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Psychology for screenwriters : building conflict in your script / William Indick.
Publication details: Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, c2004.Description: xviii, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780941188876
- 0941188876
- PN 1996 .I53 2004
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Summary: "To make their stories come alive, screenwriters must understand human behavior. Using this book, writers can make Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erick Erikson, and Joseph Campbell their writing partners. Psychology for Screenwriters helps scribes craft psychologically resonant characters and conflict. You'll learn to create convincing motivation, believable identity development, and archetypes that produce authentic screen moments."--Jacket.
The oedipal complex -- Neurotic conflict -- The psychosexual stages -- The ego defense mechanisms -- Dreamwork -- Normative conflict -- Identity crisis and beyond -- Archetypes of character -- Archetypes of plot -- The hero with a thousand faces -- The heroine's journey -- Inferiority complex -- Sibling rivalry -- Life styles -- Existential conflict -- Archetypes for the age of narcissism.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN 1996 .I53 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5159954 |
Filmography: p. 239-270.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index.
The oedipal complex -- Neurotic conflict -- The psychosexual stages -- The ego defense mechanisms -- Dreamwork -- Normative conflict -- Identity crisis and beyond -- Archetypes of character -- Archetypes of plot -- The hero with a thousand faces -- The heroine's journey -- Inferiority complex -- Sibling rivalry -- Life styles -- Existential conflict -- Archetypes for the age of narcissism.
"To make their stories come alive, screenwriters must understand human behavior. Using this book, writers can make Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erick Erikson, and Joseph Campbell their writing partners. Psychology for Screenwriters helps scribes craft psychologically resonant characters and conflict. You'll learn to create convincing motivation, believable identity development, and archetypes that produce authentic screen moments."--Jacket.
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