Screenwriting & Film Studies

Screenwriting technique: scene dynamics and power struggles

Some models for describing aspects of character

The use of universal archetypes

Character case study: archetypes and fairy tales

Character: types of antagonist and their uses

Character: heroes and anti-heroes

Character Case Studies: examples of characters under pressure

Character Case Study: portrait of an anti-hero

Script to Screen: archetypes subverted by Terry Gilliam in a modern fable

Script to Screen: an opening sequence with a parallell script format

Character Case Study: antagonists meet their match

Character case study: a weak character succumbs to pressure in Bergman's moral war film

Character case study: revealing deep character by stripping away

Character case study: the crucial choice

Dramaturgy: the use of bathos in dramatic writing

Character case study: Characters under pressure; the hero is tested to prove his worth.

Character case study: The Character divided; internal and external conflict work to break down a character's defences.

Character case study: antagonist vs protagonist

Character case study: the crisis decision

Character case study: the power of the antagonist.