MANUALS &
NARRATOLO
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Introduction into Screenwriting Studies
Claus Tieber
Manuals • Manuals
• Before Hollywood (1910s)
• After the Studio System (since
1970s)
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Narratology
Modes of
narration
Narrative
structure
Transmedial
vs. Media
specific
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Are there similar patterns,
principles, structures to be found in
Every
narration
Every
film
Classical
films
Patterns,
Structures,
Paradigms
How have they developed and
changed over time?
Vladimir
Propp
Tzvetan
Todorov Lotman
Narratology
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Lotman:
The Structure
of the Artistic
Text
Semantic fields,
dualism
Vladimir Propp
• https://www,youtube. com/watch?v=V5RvVsOvhU&list=PLxfolafGz08wcNUNkCQohk5z7IOeB4
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• Morphology of the Folktale
Propp: Characters
• Hero
• Princess
• Villain
• Dispatcher
• Helper
• Donor
• False hero
Propp: 31 Functions
• Story structure: specific combination of functions
• Rules of the genre
• Adaptable to classical film?
Tzetan Todorov
https://www.voutube.com/watch?v=f7AfnJd55PI
Todorov's Narrative Theor
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equilibrium - [ail
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of a new equilibrium
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the disruption)
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a n event]
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ves a transformation.
3] A recognition
that the disorder
has occurred
rrion. The charactersTodorov argues that narrative involves a transformation. The characte
or the situations are transformed through the progress of the disruptioj
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The Foundations of
Screenwriting
A Step by Step Guide from Concept to Finished Script
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Joseph Campbell &
Christopher Vogler:
Hero's Journey
12 stages
Rick Altman: Theory of Narration
• Single Focus
• Dual Focus
• Multiple Focus