Beating Broadway : how to create stories for musicals that get standing ovations /
Steve. Cuden
Bok · Engelsk · 2013
| Utgitt | North Charleston, SC ; : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, , 2013.
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| Omfang | xv, 433 p. ;
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| Opplysninger | Elements of story construction for musicals. What is a musical? -- Rules for writing musicals -- Form vs. formula -- Where most musical story ideas come from -- Building the beast -- Three movements to a story, no more, no less -- Stepping-stones : plots and subplots -- Seven plot points and a little more -- The production's "Act One" : the story's first movement : the beginning. Plot point one. Normal world ; Plot point two. Inciting incident -- The story's second movement : the middle. Plot point three. Point of no return ; Plot point four. Midpoint begins ; Intermission -- The production's "Act Two." Midpoint continues ; Plot point five. The big gloom -- The story's third movement : the end. Plot point six. Climax into resolution ; Plot point seven. New normal -- Opening and closing moments -- The seven plot points in a nutshell : a review of a typical musical's structure -- Epiphanies -- Conflict -- Character development -- Whose story is it, and why must we care? -- Whose story is it not, but we must care anyway? -- Three-dimensional characters -- Staying on target -- Making a scene memorable -- Why write a song when you can just say it in dialogue? -- Lyrics and subtext -- Dance -- Whenever possible, show, don't tell -- Believability -- Developing a voice of your own -- Steps toward assembly -- Rewriting -- Fail upward! --. - The narrative beats. Beating up the beats -- Ladies and gentlemen, presenting... Thirty-five Broadway musicals. Avenue Q ; The book of Mormon ; Cabaret ; Camelot ; Cats ; Chicago ; A chorus line ; Evita ; The fantasticks ; Fiddler on the roof ; The full monty ; A funny thing happened on the way to the forum ; Grease ; Gypsy ; Hairspray ; Hello, Dolly ; Jekyll & Hyde ; Jersey boys ; The king and I ; Les misérables ; Man of La Mancha ; The music man ; My fair lady ; Oklahoma! ; The phantom of the Opera ; The producers ; Rent ; The sound of music ; South Pacific ; Spring awakening ; Sweeney Todd ; Titanic ; Urinetown ; West Side story ; Wicked -- Five movie musicals. Beauty and the beast ; Jesus Christ Superstar ; The Lion King ; Singin' in the rain ; The wizard of Oz.
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| ISBN | 148122302X. - 9781481223027
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