Le manuel pour faire court : les normes d’un format d’écriture scénaristique marginalisé dans la théorie
The marginalization of the short film script in both theoretical and practical fields is due to several factors: varying length criteria depending on programming authorities, limited access to screenplay source material, and the fact that this format is often associated with early career stages in t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Récits Cultures Et Sociétés
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Cahiers de Narratologie |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/narratologie/15867 |
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| Summary: | The marginalization of the short film script in both theoretical and practical fields is due to several factors: varying length criteria depending on programming authorities, limited access to screenplay source material, and the fact that this format is often associated with early career stages in the industry. Considering these factors, the author proposes to explore short film scriptwriting through the study of screenwriting manuals dedicated to this format. Based on corpus of scriptwriting manuals in French and English, the study explores how these books present objective norms (industrial and descriptive) and subjective norms (prescriptive and creative) that shape the writing process. These manuals, while trying to balance the industry's demands with artistic creation, reflect both the marginalization and the valorization of the short film in its relationship to feature films, the format that dominates the field. By producing a discourse on what is normal (through the description of examples and uses) to derive normative content (through more or less prescriptive proposals), the manuals also reflect an imaginary of production. This allows us to understand a sociogenesis of short film script practices and techniques, positioned at the intersection of knowledge and the film industry. |
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| ISSN: | 0993-8516 1765-307X |