Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them

BookInto the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Cover/Jacket Design byMatthew Young
First Published byPenguin Books
PublisherPenguin Books
Copyright HolderJohn Yorke, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, Artists Rights Society (ARS), Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), Richard Ford (2), Bloomsbury Plc
Typeset byJouve (UK)
Printed byClays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A.
PermissionsRafael Behr, Guardian News and Media Ltd, National Gallery of Art, Faber & Faber Ltd, Tony Jordan, BBC, Volkswagen, The Estate of Arthur Hopcraft, Jed Mercurio, Brian Fillis, Bloomsbury Plc
Script/Screenplay byJohn Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Arthur Hopcraft (2), Jed Mercurio, Brian Fillis
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited Kingdom
This Edition Published2014
Copyright2013
Copyright2010
Pages / Font309 pages
ISBN 13978-0-141-97810-9
Barcode9 780141 978109
Price£9.99
Impression/Printing No.015
ChaptersIntroduction ACT I HOME 1. What is a Story? 2. Three-Act Structure 3. Five-Act Structure 4. The Importance of Change 5. How We Tell Stories ACT II WOODLAND, DAY 6. Fractals 7. Acts 8. The Inciting Incident 9. Scenes 10. Putting It All Together ACT III THE FOREST 11. Showing and Telling ACT IV THE ROAD BACK, NIGHT 12. Character and Characterization 13. Character and Structural Design 14. Character Individuation 15. Dialogue and Characterization 16. Exposition 17. Subtext ACT V HOME AGAIN, CHANGED 18. Television and the Triumph of Structure 19. Series and Serial Structure 20. Changes in Drama Series 21. Home Again 22. Why? APPENDICES I. Act Structure of Raiders of the Lost Ark II. Hamlet - The Structural Form III. Being John Malkovitch - The Structural Form IV. My Zinc Bed - The Structural Form V. The Godfather - The Structural Form VI. First and Last Act Parallels: Some Further Examples VII. A Lighting Guide to Screenwriting Gurus Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Credits Index
NotesCopyright © John Yorke, 2013 Printed in Great Britain p. 32 - 'Yummy Mummy Lit' satire, reproduced by kind permission of Rafael Behr and Guardian News and Media Limited p. 77 - Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), reproduced by kind permission of National Gallery of Art Images p. 84 and 158 - extracts from Apocalypse Now, screenplay by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola, reproduced by kind permission of Faber and Faber Ltd p. 92 - extract from EastEnders, by Tony Jordan, reproduced by kind permission of the author and the British Broadcoasting Corporation p. 111 - 'VW Lemon', reproduced by kind permission of Volkswagen plc p. 115 - Willem de Kooning, Excavation, 1950, copyright © The Willem de Kooning Foundation, New York / ARS, NY and DACS, London, 2010 p. 123 - extract from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1973), screenplay by Arthur Hopcraft, reproduced by kind permission of the estate of Arthur Hopcraft and the British Broadcasting Corporation p. 153 - extract from Holby City reproduced by kind permission of the British Broadcasting Corporation p. 157 - extract from Cardiac Arrest, screenplay by Jed Mercurio, reproduced by kind permission of the author and the British Broadcasting Corporation p. 165 - extract from The Curse of Steptoe, screenplay by Brian Fillis, reproduced by kind permission of the author and the British Broadcasting Corporation p. 200 - extract from Canada, by Richard Ford, reproduced by kind permission of Bloomsbury plc, copyright © Richard Ford and Bloomsbury plc
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