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How backstory and direct address reformulate the Shakespearean character on television: The case of the missing psychological motivation for House of Cards’ Frank Underwood 背景故事和直接称呼如何在电视上重新塑造莎士比亚笔下的人物：纸牌屋》弗兰克-安德伍德心理动机缺失案例

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00144_1

B. J. R. García

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Scripted resonance or lost in translation?: Storytelling and Chinese reception of Everything Everywhere All at Once 脚本共鸣还是翻译迷失？讲故事与中国人对 "无处不在"（Everything Everywhere All at Once）的接受

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00143_1

Aiqing Wang, T. W. Whyke, Joaquín López-Múgica

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In Custody: From written text to audio-visual discourse through a postcolonial lens 在监管中：通过后殖民主义视角，从书面文本到视听话语

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00142_1

Cristina Valdés

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Filmish energy: A textual analysis of Tony Gilroy’s screenplay, Michael Clayton (2006) 电影能量：对托尼-吉尔罗伊的剧本《迈克尔-克莱顿》（2006 年）的文本分析

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00141_1

Lee Goodare

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Why The Knockout (2023) became a phenomenal hit: A contextual analysis and interview with screenwriter Zhu Junyi1 淘汰》（2023）为何成为现象级爆款？背景分析与编剧朱君毅访谈1

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00140_1

Qi Ai, Xiaofeng Yu

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Teaching screenwriting from the inside out: The importance of writers’ inner, emotional discoveries in understanding the tools of screenwriting 从内而外教授编剧：作家内心情感发现在理解编剧工具方面的重要性

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2023-09-06 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00130_1

Arto Koskinen

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The stuff that dreams are made of: The Maltese Falcon and the art of adapted screenwriting 构成梦的东西:《马耳他之鹰》和改编剧本的艺术

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00129_1

George Melnyk

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The accented Japanese screenplay: Transnational currents in contemporary Japanese cinema 带口音的日本电影剧本：当代日本电影的跨国潮流

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2023-07-27 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00128_1

A. McAulay

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The economic case for equality in screenplays: The Bechdel test, female dialogue and box office revenue 剧本中男女平等的经济案例:贝克德尔测试、女性对话和票房收入

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00124_1

Jeremy K. Nguyen

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Ernest Lehman: The Sweet Smell of Success, Jon Krampner (2022) 欧内斯特·雷曼：成功的甜蜜气味，Jon Krampner（2022）

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Journal of Screenwriting Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1386/josc_00126_5

Craig Weisz

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