What’s the Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	A note on references
Part A The approach
	1 What’s the story?
	2 Premise
	3 Theme
	4 Genre
		Expectations
		The intended audience
		Suspension of disbelief
		The depiction of events
		Tropes and conventions
		Moral universe
		Characters
		The journey of the protagonist
		Casting
		Performance
		Conflict, friction, tension
		Pitch, register, tenor
		Tonality
		Pay-offs, closed and open endings
		Production design
		Cinematography
		Sound design
		Music
		Note on multiple genres
	5 World/setting
	6 Cultural, social, and moral canvas
		Social milieu and rules
		Economics
		Status
		Morality
		Meaning
	7 Tone
		Production design
		Editing
		Sound design
		A final note on overkill
	8 Structure
	9 Passage of time
	10 Character
		What is a character?
		Character in dramatic narrative
		The character breakdown
		The main characters
		Secondary and minor characters
		The configuration of characters
		Characters in broad comedy
		Characters in TV and franchises
		Final notes on character
	11 Narrative point of view
		What is narrative point of view?
		Narrative point of view in literature
		Narrative point of view in the screenplay
		The director’s articulation of narrative point of view
	12 Introduction of the protagonist and main characters
	13 Key images, objects, and motifs
	14 Opening image, frame, shot
	15 Closing image, frame, shot
	16 Endings
	17 The 5-step creative analysis of the screenplay
		17.1 A brief summary of the scene
		17.2 The journey of the protagonist
		17.3 The journey of the audience
		17.4 The turning point of the scene
		17.5 The function of the scene
	18 The director’s statement
Part B The case study—Contrapelo screenplay by Liska Ostojic and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
	19 Screenplay
	20 Contrapelo case study
		1 What’s the story?
			The plot
			The story
		2 Premise
		3 Theme
		4 Genre
		5 World/setting
		6 Cultural, social, and moral canvas
		7 Tone
		8 Structure
		9 Passage of time
		10 Character breakdown
			Main characters
			Secondary characters
			Minor characters
		11 Narrative point of view
		12 Introduction of the protagonist and main characters
		13 Key images, objects, and motifs
		14 Opening image, frame, shot
		15 Closing image, frame, shot
		16 The ending
		17 The step-by-step creative analysis of the screenplay
			Scene 1
			Scene 2 (A1)
			Scene 2 (A2)
			Scene 2 (B)
			Scene 3
			Scene 4
			Scene 5
			Scene 6
			Scene 7
			Scene A7
			Scene 8
			Scene 9
			Scene 10
			Scene 11
			Scene 12
			Scene 13
			Scene 14
		18 Director’s statement
	21 Conclusion
		References
		Bibliography
Index