Scriptipps Superman Superman Ii

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II by Dan Margules Pdf

Richard Donner’s SUPERMAN (1978), a re-imagining of the comic book and kiddie show as an epic fantasy with biblical undertones, made “verisimilitude” the template for all superhero movies that followed. The complex history of the writing, rewriting, and re-rewriting of the multiple versions of the two-part tent pole, are analyzed in this special double-length ScripTipps ebook that uncovers valuable screenwriting tips which can be used to enhance any screenplay, big or small. In this ScripTipps screenplay study guide, Superman will teach you the secrets of writing strong character arcs and meaningful action sequences, telling stories visually, updating familiar genres with a new spin, avoiding and fixing plot holes when rewriting, and much, much more. ABOUT THE SERIES Everything you need to learn how to write a screenplay is readily available without an expensive film school education. Movies themselves are the best learning tool of all. But watching a movie once is an exercise in entertainment. To absorb screenwriting how-tos, a movie needs to be studied, watched and re-watched, and analyzed in depth. ScripTipps are intended to aid aspiring screenwriters in learning the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Communit ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Waitress by Dan Margules Pdf

Learn screenwriting by deconstructing the movies you love! It’s fun and, with ScripTipps screenplay study guides, it’s easy! ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps ebook analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. In 2007, before Seth Rogen KNOCKED UP Katherine Heigl and high-schooler JUNO earmarked her unwanted baby for adoption, another unplanned pregnancy movie had sparked a bidding war at Sundance. Written and directed by indie actress Adrienne Shelly, the endearing comedy about an unhappily-wed pie wizard is currently on its way to becoming a Broadway musical. ScripTipps serves an extra helping of WAITRESS as it examines the delicious screenplay to uncover its creamy screenwriting recipe secrets. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie (1976) ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow ScripTipps: Star Trek (2009) ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Carrie by Dan Margules Pdf

Learn screenwriting by reexamining the movies you love! It’s fun and, with ScripTipps screenplay study guides, it’s easy! Stephen King’s debut novel, CARRIE, was adapted into the classic 1976 Brian De Palma horror film by Lawrence D. Cohen. The screenplay features a two-act structure, a passive protagonist, a weak primary antagonist, and a secondary antagonist who drives the plot. ScripTipps takes a detailed look at how these non-standard elements worked, uncovering dozens and dozens of practical screenwriting tips you can apply to original scripts or adaptations in any genre. ABOUT THE SERIES ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Bridesmaids by Dan Margules Pdf

With a little help from producer Judd Apatow, SNL alum Kristen Wiig and her Groundlings writing partner Annie Mumolo developed their first screenplay into a blockbuster hit that earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay—a rarity for raunchy comedies. The sketch comediennes spent four-and-a-half years shaping the story; making it funny was the easy part. The bodily fluids that flow from the set pieces are merely the icing on a complex structure that masterfully weaves an A story of bridal-party rivalry with a touching B-story romance. Explore the many screenwriting lessons to be learned from this ScripTipps analysis of BRIDESMAIDS. ABOUT THE SERIES: ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps ebook analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. Learn screenwriting by deconstructing the movies you love! It’s fun and, with ScripTipps screenplay study guides, it’s easy! NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow

Author : Angela Jorgensen
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Arrested Development by Angela Jorgensen Pdf

Created by Mitchell Hurwitz for executive producer Ron Howard, the metatextual single-camera Fox sitcom ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT won five Emmys in its first season, including one for its 2003 pilot script. If you're trying your hand at a smart, half-hour original sitcom pilot, this is the perfect show to study first. While introducing the mockumentary style sitcom to American audiences that would later become popular with "The Office," "Modern Family," and "Parks and Recreation," "Arrested Development" followed a traditional sitcom structure of a cold open, two acts, and a tag. Analyzing the debut episode, ScripTipps examines how the series deftly ties together multiple subplots and season-long arcs amidst conflict in perpetually varying but ultimately cyclical permutations that had fans successfully demand the show’s return eight years after it was canceled. ABOUT SCRIPTIPPS ScripTipps helps aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps ebook analyzes one movie (or television episode) and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie (1976) ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow ScripTipps: Star Trek (2009) ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars by Dan Margules Pdf

Based on a young adult novel with a fan base comparable to Beatlemania, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS wildly outperformed its own studio's box office estimates with a $48 million opening weekend, going on to become the highest grossing teen romance outside the TWILIGHT franchise and one of the most profitable movies of 2014. Its success has boosted demand in Hollywood for young adult fare that favors real life issues over vampires and dystopian governments. ScripTipps analyzes the successful tearjerker's screenplay adaptation by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber ((500) DAYS OF SUMMER) scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end. Learn how to approach sensitive subject matter such as cancer and the Holocaust without mawkishness but without offense, balance a plot-driven B story adventure within an internalized, character-driven A story, express theme visually, use multiple styles of voiceover effectively, and a whole lot more by studying this modern day LOVE STORY meets THE WIZARD OF OZ. Discover screenwriting secrets by deconstructing the movies you love. ScripTipps are tools to improve your screenwriting, not rules you must slavishly follow. Each ScripTipps ebook analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in depth to uncover hundreds of useful and practical tips that can be applied to any screenplay, including yours! NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie (1976) ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow ScripTipps: Star Trek (2009) ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: The Hangover by Dan Margules Pdf

ScripTipps are intended to aid aspiring screenwriters in learning the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. THE HANGOVER began as a spec script by established screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and became the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time. ScripTipps examines the techniques and tricks the screenplay used to create a $467-million international hit that launched a franchise and made overnight stars of its relatively unknown cast. This ScripTipps screenplay deconstruction mines THE HANGOVER for invaluable screenwriting tips on the use of in media res, character development, misdirection, conflict, subtext, comic set pieces, humor in exposition, and much, much more. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Superman & Superman 2 ScripTipps: Waitress Coming Soon: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: The Descendants by Dan Margules Pdf

Learn screenwriting by reexamining the movies you love! It’s fun and, with ScripTipps screenplay study guides, it’s easy! Writer/director Alexander Payne (Sideways) and writers Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Way, Way Back) won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2012 for THE DESCENDANTS. ScripTipps examines the choices they made in adapting the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, as well as the universally-applicable screenwriting techniques they used to take their suffering protagonist on an emotional journey of discovery, closure, and healing. ABOUT THE SERIES: ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow

Author : Dan Margules
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Star Trek by Dan Margules Pdf

Glean insightful screenwriting tips from this in-depth analysis of the hit 2009 reboot of STAR TREK. See how screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman sculpted new, mythic origin stories of familiar characters by bringing two diametrically opposed protagonists together to confront a common enemy and save the world. This ebook uncovers their masterful use of screenwriting techniques and tricks that can be applied to any screenplay. ABOUT THE SERIES Everything you need to learn how to write a screenplay is readily available without an expensive film school education. Movies themselves are the best learning tool of all. But watching a movie once is an exercise in entertainment. To absorb screenwriting how-tos, a movie needs to be studied, watched and re-watched, and analyzed in depth. ScripTipps are intended to aid aspiring screenwriters in learning the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow

Author : Angela Jorgensen
Publisher : elfpublished books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow by Angela Jorgensen Pdf

There's never been a more exciting time to write for television. With the feature spec market a thing of the past, more new screenwriters are aiming for the small screen. If you're trying to break into TV writing, you'll need two types of writing samples: A spec episode of an existing series and an original pilot. Whether you're looking for a recent smash hit to spec or trying your hand at an original one-hour, SLEEPY HOLLOW is the perfect show to study. Conceived by Phillip Iscove, a writer with no prior produced credits, the series is a mash-up of two Washington Irving stories: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." What if Ichabod Crane slept for two centuries and woke up in 2013? Further developed by STAR TREK scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the show is a genre hybrid: a heavily serialized fantasy/horror mythology grafted onto a dual-protagonist, case-of-the-week police procedural. ScripTipps deconstructs the pilot episode of this smash hit series, analyzing its structural irregularities, how it introduces its important characters and themes, how it establishes a unique tone for the entire series, and more. ABOUT SCRIPTIPPS: ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps ebook analyzes one movie (or television episode) and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie (1976) ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Star Trek (2009) ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community

Author : Joni B. Cole
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826364845

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Toxic Feedback by Joni B. Cole Pdf

From veteran teacher and acclaimed author Joni B. Cole comes a revised and expanded edition of her popular writing guide Toxic Feedback. Successful writers know that feedback is often the difference between writing and not writing, and between writing and writing well. But feedback mismanaged is more likely to leave the writer confused, intimidated, or even deflated. This book not only detoxifies the feedback process with humor, but it also shows writers and feedback providers how to make the most of this powerful resource at every stage of the writing and publishing process. This new edition includes a second preface, four new chapters, updates throughout the original material, and several additional exercises. Cole also includes new and previous interviews with authors such as Khaled Hosseini, Juan Morales, Grace Paley, Jodi Picoult, and Matthew Salesses. Toxic Feedback remains essential reading for all writers, critique groups, MFA programs, and teachers of writing at every level.

Author : Wendell Wellman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1403387516

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A Writer's Roadmap by Wendell Wellman Pdf

Author : Scott Alexander,Larry Karaszewski
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781101911655

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Big Eyes by Scott Alexander,Larry Karaszewski Pdf

WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH MARGARET KEANE The full screenplay by award-winning Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for acclaimed director Tim Burton's film Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. A rare close-up look into a corner of the 1950s and '60s art world and a perfectly observed account of a dysfunctional marriage, Big Eyes tells the true story of Margaret Keane, an artist who lived and worked in virtual slavery while her husband, Walter, gained fame and fortune passing himself off as the creator of his wife's wildly popular paintings. The story of their toxic relationship would culminate in a Hawaiian courtroom, as Margaret ultimately fights to save her name and reclaim her art, during a heated public court battle. This edition, illustrated with photos throughout, contains the complete screenplay, an afterword by the screenwriters, and an interview with Margaret Keane, the real-life subject of Big Eyes, by Tyler Stallings.