The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies, by Paul Gulino and Connie Shears

Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media

关键词: screenwriting;    science;    paradigm;    film;    television;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.19.32

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Writing a screenplay is hard. From my own experiences in practice and lecturing, I am confident in saying that the majority of those who have written screenplays, whether successfully or not, would agree. So why would we undertake this arduous task? For the sake of the story. It is widely accepted that there is a story in all of us; a uniqueness that relates directly to our individuality of experiencing the world as we see it. The hard part is how we tease and filter this on to the page in a way that engages others. There are a myriad of “how to guides” promising screenwriters the magic formula to ensure their script has every chance of provoking a bidding war amongst Hollywood productions. Unfortunately, as many of us have discovered, there is no magic formula. Thankfully, Chapman University’s Paul Joseph Gulino, screenwriting professor, and Connie Shears, cognitive psychologist, have presented an interdisciplinary approach to screenwriting that retires magic and, instead, employs science in their book The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies.

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