The 21st Century Screenplay

Author : Linda Aronson
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1742690572
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Screenplay written by Linda Aronson and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly comprehensive overview of the craft of writing for contemporary film and video, by a multi-award winning screenwriter.

Author : Pat Silver-Lasky
Publisher : B T Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780713488333
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting for the 21st Century written by Pat Silver-Lasky and published by B T Batsford Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've got the talent, here are the screenwriting techniques. Learn all the basics--and way beyond--of writing for film and television. Pat Silver-Lasky, who has worked in the business for more than 20 years and taught screenwriting at universities, reveals all the secrets of creating a film script that could become an international blockbuster. From organizing the plot to selling the final product, this unique guide discusses: * The elements of a screenplay, constructing a scene, and character vs. characterization * How comedies translate in the international market * Adapting a novel for film * Ways to work with a formula without being formulaic * Procedures for getting a script accepted, both in Hollywood and in the UK * Marketing and the international marketplace of the 21st century, including how to protect your material. It could be the key to a screenwriting Oscar.

Author : J. Michael Straczynski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Scriptwriting written by J. Michael Straczynski and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To survive and thrive in the fantasyland that is show business, you need to know the realities of writing and selling. J. Michael Straczynski learned these realities the hard way. With his help, you'll learn them the easy way. Here the writer/producer of Murder, She Wrote and creator of Babylon 5 tells you how it really is - and how you can really succeed writing scripts. Straczynski shows you the importance of distinguishing yourself, through professionalism and discipline, from the wannabes. He helps you strengthen your writing technique while urging you to bring your own vision to your work, avoid formula, and create from passion. And he takes you in for a close look at every entertainment medium hungry for good scriptwriters.

Author : Linda Aronson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781879505599
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting Updated written by Linda Aronson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's screenwriter must be adept at today's popular yet often complex and unconventional script forms, such as the parallel storytelling of 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Magnolia', the multiple protagonist narrative of 'American Beauty', and the complex flashback forms of 'The Usual Suspects' and 'The Sweet Hereafter'. Becoming comfortable with and skilled in such modern script forms is the focus of this text which identifies basic parallel structures, clearly explains how and why they work (or fail to work), and establishes the basic principles of their construction. These modern forms are presented in tandem with and in relation to tried-and-true, traditional screenwriting forms, rendering unconventional structures as easily grasped as conventional ones. Unlike any other screenwriting book, this book combines solid, basic screenwriting craft with a thorough presentation of very contemporary script structures. The result is a unique, wide-ranging, in-depth screenwriting text and do-it-yourself script-doctoring manual suitable for both seasoned and novice writers.

Author : Alex Epstein
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1466824727
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crafty Screenwriting written by Alex Epstein and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2002-10-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most innovative and creative screenwriting book yet, from an author who knows first-hand what it takes to get a movie made. Based on an award-winning website hailed as "smart enough for professional screenwriters and accessible enough for aspiring screenwriters", Crafty Screenwriting is the first book not only to offer a successful screenwriter's tricks of the trade, but to explain what development executives really mean when they complain that the "dialogue is flat," or "the hero isn't likeable." Fresh, provocative, and funny, Alex Epstein diagnoses problem that other screenwriting books barely address, and answers questions they rarely ask, like "Why is it sometimes dangerous to know your characters too well before you start writing," or "Why does your script have to be so much better than the awful pictures that get made every day?" As a development executive who has accepted and rejected countless screenplays, and a produced screenwriter himself, Epstein can take you into the heart of the most important question of all: "Is this a movie?" A crucial book for anyone who has ever wondered what it takes to get their movie made.

Author : Zachariah Rush
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786491078
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Screenplay written by Zachariah Rush and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work analyzes dramatic structures, from Sophocles to Orson Welles and the 21st century cinema, all from the viewpoint of Hegelian dialectic. Utilizing this dialectical process the author demonstrates its particular application to the writing of a screenplay, which should not be considered a simple schematic or formulaic blueprint but legitimate dramatic literature.

Author : Richard Harrington
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136065652
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Effects @ Work written by Richard Harrington and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-World commercial projects presented in full color feature the work of renowned artists, Chris and Trish Meyer, Jayse Hansen, Mark Coleran, Ken Locsmandi and others. The tutorials are commercial projects that the artists created for a client budget of $10,000 or less, using only the plug-ins that come with the software. Special focus is given to the fundamental techniques that are important to novice motion graphic artists. The companion DVD contains the source files required for the reader to replicate the techniques as well as Apple QuickTime presentations of the final projects. The projects cover a wide range of practical applications including broadcast animation, big-screen film trailers, music video compositing, trade show presentations, DVD menu graphics, and cel animation with Flash.

Author : Tom Stempel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Screenwriting written by Tom Stempel and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Author : Zalmay Khalilzad
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sources of Conflict in the 21st Century written by Zalmay Khalilzad and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1998 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will the world change in the next century?

Author : Cynthia Whitcomb
Publisher : Watson-Guptill Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780871161918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay written by Cynthia Whitcomb and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essential writer's guide, a professional screen-writer shares her know-how on the elements of writing for the screen, from the basics of character development and creating the structure to resolving problems and revising in only three drafts.