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Creating compelling characters for film, TV, theatre and radio / Rib Davis.

Author/creator Davis, Rib author.
Format Book and Print
Edition2nd edition.
Publication Info London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Descriptionx, 154 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleDeveloping characters for script writing
Contents Introduction -- Character in the real world -- Roots of a character -- Birth marks -- Learning through experience -- The character now -- Character within script -- Character motivation and the plot -- Past and present -- Choice and the emotional journey -- The emotional journey, case study: crash -- Description and self-description -- Heroes and villains -- Secondary and minor characters -- The comic character -- Leaving your characters.
General notePreviously published as Developing characters for script writing, 2001.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Davis, Rib, author. Creating compelling characters for film, tv, theatre and radio. 2nd edition. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781474260206
LCCN 2016004382
ISBN9781474260206 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN1474260209 paperback alkaline paper

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