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The Science-Fiction-Fantasy Genre

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

Book chapter

...The Illusion of Reality FADE IN: An endless star field . . . tranquil . . . then– WHOOSH! A fleeting glimpse of something huge screams past– Rocketing directly for a distant cerulean and green sphere regally revolving...

The Horror-Fantasy Genre

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

Book chapter

...The Fear Factor FADE IN: INT. CHAMBER #1 - NIGHT The handsome face of a teen boy, 18, sleeping. A sweet smile plays over DAVID’S lips, then– He sits up and SCREAMS at the top of his lungs! He’s on a cot, the walls unpainted cement...

Writing the Action-Adventure Genre

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

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...Lights! Camera! Action! INT. CYPRESS’ AIRBOAT - FLORIDA EVERGLADES - DAY Roger Chase and Eric True look back as– Cordero aims the MP5 Submachine Gun– It spews lead! They hit the deck as bullets whiz overhead, punching holes...

Writing the Thriller Genre

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

Book chapter

...A Spine-Tingling Nail-Biter FADE IN: INT. CLOSET - BEDROOM - ANGELA’S GOTHIC HOUSE - NIGHT ANGELA BROWN (22), pretty, washed with innocence in a silky Victoria’s Secret nightie, listens hard to the faint SQUEEGEE OF FOOTSTEPS echoing from...

Comedy-Centered & Romantic Comedy Genres

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

Book chapter

...Make ’Em Laugh EXT. CHICAGO MEAT SLAUGHTER DISTRICT - DAY The rent-a-wreck truck leaves behind the CATTLE WREAKING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION . . . INT. RENT-A-WRECK TRUCK - MOVING - DAY Andrew (30, African American, handsome), Whitney...

The Basic Concepts of Dramatic Screenwriting

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

Book chapter

...THERE ARE MANY COMPREHENSIVE BOOKS on the fundamentals of writing a screenplay.Among the many books on screenwriting is one of my own: A Guide to Screenwriting Success: Writing for Film & Television (Rowman-Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,...

One Night Stand (1997)

Directed by

Mike Figgis

Written by

Mike Figgis

Screenplay

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...Opening Credits on Black We hear some beautiful harp music. We hear a man’s voice and the credits continue. Man’s Voice-Over It was all a dream … laughs infectiously … no it wasn’t. I couldn’t resist. Harp music and voice-over...

Marketing Your Finished Popular Genre Screenplay

Stephen V. Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an Associate Professor, and currently Chair of the Screenwriting Department, at Loyola Marymount University. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Genre Screenwriting : How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell

Continuum, 2008

Book chapter

...The Screenplay Is a Product The last thing a screenwriter wants to think about is selling his or her screenplay. “I’m an artist, why do I need to get involved in the business shenanigans?” you might ask. The answer is simple: a screenplay...

The Astonished Heart (1950)

Directed by

Terence Fisher

Written by

Noël Coward

Screenplay

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...Fabers’ Flat. Hall. Day. The door at the far end of the hall opens and Barbara comes out. She closes the door quietly behind her and hurries along the hall and into the drawing room. She is dressed and looks strained and tired, as though...

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Directed by

Joel Coen

Written by

Joel Coen

,

Ethan Coen

,

Robert Ramsey

and

Matthew Stone

Screenplay

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...Street A man in shades. His sunglasses and the windshield of the car he drives reflect palm trees flashing by on either side. He is well dressed, in his early forties, with a little rat ponytail. He slows in front of a swank Beverly Hills...