Rewriting Indie Cinema: Improvisation, Psychodrama, and the Screenplay

by J.J. Murphy

Book Overview

Most films rely on a script developed in pre-production. Yet beginning in the 1950s and continuing through the recent mumblecore movement, key independent filmmakers have broken with the traditional screenplay. Instead, they have turned to new approaches to scripting that allow for more complex characterization and shift the emphasis from the page to performance.

In Rewriting Indie Cinema, J. J. Murphy explores these alternative forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231191979
• ISBN13: 9780231191975
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"