film and television spend time thinking about structure, dialogue, characters and how to sell their work. But few will spend any time thinking about why they want to write, what they have to say when they do write and how they will hold on to what they value in the screenwriting process. This book is intended for screenwriters at the student and professional level. It offers guidance for writers in the preparation of ethically-grounded work. It provides methods for self assessment of values, ideas and ethical stances, and demonstrates the application of these values to the development of plot, character and dialogue. Author Marilyn Beker encourages an ethical approach to writing for the screen, providing ways of implementing ethics, without dictating what or how to write on specific topics. She includes examples throughout the book of work in which writers employed personal values along with quotes from working writers on the topics discussed.
By:
Marilyn Beker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9780805841275
ISBN 10: 080584127X
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 01 August 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
ELT Advanced
,
A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Why? Ethics? For Screenwriters? Message and Meaning. The Certainty of Why. Social Responsibility. What's Art Got to Do With It? Part II: The Certainty of What: Anything Goes? A Glimpse of Stocking. Something Shocking. Where Have All the Elders Gone? Conscience. Part III: What Really Matters. What It's Worth. The Good, the Bad, the Blurry. Nothing Left to Chance. Part IV: White Hats, Black Hats. White Hats, Black Hats. Good. Bad. The Villanero. Practical Writing Techniques. Angelic Acts, Dastardly Deeds. Crime and Punishment. Special Circumstances. Part V: Killing the Messenger. No Sermons. Words of Wisdom. Part VI: Having Written and Writing More. What's the Idea? All's Fair in Love, War, and Showbiz? Courage. Conclusion.
Reviews for Screenwriting With a Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters
"""Wise and urgent advice to young screenwriters from a committed and passionate teacher. Beker speaks with years of experience and a great generosity of spirit."" —Atom Egoyan Writer/Director, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Ararat ""This text would be appropriate for courses in fundamentals of screenwriting but also, perhaps especially, for critical studies and film theory and history courses. Given the vast public attention to this subject, I should think this could be a crossover book that appeals to audiences beyond the academy."" —Richard Walter University of California at Los Angeles"
