The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies

Description: Paul Gulino, author of the best-selling Screenwriting: A Sequence Approach, and Connie Shears, a noted cognitive psychologist, build an understanding of the human perceptual/cognitive process, from the 'control panel' of the frontal lobes through to the lower part of the brain controlling vital functions. They then provide case studies of various films - such as Top Secret, Some Like it Hot, and Adam's Rib - discussing their narrative strategies and demonstrating how these strategies intersect with the science of human perception. This book also covers currently controversial issues like audience attention span in light of the emergence of new distribution forms (streaming video) and new narrative forms (ultra-short Vine videos to webisodes to full-season binge-watching). Paul Gulino is Associate Professor at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in Orange, California, USA. Connie Shears is Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Chapman University, USA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION; or, Should I Save The Cat and Send the Hero On His Journey? 1: The Science of information flow, or, I say Schema, You say Schemata: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up 2: The Science of Connecting to the Main Character, or, Why Do I Worry That A Meth Dealer Might Get Caught? 3: Science of Contrast, or, why the big huge spaceship followed the little tiny space ship in the opening of Star Wars 4: The Science of Exposition, or, What's Wrong With An Information Dump? 5: Science of Cause and Effect, or, Did the Packers Really Lose Because I Didn't Wear My Cheesehead Hat? 6: The Science of Shared Attention, or If I Write A Screenplay In Which A Tree Falls in the Forest, And The Reader Falls Asleep Halfway Through, Have I Written A Screenplay? 7: The Science of Conflict, or, What's Wrong with Watching Two Hours of People Just Getting Along and Helping Each Other? 8: Science of Imagination: Temporal Lobes, How to Think Creatively, Stages of Mind, or, Your Dope-Fueled Imaginings 9: The Structure Question, or, How Many Acts Does It Take To Sell A Script? 10: Star Wars, or, How George Did It

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