A History of the Screenplay

Editor/Author Price, Steven
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Single-User Purchase Price: $90.00
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ISBN: 978-0-230-29181-2
Category: Arts & Leisure - Film & Television
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Steven Price traces the history of the screenplay, illustrating its transformations with detailed discussion of a wide range of examples from the beginnings of cinema to the present day.

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Prehistory of the Screenplay
  • 2 Copyright Law, Theatre and Early Film Writing
  • 3 Outlines and Scenarios, 1904-17
  • 4 The Continuity Script, 1912-29
  • 5 The Silent Film Script in Europe
  • 6 The Coming of Sound
  • 7 The Hollywood Sound Screenplay to 1948
  • 8 European Screenwriting, 1948-60
  • 9 Master-Scene Screenplays and the ‘New Hollywood’
  • 10 The Contemporary Screenplay and Screenwriting Manual
  • 11 Screenwriting Today and Tomorrow
  • Conclusion: The Screenplay as a Modular Text
  • Bibliography