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Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger are experienced educators and film professionals. Cooper is a writer and filmmaker specializing in short-form storytelling.
Known for: Writing the Short Film
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Writing the Short Film
This book provides a comprehensive guide to writing short films, focusing on narrative structure, character development, and visual storytelling. It offers practical advice for screenwriters and filmmakers on how to craft compelling short scripts and adapt them effectively for production.
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Defining the Short Film Form
The short film is a distinct storytelling organism—it is not simply a miniature feature film. In *Writing the Short Film*, we begin by outlining the qualities that make this medium unique. Unlike the feature, which depends on cumulative emotional development and extended plot, the short film’s archi...
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Narrative Structure for Short Films
In our teaching, we emphasize that structure in short filmmaking must be both flexible and grounded. The classical three-act structure still applies—setup, confrontation, resolution—but each act is compressed, often existing in miniature. The opening, or setup, must accomplish several things fast: ...
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Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger are experienced educators and film professionals. Cooper is a writer and filmmaker specializing in short-form storytelling.
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