Screenwriting & Film Studies

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

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

Adaptations for the screen of a famous Russian novel

Case study: Adaptation - comparing three screen adaptations of Dr Zhivago

Case studies in dialogue: illustrative examples of filmed dialogue

World Of The Story Case Study: It Happened Here

World Of The Story Case Study: Heavenly Creatures

World Of The Story Case Study: Onibaba

World Of The Story Case Study: Toto The Hero

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 crisis decision

Character case study: the power of the antagonist.

Script to Screen: introducing the protagonists and setting a story in motion

Subtext as a weapon: dialogue used for sparring in this comedy scene.

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

Case study: a landmark film about Scottish heroin addicts