Screenwriting & Film Studies

The importance of conflict to a story.

The importance of genre to audience appeal

What is a character?

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

Script to Screen: a comic seduction scene with finesse

Character Case Studies: examples of characters under pressure

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

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: ritual and games in a scene

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

Character case study: revealing deep character by stripping away

Dramaturgy: the use of bathos in dramatic writing

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

Case studies in dialogue: illustrative examples of filmed dialogue

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

Character case study: Characters under pressure; introducing the concept of levels of conflict

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 power of the antagonist.

The Rapture: a woman finds her faith before the end of the world