Essays about: "Charlie Kaufman"

Found 2 essays containing the words Charlie Kaufman.

  1. 1. Transformative Screenwriting: Charlie Kaufman’s Postmodern Adaptation of Story

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Johan Sundberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Charlie Kaufman; Storytelling; Writing; Screenwriting; Transformative Screenwriting; Transformative; Postmodern; Kaufman; Robert McKee; McKee; Thesis; Essay; Master s; Master; Donald Kaufman; Plot; Archplot; Miniplot; Antiplot; Change; Statis; Screenwriter; Hollywood; Art Film; Synecdoche; Eternal Sunshine; Being John Malkovich; Susan Orlean; The Orchid Thief; Orchid Thief; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The essay's investigation of postmodern storytelling and transformative screenwriting, in relation to how Robert McKee's Story is reflected in Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation – in text and subtext, form and content – shows that the film's form is that of the classical archplot. It is only Adaptation's content, reflecting the dream of an art film/antiplot that is critical – while the form is a complicitous Hollywood form. READ MORE

  3. 2. How Meta-Films Can Serve Cinema

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Anas El Ghazouani; [2012]
    Keywords : Meta-films; meta-reflection; narrative; storytelling; intertextuality. ;

    Abstract : In my thesis, I analyze meta-films and different ways they are used in films. I try to show that meta-films can serve as a creative tool to communicate new and old ideas and stories. READ MORE