Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game [Audiobook]
English | January 24, 2023 | ASIN: B0BHTWQWND | M4B@128 kbps | 8h 54m | 485 MB
Authors: Robert McKee, Bassim El-Wakil | Narrator: Robert McKee
English | January 24, 2023 | ASIN: B0BHTWQWND | M4B@128 kbps | 8h 54m | 485 MB
Authors: Robert McKee, Bassim El-Wakil | Narrator: Robert McKee
From the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, Action offers writers the keys to propulsive storytelling.
Action explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.
Topics include:
- Understanding the Four Core Elements of Action
- Creating the Action Cast
- Hook, Hold, Pay Off: Design in Action
- The Action Macguffin
- Action Set Pieces
- The Sixteen Action Subgenres
A must-add to the McKee storytelling library, ACTION illustrates the principles of narrative drive with precision and clarity by referencing the most popular action movies of our time including: Die Hard, The Star Wars Saga, Dark Knight, The Matrix, and Avengers: Endgame.