Crazy Screenwriting Secrets

Author : Weiko Lin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1615933018

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Crazy Screenwriting Secrets by Weiko Lin Pdf

Through a "Crazy" approach in writing the feature screenplay, the first half of the book guides the reader in how to create and develop: Story Idea, Characters, One Page Step Outline, and the solid script. In the second half, the book covers professional business side of the ever-changing industry by taking the reader through the work flow of Hollywood and explores how to work creatively with international countries like China in producing movies that resonate with a global audience.

Author : Jill Chamberlain
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781477303733

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The Nutshell Technique by Jill Chamberlain Pdf

Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don’t know how to tell a story. These writers may know how to format a script, write snappy dialogue, and set a scene. They may have interesting characters and perhaps some clever plot devices. But, invariably, while they may have the kernel of a good idea for a screenplay, they fail to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation. In order to explain the difference, Chamberlain created the Nutshell Technique, a method whereby writers identify eight dynamic, interconnected elements that are required to successfully tell a story. Now, for the first time, Chamberlain presents her unique method in book form with The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting. Using easy-to-follow diagrams (“nutshells”), she thoroughly explains how the Nutshell Technique can make or break a film script. Chamberlain takes readers step-by-step through thirty classic and contemporary movies, showing how such dissimilar screenplays as Casablanca, Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Silver Linings Playbook, and Argo all have the same system working behind the scenes, and she teaches readers exactly how to apply these principles to their own screenwriting. Learn the Nutshell Technique, and you’ll discover how to turn a mere situation into a truly compelling screenplay story.

Author : Matt Bird
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781440348235

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The Secrets of Story by Matt Bird Pdf

You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story. We all hate that guy, right? But when you tell a story (any kind of story: a novel, a memoir, a screenplay, a stage play, a comic, or even a cover letter), you become the unwelcome storyteller. So how can you write a story that audiences will embrace? The answer is simple: Remember what it feels like to be that jaded audience. Tell the story that would win you over, even if you didn't want to hear it. The Secrets of Story provides comprehensive, audience-focused strategies for becoming a master storyteller. Armed with the Ultimate Story Checklist, you can improve every aspect of your fiction writing with incisive questions like these: • Concept: Is the one-sentence description of your story uniquely appealing? • Character: Can your audience identify with your hero? • Structure and Plot: Is your story ruled by human nature? • Scene Work: Does each scene advance the plot and reveal character through emotional reactions? • Dialogue: Is your characters' dialogue infused with distinct personality traits and speech patterns based on their lives and backgrounds? • Tone: Are you subtly setting, resetting, and upsetting expectations? • Theme: Are you using multiple ironies throughout the story to create meaning? To succeed in the world of fiction and film, you have to work on every aspect of your craft and satisfy your audience. Do both--and so much more--with The Secrets of Story.

Author : Richard Walter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781101664681

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Essentials of Screenwriting by Richard Walter Pdf

Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters. Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg alone, plus hundreds of other Hollywood blockbusters and prestigious indie productions, including two Oscar winners for best original screenplay—Milk (2008) and Sideways (2006). In this updated edition, Walter integrates his highly coveted lessons and principles from Screenwriting with material from his companion text, The Whole Picture, and includes new advice on how to turn a raw idea into a great movie or TV script-and sell it. There is never a shortage of aspiring screenwriters, and this book is their bible.

Author : Thomas Lennon,Robert Ben Garant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439186763

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Writing Movies for Fun and Profit by Thomas Lennon,Robert Ben Garant Pdf

"A hilarious and helpful insider's guide to launching a successful writing career in Hollywood. . . . The only compass readers will ever need to navigate the treacherous waters of filmmaking"--("Kirkus Reviews," starred review).

Author : William C. Martell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Motion picture authorship
ISBN : 0970067704

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The Secrets of Action Screenwriting by William C. Martell Pdf

Author : Karl Iglesias
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781440527890

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The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters by Karl Iglesias Pdf

Takes a look into the lives and workspaces of screenwriters, who share their best practices in their own writing careers.

Author : Manny Basanese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000485059

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Writing the Comedy Pilot Script by Manny Basanese Pdf

Navigating through the challenging process of writing a comedy pilot, this book will help screenwriters to create an original script for television. Practical and accessible, the book presents a step-by-step guide focusing on the key elements of the process. Incorporating both the history of TV comedy as well as its current evolving state in this age of the dramedy and an ever-increasing variety of broadcast and streaming platforms, the book will serve as a guide for the fledgling sitcom scribe. Author Manny Basanese breaks down the comedy pilot writing process from what may be perceived as an overwhelming, time-consuming mission into a series of much more manageable, smaller steps (from logline to outline to 1st, 2nd and polished draft). Utilizing his experience in Hollywood’s sitcom trenches, the author offers real-world advice on such topics as building the comedy pilot "world," creating memorable comic characters, sound sitcom structure, and the importance of crafting an emotional through line in a comedy pilot. Finally, there is also practical career guidance for marketing this just-completed script and breaking into the industry with advice on various topics such as the value of networking as well as gaining representation in the competitive Hollywood jungle. It is ideal for students of screenwriting and aspiring comedy screenwriters.

Author : Jacqueline B Frost
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000359855

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Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers by Jacqueline B Frost Pdf

Packed with gems of wisdom from the current 'masters of light’, this collection of conversations with twenty leading contemporary cinematographers provides invaluable insight into the art and craft of cinematography. Jacqueline Frost’s interviews provide unprecedented insight into the role as cinematographers discuss selecting projects, the conceptual and creative thinking that goes into devising a visual strategy, working with the script, collaborating with leading directors such as Martin Scorcese, Spike Lee, and Ava DuVernay, the impact of changing technology, and offer advice for aspiring cinematographers. Interviews include Maryse Alberti, John Bailey, Robert Elswit, Kirsten Johnson, Kira Kelly, Ellen Kuras, Edward Lachman, Matthew Libatique, John Lindley, Seamus McGarvey, Reed Morano, Polly Morgan, Rachel Morrison, Rodrigo Prieto, Cynthia Pusheck, Harris Savides, Nancy Schrieber, John Seale, Sandi Sissel, Dante Spinotti, Salvatore Totino, Amy Vincent and Mandy Walker. Filled with valuable information and advice for aspiring cinematographers, directors, and filmmakers, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the art and craft of cinematography.

Author : Katherine Atwell Herbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015049538047

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Selling Scripts to Hollywood by Katherine Atwell Herbert Pdf

This upbeat resource book is full of encouraging advice to budding screenwriters on just how to prepare, submit, and sell their movie scripts. From structuring the plot and formatting the script to finding an agent and negotiating the best deal, this insider's information covers all the bases. Tips are offered for developing characters and storylines; using scriptwriting computer programs; sending letters to prospective agents; working with directors; getting along in the business; tapping into Web sites and workshops; and other sources of support for writers.

Author : Paul Joseph Gulino
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781628922394

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Screenwriting by Paul Joseph Gulino Pdf

The great challenge in writing a feature-length screenplay is sustaining audience involvement from page one through 120. Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach expounds on an often-overlooked tool that can be key in solving this problem. A screenplay can be understood as being built of sequences of about fifteen pages each, and by focusing on solving the dramatic aspects of each of these sequences in detail, a writer can more easily conquer the challenges posed by the script as a whole. The sequence approach has its foundation in early Hollywood cinema (until the 1950s, most screenplays were formatted with sequences explicitly identified), and has been rediscovered and used effectively at such film schools as the University of Southern California, Columbia University and Chapman University. This book exposes a wide audience to the approach for the first time, introducing the concept then providing a sequence analysis of eleven significant feature films made between 1940 and 2000: The Shop Around The Corner / Double Indemnity / Nights of Cabiria / North By Northwest / Lawrence of Arabia / The Graduate / One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Toy Story / Air Force One / Being John Malkovich / The Fellowship of the Ring

Author : Bob Saenz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1734347910

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That's Not The Way It Works by Bob Saenz Pdf

You want to be a screenwriter. You've read all the screenwriting books. But you're left wanting more. Here is a fresh book written by a screenwriter who has spent years in the trenches.T hat's Not The Way It Works is a no holds barred look at the craft and business of screenwriting, told in a "let's sit down and chat over a cup (or pot) of coffee" manner. So grab a cup of coffee and start reading. You'll get the inside scoop from a screenwriter who had more than a dozen proudced screenplays between movies and television.

Author : Blake Snyder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1615931716

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Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder Pdf

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!

Author : Joe Gilford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1615932232

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Why Does the Screenwriter Cross the Road? by Joe Gilford Pdf

Writers will understand why they're stuck and how to get unstuck through proven methods of breaking the logjam of self-judging and second-guessing that keeps good screenplays from being finished. Attain confidence by knowing your story is clear and solid. Seal out negative influences such as “industry experts” and fleeting trends. This is a way to write a script with integrity that makes a screenplay “storyworthy.” This is how to write a screenplay that works.

Author : Addison J. Chapple
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1933769726

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Con Crazy by Addison J. Chapple Pdf