Aristotle s poetics for screenwriters .- Tierno, Michael

Hyperion. 2002. Aristotle. , Poetics., Aristotle 384-322 B.C. , Nonfiction : storytelling secrets from the greatest mind in Western civilization 21 cm. xx, 167 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Michael Tierno. [Storytelling secrets from the greatest mind in Western civilization ]. Publisher description http://catdir. loc. gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2003266275-d. html. Contents Introduction: the action-idea -- Let s start at the very beginning, middle and end -- Why you want your movie to be a bomb! -- The subject is an action. not a person -- Forget sub-plotting-the best plots have one-track minds -- Plot is soul -- The ends are always in the means of the plot -- Why is my beautiful plot growing a hand out of its head? -- The four species of plot -- What the poetics says about epics like Lord of the Rings -- Destiny is an accident waiting to happen -- Keep it in the family. the tragic deed -- Oops! I caused my own undeserved misfortune again -- How a little moralizing turned a gladiator gore fest into a best picture -- A movie is long enough, so it ends. happy or sad -- If you re happy and you know it. time for a reversal of fortune and discovery -- It scared me because I saw it coming . the rolls royce of complex plots -- The devil is in the realistic details of the plot of Angel Heart -- Whatever causes the action better be up there on the screen -- A movie gave you a bad case of pity and fear? The doctor recommends a catharsis -- Action speaks louder than words, and together they can speak volumes! -- The perfect Hollywood sad/happy plot versus the perfect poetics sad plot -- Move your audience by teaching them what they already know -- The good, the bad and the intermediate hero -- It s the thought behind the action that counts: creating the tone of your screenplay -- How to cheat if you can t hire a whole chorus -- How to create characters that are really really really alive -- Dialog is a piece of the action -- If the pitch doesn t fill me with horror and pity, the movie won t either -- The non-linear soul of Quentin Tarantino -- If your story were a musical, where would the numbers be? -- History repeats itself. real and imagined -- Aristotle s take on the importance of drama -- Aristotle took comedy seriously . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 0786887400; 9780786887408