Kamil Akhmetov's new book on screenwriting stands out from traditional works on screenwriting with its meticulous systematization and historical approach. The author traces the development of dramatic composition—from traditional linear narrative to the innovations of the 20th and 21st centuries—using examples from the works of David Wark Griffith, Lev Kuleshov, Sergei Eisenstein, Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Alain Resnais, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Solovyov, Rashid Nugmanov, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, and other renowned filmmakers. Kamil Akhmetov analyzes contemporary trends in screenwriting, including methods for depicting the human mind, examines the basic principles of adapting stories for film, and formulates his own concept of contextual narrative. The appendix describes the main stages of working on a script and provides a list of more than 250 films recommended for viewing.