Screenwriting & Film Studies

Character: heroes and anti-heroes

Genre Case Studies: dreams, memories and fantasies

Script to Screen: a comic seduction scene with finesse

Adaptation: adapting from different formats

Character Case Studies: examples of characters under pressure

Case Study: the story of a paedophile who finds redemption

Genre Case Study: new twists on the werewolf film

Structure Case Study: an example of the three act structure with breakdown

Character Case Study: a sex change comedy - script and screen

Case study: anti-heroes

Script to screen: a cult British gangster film

Script to screen: quirky Czech comedy

Character Case Study: portrait of an anti-hero

Script to Screen: a mismatched couple in comic reversals

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

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

Script to Screen: ritual and games in a scene

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

Why stories are important.

Some thoughts on choosing a story and developing it.

Developing a story: making a start on your script - some tips and ideas

World of The Story Case Study: a 'journey' film with large themes

Script to Screen: sample of an action movie script

World of The Story Case Study: a South African film about a young entrepreneur

How the way you write translates to the screen and some advice on improving your technique

Adaptations for the screen of a famous Russian novel