From Chariots of fire to The king's speech : writing biopics and docudramas / Alan Rosenthal.
Over the past decade, movie audiences have become hungry for films based on real people and historical events. Never was this more evident than during the best-picture showdown between 'The King's Speech' and 'The Social Network' during the 2011 Academy Awards, a scene then...
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Clearing your head. The popular genre
- What is docudrama?
- Choosing a dynamic subject
- pt. 2. Starting to work. Research
- The dramatic elements
- Shaping the total drama
- pt. 3. From treatment to script. The outline treatment
- Writing dialogue and narration
- Beginning your script
- pt. 4. Special considerations. Adaptations
- Print the legend?
- Rights and legal issues
- Afterword
- Appendix A : Broadcast guidelines
- Appendix B : Marketability.