Everything You Need To Write Great Essays You Can Learn From Watching Movies

Author : Jay Douglas, Ph.D.
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781101543160

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Everything You Need to Write Great Essays by Jay Douglas, Ph.D. Pdf

Ready! Action! Write! A student's writing skill is the single best predictor of success in the first year of college - better than math, vocabulary, grammar, or reading prowess. Unfortunately, while high schools teach students the mechanics of writing, they don't address issues such as getting unstuck, writing a first draft, brainstorming, finding the thesis that's hiding in an essay, soliciting useful feedback, or telling a story in pictures. This unique guide does, by capitalizing on what students know a lot about: the movies. Students read inside stories about their favorite films online. They watch behind-the-scenes bonus material on DVDs. They know how films work. What they don't know is that the writing and filmmaking processes are remarkably similar. In this book, they'll learn to shift their focus from word counts to process as they move from pre-production, preparing to write, "shooting" their first draft in the production phase, and then running their results through post-production to perfect their work.

Author : Jay Douglas,Jay Douglas (Ph.D.)
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1615641076

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Everything You Need to Write Great Essays You Can Learn from Watching Movies by Jay Douglas,Jay Douglas (Ph.D.) Pdf

Helps students become better writers by highlighting the similarities in the writing and filmmaking processes and coaches them to move from word counts to process, beginning with pre-production, preparing to “shoot” their first draft and perfecting work in post-production. Original. 12,000 first printing.

Author : Jay Douglas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781101559109

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Stalking The Story by Jay Douglas Pdf

Working with the idea that writing a screenplay is a process of discovery, Stalking the Story uses the world of the detective, that prototypical master of observation, as the stage for storyplanning. The detective's whole reason for being is to discover bits of seemingly unrelated facts, observations, and hearsay and fashion them into a narrative that lays out 'whodunit'. Replace detective with writer and 'whodunit' with his story, and it's evident that the writer and the detective have more than a little incommon. In this clever and unique writing manual, Jay Douglas puts the reader in the position of a detective, searching for a missing story, then guides him-with the assistance of some classic TV sleuths - through the experience of finding that story, the story that is central to the screenplay he wants to write.

Author : Maxwell W. Nurnberg,Morris Rosenblum
Publisher : Goyl SaaB
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1266304782

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All about Words by Maxwell W. Nurnberg,Morris Rosenblum Pdf

Author : John Yorke
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781846146442

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Into The Woods by John Yorke Pdf

Into The Woods is a revelation of the fundamental structure and meaning of all stories, from the man responsible for more hours of drama on British television than anyone else, John Yorke. We all love stories. Many of us love to tell them, and even dream of making a living from it too. But what is a story? Hundreds of books about screenwriting and storytelling have been written, but none of them ask 'Why?' Why do we tell stories? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar way? John Yorke has been telling stories almost his entire adult life, and the more he has done it, the more he has asked himself why? Every great thinker or writer has their theories: Aristotle, David Hare, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee, Gustav Freytag, David Mamet, Christopher Booker, Charlie Kaufman, William Goldman and Aaron Sorkin - all have offered insightful and illuminating answers. Here, John Yorke draws on these figures and more as he takes us on a historical, philosophical, scientific and psychological journey to the heart of all storytelling. What he reveals is that there truly is a unifying shape to narrative - one that echoes the great fairytale journey into the woods, and one, like any great art, that comes from deep within. Much more than a 'how to write' book, Into the Woods is an exploration of this fundamental structure underneath all narrative forms, from film and television to theatre and novel-writing. With astonishing detail and wisdom, John Yorke explains to us a phenomenon that, whether it is as a simple fable, or a big-budget 3D blockbuster, most of us experience almost every day of our lives.

Author : Roger Ebert
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781459605985

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Scorsese by Ebert by Roger Ebert Pdf

Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received - for 1967's I Call First, later renamed Who's That Knocking at My Door - creating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorsese's most appreciative and perceptive commentators. Scorsese by Ebert offers the first record of America's most respected film critic's en...

Author : A. O. Scott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781101980866

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Better Living Through Criticism by A. O. Scott Pdf

The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics--himself included--can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative, and urgent activities of modern existence. Using his own film criticism as a starting point--everything from his infamous dismissal of the international blockbuster The Avengers to his intense affection for Pixar's animated Ratatouille--Scott expands outward, easily guiding readers through the complexities of Rilke and Shelley, the origins of Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones, the power of Marina Abramovich and 'Ode on a Grecian Urn.' Drawing on the long tradition of criticism from Aristotle to Susan Sontag, Scott shows that real criticism was and always will be the breath of fresh air that allows true creativity to thrive. "The time for criticism is always now," Scott explains, "because the imperative to think clearly, to insist on the necessary balance of reason and passion, never goes away."

Author : David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 0077108329

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Film Art by David Bordwell,Kristin Thompson Pdf

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own, and since 1979 David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the most repected introduction to the art and analysis of cinema. In the new seventh edition, Film Art continues its commitment to providing the best introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study - images throughout the book are collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos - but the book has been extensively re-designed to improve readability and teachability. Additionally, the text can be packaged with the award-winning Film, Form, and Culture CD-ROM, and is supported by an extensive Instructor's Manual and text-specific website.

Author : Wayne Au,Bill Bigelow,Stan Karp
Publisher : Rethinking Schools
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780942961355

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Rethinking Our Classrooms by Wayne Au,Bill Bigelow,Stan Karp Pdf

Since the first edition was published in 1994, Rethinking Our Classrooms has sold over 180,000 copies.

Author : Amy Sutherland
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780812978087

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What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage by Amy Sutherland Pdf

While observing trainers of exotic animals, journalist Amy Sutherland had an epiphany: What if she used their techniques with the human animals in her own life–specifically her dear husband, Scott? As Sutherland put training principles into action, she noticed that not only did her twelve-year-old marriage improve, but she herself became more optimistic and less judgmental. What started as a goofy experiment had such good results that Sutherland began using the training techniques with all the people in her life, including her mother, her friends, her students, even the clerk at the post office. Full of fun facts, fascinating insights, hilarious anecdotes, and practical tips, What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage reveals the biggest lesson Sutherland learned: The only animal you can truly change is yourself.

Author : Francine Prose
Publisher : Union Books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781908526144

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Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose Pdf

In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart – to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O’ Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Brontë ’ s structural nuance and Charles Dickens’ s deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading.

Author : Erin Morgenstern
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385686235

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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

Author : Andrey Tarkovsky,Kitty Hunter-Blair
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1989-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0292776241

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Sculpting in Time by Andrey Tarkovsky,Kitty Hunter-Blair Pdf

A director reveals the original inspirations for his films, their history, his methods of work, and the problems of visual creativity

Author : Ed Sikov
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0231142935

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Film Studies by Ed Sikov Pdf

American film scholar Ed Sikov discusses all aspects of narrative films, describing mise-en-scéne, the significance of montages, editing, lighting, the use of color and sound, and related topics; and providing practical advice, suggested assignments, and other resources.

Author : LearningExpress (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1145005886

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501 Writing Prompts by LearningExpress (Organization) Pdf

"This eBook features 501 sample writing prompts that are designed to help you improve your writing and gain the necessary writing skills needed to ace essay exams. Build your essay-writing confidence fast with 501 Writing Prompts!" --