Semiotics for Screenwriters: Break Down Your Favorite Movies Then Write Your Own

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You're trying to finish a screenplay, but there's a voice in your ear whispering, You should know more about how cinema story works. Perhaps you've heard how many successful screenwriters deconstruct or break down films and study them. You'd like to try this method but ask yourself, How do I start Semiotics for Screenwriters can help you with this daunting task by taking you on a unique journey through 3 classic films that shows you the hidden universal language of plot, character, and theme at work in them. This method will reveal the mechanics of cinema story, then show you how to apply this knowledge to your own screenwriting. Semiotics is a powerful system of analysis applied in many fields, including literature and psychology. In this book you'll learn to deploy this method to break down classic films then apply it to writing, developing and correcting your own screenplays.

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Michael Tierno is Professor Emeritus of East Carolina University, USA, and author of Aristotles Poetics for Screenwriters with 50,000 in print. He is also a former Miramax story analyst.