Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach (Hardcover, 2)

Acknowledgements Preface Foreword Author's Note PART I: FEATURE FILMS 1. An Introduction to Sequences Why Sequences? The Origin of Sequences How A Screenplay Works 2. Toy Story: Firing on All Eight 3. The Shop Around the Corner: Fractured Symmetry 4. Double Indemnity: Flashback to the Future 5. The Nights of Cabiria: Nocturnal Episodes 6. North By Northwest: 1,700 Miles in Nine Sequences 7. Lawrence of Arabia: Sixteen Sequences and an Intermission 8. The Graduate: Passive Main Character 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Midpoint Reversal 10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Shotgun Approach 11. Mustang: Five Sisters and Their Subplots 12. Parasite: The Goal-Oriented Ensemble PART II: SERIES 13. An Introduction to Series Why Series? The Storytelling Challenge of the Serial The Sequence and the Serial The Serial and the Three-Act Structure 14. Breaking Bad Pilot: The Garlic in the Coffee 15. Insecure Pilot: Three Subplots in Thirty Minutes 16. Barry Pilot: Comic Incongruity Bibliography Index