{"product_id":"the-pleasures-of-structure-julian-hoxter-9781441101396","title":"The Pleasures of Structure: Learning Screenwriting Through Case Studies","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Pleasures of Structure \u003c\/i\u003estarts from the premise that the ability to develop a well understood and articulated story structure is the most important skill a screenwriter can develop. For example, good structure requires a great premise and rigorous character development. Without clear character motivations and goals--which are themselves indicative of key structural beats--your story is going exactly nowhere. Using the simple and flexible 'W' model of screenplay structure developed in the prequel \u003ci\u003eWrite What You Don't Know\u003c\/i\u003e, Hoxter sets this out as its starting point. This model is tested against a range of examples which are chosen to explore the flexibility not only of that model but of movie storytelling more generally. Writers and students often worry that they are asked to work 'to formula'. This book will test that formula to breaking point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor example, the first case study will offer the example of a well written, professional, mainstream movie against which our later and more adventurous examples can be compared. So the lessons we learn examining the animated family adventure movie \u003ci\u003eHow To Train Your Dragon \u003c\/i\u003elead us directly to ask questions of our second case study, the acclaimed Swedish vampire movie \u003ci\u003eL蚯 den R舩te Komma In \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eLet The Right One In\u003c\/i\u003e). Both movies have protagonists with the same basic problem, the same goal, and they use the same basic structure to tell their stories. Of course they are very different films and they work on their audiences in very different ways. Our linked case studies will expose how simple choices, like reversing the order of elements of the protagonist's transformational arc and shifting ownership of key story beats, has an enormous impact on how we respond to a structural model that is otherwise functionally identical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Hoxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144110139X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441101396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Julian Hoxter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123640889599,"sku":"9781441101396","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1edf5c37-706f-446b-9063-ecd976fe3632.jpg?v=1687432013","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pleasures-of-structure-julian-hoxter-9781441101396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}