How is a screenplay written? What is a cinematic hero and how does it differ from a character? What are the most important narrative motifs? In how many ways can we structure a cinematic story? What are the secrets of successful directing?
These are some of the questions answered by this book, which is a study of the structure and technique of writing a cinematic work and was selected as an aid in two academic schools (University of the Aegean and Panteion University).
Written by the author and screenwriter Stathis Valoukos, it is at the same time a critical treatise on this peculiar narrative genre, but also a handbook of technical advice, which helps every student and cinema enthusiast reader in understanding the way of writing and expressing cinematic discourse.