Beyond the Hero's Journey

Crafting Powerful and Original Character Arcs for the Screen

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Telling a story is simple, right? You take a 'hero' and send them on a 'journey'. There's a beginning, middle and an end. But what if your story doesn't fit into that basic structure? In Beyond the Hero's Journey, BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Anthony Mullins champions one of the most powerful, yet most misunderstood, tools in a writer's toolkit - character arcs. Looking at celebrated films from around the world - including Moonlight, Lady Bird, The Social Network, The Godfather, A Fantastic Woman, Mulholland Drive, Shoplifters, Amour, Inside Llewyn Davis, Call Me By Your Name, Midsommar and The Father - he shows how character arcs not only create the 'emotional shape' of a story, but also offer writers of all levels an incredible variety of narratives that go far beyond the traditional, three-act Hero's Journey. For every writer who has ever felt frustrated by the neat confines of 'how to' guides, the book will teach you how to excel in telling more complex, original and authentic stories, and how to share your own distinctive voice with the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-18
Mått:129 x 198 x 31 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Oldcastle Books Ltd
ISBN:9780857305114

Utforska kategorier

Television inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur
Kreativt skrivande inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Anthony Mullins is a BAFTA and AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter. His first short film was selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and one of his first television gigs was writing webisodes for the groundbreaking US television series LOST. He has also been a script producer and script editor on numerous award-winning television shows, including Safe Harbour (winner of the 2019 International Emmy for Best Mini-Series) and teaches screenwriting at Queensland College of Art in Brisbane.

Recensioner i media

The "hero's' journey" is a story as old as time, and the template for analysing it feels even older. Time for a revamp! Enter Anthony Mullins. His thoughtful and contemporary take on crafting and critically examining story and character is a relief to read. If our common goal as makers is to refocus attention on history's forgotten players and stories, then we have to change how we study them. Mullins provides us with new tools for excavating the psychology of characters who don't exactly know what they want and don't always change in a linear direction (or at all). It's a joy to read and a necessary evolution in critical analysis