Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Screenwriting/playwriting, sound design, curating, teen culture, teen films, horror, comedy, psychology, health/illness in the contemporary world, empathy and film, sacrifice and film, film scores/film music, Star Trek, Wilhelm Reich, Spalding Gray, superhero movies, story structure including four-act structure and the Hero’s Journey, dialogue, and film endings.
My creative practice concentrates on screenwriting, but also includes experimental sound design and curating. More and more, I am playwriting and directing. Thematically, whether screenwriting for Hollywood, playwriting, designing sound, composing music, curating gallery exhibits, producing, or directing, I am often investigating illness, whether societal (teen angst, dystopia) or internal (schizophrenia, psychosis, dementia). I am particularly interested in illness that falls somewhere between the physical and the psychological and the role of memory/trauma in forming our personalities. At a more technical level, I am interested in the extent to which dialogue (especially simultaneous dialogue tracks) conveys narrative, can represent the internal world of mental illness, and the extent to which dialogue is perceived simply as music.
For a complete bio, see http:/davidetolchinsky.com.
Education/Academic qualification
Film/video production, MFA, University of Southern California
… → 1988
Composing/Video, BA, Yale University
… → 1985
Research interests
- Film music
- Horror films
- Screen and stage
- Screenwriting
- Sound design
- Teen films
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Research Output
Cassandra (Film): Screening, Nightmares Film Festival, Columbus, OH, October 25, 2019
Tolchinsky, D. E., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Documentary/Film/TV
Cassandra (Film): Screening, Anatomy Crime & Horror International Film Festival in Athens, Greece, 2019
Tolchinsky, D. E., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Documentary/Film/TV
Creature Companion (Film): Screening, Iowa City, IA, Feb 9, 2019
Tolchinsky, D. E., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Documentary/Film/TV
Creature Companion (Film): Screening, Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb 19, 2019
Tolchinsky, D. E. & Zimmerman, C., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Documentary/Film/TV