The Short Screenplay

Author : Dan Gurskis
Publisher : Course Technology
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1598633384

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The Short Screenplay by Dan Gurskis Pdf

With the growth of film festivals, cable networks, specialty home video, and the Internet, there are more outlets and opportunities for screening short films now than at any time in the last 100 years. But before you can screen your short film, you need to shoot it. And before you can shoot it, you need to write it. The Short Screenplay provides both beginning and experienced screenwriters with all the guidance they need to write compelling, filmable short screenplays. Explore how to develop characters that an audience can identify with. How to create a narrative structure that fits a short time frame but still engages the audience. How to write dialogue thatï's concise and memorable. How to develop story ideas from concept through final draft. All this and much more is covered in a unique conversational style that reads more like a novel than a "how-to" book. The book wraps up with a discussion of the role of the screenplay in the production process and with some helpful (and entertaining) sample scripts. This is the only guide youï'll ever need to make your short film a reality!

Author : Patrick Nash
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781842435199

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Short Films by Patrick Nash Pdf

Every award-winning short film begins life with a clever idea, a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on: Story and structure Ideas generation Plot and pace Screenplay format Dos and don'ts Eliciting emotion Dialogue and subtext Character design Protagonists and antagonists Character motivation and goals Conflict, obstacles and stakes Clichés and Stereotypes Beginnings, middles and ends Hooking the viewer Screenplay competitions Loglines, outlines and synopses Rewriting and length Practicalities and budgets The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews, advice and contributions from their award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writers of writing short screenplays.

Author : Claudia H. Johnson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136051302

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Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect by Claudia H. Johnson Pdf

The only screenwriting book that includes a DVD that contains performances of the short films and screenplays that are featured in the book! The beauty and power of any story lies in its ability to connect to the reader, listener, or observer. Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect is the first screenwriting guide to introduce connection as an essential, although essentially overlooked, aspect of creating stories for the screen and of the screenwriting process itself. Written with clarity and humor, this book teaches the craft of writing short screenplays by guiding the student through carefully focused writing exercises of increasing length and complexity. Eight award-winning student screenplays are included for illustration and inspiration. The text is divided into three parts. Part one focuses on preparing to write by means of exercises designed to help students think more deeply about the screenwriter's purposes; their own unique vision, material and process; and finally about what screenplays are at their simplest and most profound level--a pattern of human change, created from specific moments of change--discoveries and decisions. Part two teaches students how to craft an effective pattern of human change. It guides them through the writing and re-writing of "Five (Not So Easy) Pieces"--five short screenplays of increasing length and complexity--focusing on a specific principle of dramatic technique: The Discovery, The Decision, The Boxing Match, The Improbable Connection, and The Long Short Screenplay. Part Three presents the five screenplays used throughout the book to illustrate the dramatic principles that have been discussed, and includes interviews with the screenwriters, a look at where they are now and what they are doing, and brief discussion of how each film evolved.

Author : Dan Gurskis
Publisher : Nelson Education
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1598637835

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The Short Screenplay by Dan Gurskis Pdf

With the growth of film festivals, cable networks, specialty home video, and the Internet, there are more outlets and opportunities for screening short films now than at any time in the last 100 years. But before you can screen your short film, you need to shoot it. And before you can shoot it, you need to write it. The Short Screenplay provides both beginning and experienced screenwriters with all the guidance they need to write compelling, filmable short screenplays. Explore how to develop characters that an audience can identify with. How to create a narrative structure that fits a short time frame but still engages the audience. How to write dialogue that's concise and memorable. How to develop story ideas from concept through final draft. All this and much more is covered in a unique conversational style that reads more like a novel than a "how-to" book. The book wraps up with a discussion of the role of the screenplay in the production process and with some helpful (and entertaining) sample scripts. This is the only guide you'll ever need to make your short film a reality!

Author : Patricia Cooper,Ken Dancyger
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136048586

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Writing the Short Film by Patricia Cooper,Ken Dancyger Pdf

One of the few screenwriting books on the challenging short-form genre

Author : Linda J. Cowgill
Publisher : Lone Eagle
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781580650632

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Writing Short Films by Linda J. Cowgill Pdf

Writing Short Films is one of the bestselling university text books on writing short film screenplays. This updated and revised edition includes several new chapters.

Author : Peter Markham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000173895

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What’s the Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay by Peter Markham Pdf

A structured perspective on the crucial interface of director and screenplay, this book encompasses twenty-two seminal aspects of the approach to story and script that a director needs to understand before embarking on all other facets of the director’s craft. Drawing on seventeen years of teaching filmmaking at a graduate level and on his prior career as a director and in production at the BBC, Markham shows how the filmmaker can apply rigorous analysis of the elements of dramatic narrative in a screenplay to their creative vision, whether of a short or feature, TV episode or season. Combining examination of such fundamental topics as story, premise, theme, genre, world and setting, tone, structure, and key images with the introduction of less familiar concepts such as cultural, social, and moral canvas, narrative point of view, and the journey of the audience, What’s The Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay applies the insights of each chapter to a case study—the screenplay of the short film Contrapelo, nominated for the Jury Award at Tribeca in 2014. This book is an essential resource for any aspiring director who wants to understand exactly how to approach a screenplay in order to get the very best from it, and an invaluable resource for any filmmaker who wants to understand the important creative interplay between the director and screenplay in bringing a story to life.

Author : Juliet GIGLIO,Keith GIGLIO
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1524930237

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Proof of Concept by Juliet GIGLIO,Keith GIGLIO Pdf

Author : Ric Beairsto
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780557047734

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The Tyranny of Story: Audience Expectations and the Short Screenplay 2nd Edition by Ric Beairsto Pdf

This is the 2nd, expanded edition of the successful 1998 book about the art of storytelling in general, and the craft of short screenplay writing in particular.

Author : Frederick Garnet Beairsto,Beairsto, Ric,Vancouver Film School
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Motion picture authorship
ISBN : 096842130X

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The Tyranny of Story by Frederick Garnet Beairsto,Beairsto, Ric,Vancouver Film School Pdf

Author : William H. Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015019666273

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Writing Short Scripts by William H. Phillips Pdf

Scripts (of less than 30 pages) that result in short films or videos (less than 30 minutes) are the ones that beginning scriptwriters are most likely to write and that are most likely to be produced. Focusing on visualization, dialogue, settings, characters, structure, and themes, Phillips (English, Cal. State U., Stanislaus) provides a guide to the writing of such scripts, from gathering and organizing materials to writing, rewriting, and formatting. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Paul Kooperman
Publisher : Insight Publications
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781921411083

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Writing Short Film Scripts by Paul Kooperman Pdf

Kooperman's "Writing Short Film Scripts" is an invaluable practical resources for teachers and students of media, film studies, screenwriting, drama, and English.

Author : Roberta Marie Munroe
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781401395452

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How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Marie Munroe Pdf

Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about how not to make a short film. From the first draft of your script to casting, production, editing, and distribution, this is your one-stop primer for breaking into the business. Featuring interviews with many of today's most talented writers, producers, and directors, as well as revealing stories (e.g., what to do when the skinhead crack addict next door begins screaming obscenities as soon as you call "action") from the sets of her own short films, Roberta walks you through the minefield of mistakes that an aspiring filmmaker can make--so that you don't have to make them yourself.

Author : Syd Field
Publisher : M J F Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Motion picture authorship
ISBN : 156731239X

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Screenplay by Syd Field Pdf

Providing examples from well-known movies, Field explains the structural and stylistic elements as well as writing techniques basic to the creation of a successful film script.

Author : Robert Altman,Frank Barhydt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032917281

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Short Cuts by Robert Altman,Frank Barhydt Pdf

Published to coincide with the release of Altman's film based on nine interlocking stories by Raymond Carver, this screenplay weaves dramatic themes together without affecting the integrity of the stories. Color portraits of the 22 main characters, including Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, and Jack Lemmon.