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Screenplayology

An Online Center for Screenplay Studies

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  • content sections an in-depth guide to screenplay studies
    • 1. screenplay style & use
      • 1.1. history of scripting and the screenplay
      • 1.2. screenplay function and readability
      • 1.3. the director and the screenplay
    • 2. paths & problems in screenplay studies
      • 2.1. issues of authorship
      • 2.2. privilege of permanence
      • 2.3. narratology Coming soon.
      • 2.4. genre studies
      • 2.5. theme & ideology
    • 3. elements of screenplay form
      • 3.1. classical screenplay structure
      • 3.2. alternative screenplay structure
      • 3.3. methods of screenplay exposition
      • 3.4. screenplay time & space
      • 3.5. character, action, and dialogue
      • 3.6. camera & cuts
      • 3.7. sound & silence
  • resources useful sites, books, and journals
  • glossary learn the lingo

resources

Books and Journals on Screenplay Studies.

  • Analysing the Screenplay by Jill Nelmes.
  • The Screenplay: Authorship, Theory and Criticism by Steven Price.
  • Screenwriting: History, Theory, and Practice by Steven Maras.
  • Script Culture and the American Screenplay by Kevin Alexander Boon.
  • Written for the Screen: The American Motion-Picture Screenplay as Text by Claudia Sternberg.
  • Framework: A History of Screenwriting in the American Film by Tom Stempel.
  • What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting by Marc Norman.
  • Journal of Screenwriting.

Published Screenplays.

  • The Newmarket Shooting Script Series
  • Faber & Faber Screenplays

Hard-Copy Screenplays for Sale.

  • Hollywood Book City
  • Planet MegaMall
  • Script City
  • Script Fly
  • Script House
  • Script Shack

Online Screenplay Repositories.

  • American Film Scripts Online (subscription required)
  • Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
  • Drew’s Script-O-Rama
  • The Screenplay Database
  • Screenplays for You
  • Simply Scripts
  • Daily Script
  • Screenplays Online
  • Go Into the Story
  • AwesomeFilm
  • Movie Scripts & Screenplays
  • Best TV Scripts
  • Being Charlie Kaufman: Scripts / Writing
  • Film Scripts @ the Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
  • HorrorLair
  • Sci-Fi Movie Page
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    • 1. screenplay style & use
      • 1.1. history of scripting and the screenplay
      • 1.2. screenplay function and readability
      • 1.3. the director and the screenplay
    • 2. paths & problems in screenplay studies
      • 2.1. issues of authorship
      • 2.2. privilege of permanence
      • 2.3. narratology
      • 2.4. genre studies
      • 2.5. theme & ideology
    • 3. elements of screenplay form
      • 3.1. classical screenplay structure
      • 3.2. alternative screenplay structure
      • 3.3. methods of screenplay exposition
      • 3.4. screenplay time & space
      • 3.5. character, action, and dialogue
      • 3.6. camera & cuts
      • 3.7. sound & silence
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