A good thriller will rupture the reality of your everyday world. It will put you on guard. Make you aware. That is the disquieting objective — successfully achieved — of this book as well.
Writing the Thriller Film concentrates on the ‘Cosmos of Credibility’, those not-so-obvious elements of screenwriting that contribute the essential meaning to a script. To do so, this book traces the thematic commonalities that actually define the genre and offers corroboration from a number of screenplays, including such classics as North by Northwest, Marathon Man and 3 Days of the Condor.
You will discover:
The effect of the practical rules and physical expectations of the real world on the story
The timescape of the genre
How both the protagonist and the antagonist must react to make a thriller effective
The need for your characters to make difficult choices with unexpected results
Author: Neill D. Hicks
ISBN: 0941188469
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