Rosenthal, Alan. <br/><br/>
From Chariots of fire to The king's speech :  writing biopics and docudramas / 
Alan Rosenthal. 
 - Carbondale :  Southern Illinois University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction --  Clearing your head. The popular genre --  What is docudrama? --  Choosing a dynamic subject --  Starting to work. Research --  The dramatic elements --  Shaping the film --  From treatment to full script. The outline treatment --  Writing dialogue and narration --  Beginning your script --  Special considerations. Adaptations --  Print the legend? --  Rights and legal issues --  Afterword. 
<br/><br/> Over the past decade, movie audiences have become hungry for films based on real people and historical events. Never was this more evident than during the best-picture showdown between The King's Speech and The Social Network during the 2011 Academy Awards, a scene then repeated, with Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty in the 2013 awards. While Hollywood moguls have come to recognize the box-office revenue and critical acclaim that accompany such films and are now fast-tracking many docudramas into theaters, there remains a need for more reality-based film scripts. In From "Chariots of Fire" t. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780809332991 9781306370226 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion picture authorship.<br/>Biographical drama--Authorship.<br/>Historical drama--Authorship.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1996  / .F766 2013