Talk:Screenwriting theories

Yes, I think the page should be merged with "Screenwriting," as it relates to screenwriting structure, which is an important thing to understand about the craft itself. That said, the page should also be edited to note that Three Act Structure is the standard in Hollywood, not Four Act Structure, and that several alternatives to Syd Field's paradigm have developed over the last few years. Perhaps I'll take a stab at editing it, my first attempt at editing a Wikipedia page.

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I would disagree with your statements. As I feel Theory, and Craft are two different things (althought connected). I strongly feel Theory is a personal preference, and by merging this Theory article into the Screenwriting article, it will make it seem as if there is only one correct way to structure your screenplay. Especially with the rise of unconventional structure within cinema in modern times, it seems rather unnessicary especially at this point

--- The discussion of theory is woefully deficient. Even for the conventional dramatic structure, there is a lot more theoretical material to draw upon than syd field's paradigm. -- gronkoid:11/05/05

The only change I would propose is renaming it to Screenplay Structure, otherwise it's fine.

Well, I agree with the merger personally, especially since this piece is part of another two related articles, Screenplay and Screenwriting - both of which I think merit re-writing. I'll edit the Four Act Structure thing right now on all three, it really struck me as odd as well and was planning to do that, but if anyone can gather some paradigms other than Field's and add them to these articles I would really appreciate it - I'm aware of the fact that there are a few, but I'm not familiar with the theory / cannot think of a way to express them other than empirical examples... BunnyDee 23:12, 22 March 2006 (UTC)