Character The art of role and cast design for page, stage, and screen
Book - 2021
The long-awaited third volume of Robert McKee's trilogy on the art of fiction. Following up his perennially bestselling writers' guide Story and his inspiring exploration of the art of verbal action in Dialogue, the most sought-after expert in the storytelling brings his insights to the creation of compelling characters and the design of their casts. Character explores the design of a character universe: The dimensionality, complexity and arcing of a protagonist, the invention of orbiting major characters, all encircled by a cast of service and supporting roles
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New York :
Twelve
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781455591954
- Introduction
- Part 1. In Praise of Characters
- Chapter 1. Characters Versus People
- Chapter 2. The Aristotle Debate
- Chapter 3. An Author Prepares
- Part 2. Building a Character
- Chapter 4. Character Inspiration: Outside In
- Chapter 5. Character Inspiration: Inside Out
- Chapter 6. Roles Versus Characters
- Chapter 7. The Outer Character
- Chapter 8. The Inner Character
- Chapter 9. The Dimensional Character
- Chapter 10. The Complex Character
- Chapter 11. The Completed Character
- Chapter 12. The Symbolic Character
- Chapter 13. The Radical Character
- Part 3. The Character Universe
- Chapter 14. Character in Genre
- Chapter 15. Character in Action
- Chapter 16. Character in Performance
- Part 4. Character Relationships
- Chapter 17. Cast Design
- Conclusion: The Revolutionary Writer
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index