Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage and Screen

Robert McKee's new book CHARACTER: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page,Stage and Screen is a companion volume to his previous books STORY: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting and DIALOG: The Art of Verbal Action for Page,Stage and Screen. It is divided into four parts and uses scenes from classic films and television programmes to demonstrate how characters are constructed and developed for page, stage and screen. McKee is an author, lecturer and story consultant whose popular writing workshops have brought him international fame. CHARACTER is a masterly work that is essential reading for all aspiring writers.

\n Format: Hardback
\n \n Publication date: 26 August 2021
\n Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
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Robert McKee's new book, CHARACTER: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen, is a fantastic companion volume to his hugely successful STORY: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting and DIALOG: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen. Divided into four parts (In praise of Character, Character Creation, The Character Universe, and Character Relationships), CHARACTER has a primary purpose of enriching the reader's insight into the nature of a fictional character and sharpening the creative techniques necessary to invent a complex cast of personalities, starting with the protagonist and then adding the cast of supporting roles. McKee uses scenes from classic films and television programmes, such as Sex and the City, Casablanca, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Fawlty Towers, and the works of classical dramatists, such as Homer, Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, to demonstrate how characters are constructed and developed for page, stage, and screen.

Robert McKee is an author, lecturer, and story consultant whose popular writing workshops have brought him international fame. His book STORY, is the basis for his programme, and it has defined how we regard the art of story creation. In STORY's companion volume, DIALOG, McKee offers the same in-depth analysis of how actors speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page. CHARACTER is a masterly work with a primary purpose of enriching the reader's insight into the nature of a fictional character and sharpening the creative techniques necessary to invent a complex cast of personalities, starting with the protagonist and then adding the first, second, and third tiers of supporting roles. CHARACTER is a brilliant addition to the genre and is essential reading for all aspiring writers.

\n Weight: 536g\n
Dimension: 146 x 222 x 36 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780413778420\n \n