1. Do you agree with Sternberg's statement that screenplays have not been given "due consideration" as an artistic text because of the lack of a single, known author?
2. Why do you think there is such as disproportional amount of “up-ending” stories as opposed to the other two types of of McKee’s grand categories?
~Andrew Erdal
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
I definitely agree with Sternberg on this one. Screenplays are basically no different than a book or a play. There needs to be an beginning idea, which is totally original, and then characters need to be written, and so on. This is no different than any other artistic text. And I agree that this is the case because many people have a final say in what the final screenplay looks like, not just one author like a book.
I think there are more 'up-ending' stories simply because people like to feel good. It gives audiences a sence of hope, maybe false hope, but still hope. I think it helps people enjoy the story more when they can come out of the movie feeling like the world is not really as cruel as it is.
Post a Comment