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    THE POETIC SCREENPLAY


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    THE POETIC SCREENPLAY
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    A collection of articles
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    Compiled and designed by A. I. Snezhin

    A. I. Snezhin
    Poetic Screenplay. A collection of articles / Edited by
    A. I. Snezhin – M.: Angel, 2012. – 56 pages.
    This collection contains articles by academicians and
    researchers who have been studying a new genre in
    the Russian cinedramatic art – the poetic screenplay.
    UDC
    BBC

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    A. I. Snezhin, 2012.
    UDC 82.12+791.43

    POETIC SCREENPLAY
    AS A NEW GENRE
    IN RUSSIAN CINEDRAMATIC ART

    The development of the cinematographic art is often


    associated with the emergence of new genre forms with
    particular substantive features. “Genres always arise
    in time” [14, page 93], sensitively responding to the
    essential needs of society. Ample evidence of this can
    be seen in our modern cinedramatic art.
    In this article, we will analyze the notion of the
    screenplay, define its basic elements and types, and
    examine a new genre – the poetic screenplay – which
    has sprung up relatively recently in cinematographic
    art.
    Key words: poetic screenplay, new genre, Russian
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    cinedramatic art, substantive features.
    In The New Explanatory Dictionary of Word
    Structure in the Russian Language by T. F. Yefremova,
    the word screenplay is defined as follows:
    Screenplay – a literary and dramatic work written as
    a basis for producing a motion picture or a television
    movie [5, page 251].
    At this stage, we can single out the four main
    elements that make up a screenplay:
    • the descriptive part (screenplay prose)
    • the dialogue
    • the voice-over
    • captions
    The descriptive part (or screenplay prose) describes
    the outward appearance of the characters and
    their actions, providing a precise description of the
    environment in which they live.
    The dialogue describes the psychological features of
    the characters, using the exchange of remarks as the
    main method by which the characters are artistically
    portrayed.
    The voice-over is the voice of an actor providing
    comments which may be necessary on the action
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    unfolding in a movie.
    Finally, captions are explanatory text contained in
    the frames of a film, describing the place and time
    in which the action of a movie is set and conveying
    its characters’ words and remarks.
    In cinematography, there are several types of
    screenplays:
    • A literary screenplay is a screenplay written in the
    same language that is used in fiction. This type of
    screenplay is not always an adaptation of a literary
    work; it may well be an original work in its own
    right.
    • A publicistic screenplay, in contrast to a literary
    screenplay, is written in the “broken” language
    used in newspaper articles and does not contain the
    aesthetic component found in the literary and artistic
    styles.
    Screenplays can be both original and derivative.
    • An original screenplay is written as an independent
    work of art, featuring an original plot and original
    protagonists.
    • A derivative screenplay is an adaptation of an
    existing literary work for the screen.
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    • A director’s screenplay is a screenplay, the
    descriptive part of which is numbered or has the
    boundaries between shots indicated on it (wide shot,
    close-up shot, etc.).
    • An explication is a plan for the production of a
    motion picture, including the filming techniques and
    methods and a complete list of the filming equipment
    that is necessary in order to implement the creative
    concept. There are two types of explication: a director’s
    explication and a cameraman’s explication (however,
    the latter is not classified as a separate category
    of screenplay). Explications are often mistaken as
    synopses, but on closer inspection one sees that they
    have nothing whatsoever in common. A synopsis is
    an outline of the plot of a movie, as set out in the
    screenplay, described in a succinct and entertaining
    manner. A synopsis is usually no more than several
    pages in length.
    The descriptive part of a screenplay can be either
    poetic or prosaic. In this regard, screenplays can be
    divided into those that are poetic and those that are
    prosaic.
    • A poetic screenplay is a literary and dramatic
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    work whose descriptive part is divided into rhythmically
    commensurable segments, or poems. This remarkable
    feature makes the poetic screenplay very distinct from
    the other types of screenplays, endowing it with a
    special form of artistic expression.
    • In a prosaic screenplay, the descriptive part is
    prosaic.
    We can now identify the three main features of the
    poetic screenplay:
    • Figurativeness – colourful expressiveness of
    portrayal that is only found in poetry. The main
    method of making words figurative is to use them in
    a figurative sense. At this point it is worth mentioning
    the particular means of artistic expression – tropes
    (metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, hyperbole, and
    litotes) and figures of speech (simile, epithet and
    oxymoron) that are used in poetic works.
    • Succinctness – brevity and conciseness of
    narration. In the poetic screenplay, the characters’
    environment, appearance and actions are described
    in a relatively concise form, using as few words
    as possible. However, this specific feature does
    not prevent the author from creating a precise
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