Writing in Pictures

Author: Joseph McBride
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030774292X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Writing in Pictures is a refreshingly practical and entertaining guide to screenwriting that provides what is lacking in most such books: a clear, step-by-step demonstration of how to write a screenplay. Seasoned screenwriter and writing teacher Joseph McBride breaks down the process into a series of easy, approachable tasks, focusing on literary adaptation as the best way to learn the basics and avoiding the usual formulaic approach. With its wealth of useful tips, along with colorful insights from master screenwriters past and present, this book is invaluable for anyone who wants to learn the craft of screen storytelling. CONTENTS Introduction: Who Needs Another Book on Screenwriting? Part I: Storytelling 1: So Why Write Screenplays? 2: What Is Screenwriting? 3: Stories: What They Are and How to Find Them 4: Ten Tips for the Road Ahead Part II: Adaptation 5: Breaking the Back of the Book: or, The Art of Adaptation STEP 1: THE STORY OUTLINE 6: Research and Development STEP 2: THE ADAPTATION OUTLINE 7: The Elements of Screenwriting STEP 3: THE CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY 8: Exploring Your Story and How to Tell It STEP 4: THE TREATMENT Part III: Production 9: Who Needs Formatting? 10: Actors Are Your Medium 11: Dialogue as Action STEP 5: THE STEP OUTLINE 12: The Final Script 13: Epilogue: Breaking into Professional Filmmaking Appendix A: The Basic Steps in the Screenwriting Process Appendix B: “To Build A Fire” by Jack London Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

Turn & Burn

Author: Cj Walley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910515860
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The Turn & Burn methodology offers practical, real-world advice for quickly turning stories - within any genre - into engaging and authentic movie scripts.

Screenplay Format Made (Stupidly) Easy

Author: Michael Rogan
Publisher: ScriptBully
ISBN: 9781970119039
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Discover How to Master Screenplay Format!Want to learn screenplay format? (Without spending years reading horrible zombie scripts?)Want to ensure your screenplays don't look amateurish and terribly out-of-date?Do phone calls, montages and flashbacks leave you pulling your hair out? Fear not, screenwriter! Because in "Screenplay Format Made Stupidly Easy," former screenplay reader and optioned screenwriter, Michael Rogan, shows you: ¿How to Master Location Headings (Like a Pro)¿How to Never Screw Up Secondary Shot Headings (Ever Again!)¿Dialogue Formatting Tricks Nobody Wants You to Know About¿The Ins and Outs of Screenplay Transitions¿The Secrets to Phone Calls, Montages and Flashbacks!¿and so much more!And each chapter includes easy-to-follow action steps to help you boost your screenwriting IQ - without taking a single $2,000 seminar. You CAN master screenplay format! (Even if you know nothing about screenplay format!)So, why not begin your quest to world-class screenwriting awesomeness...today!

Save the Cat!

Author: Blake Snyder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781615931712
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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!

The Complete Book of Scriptwriting

Author: J. Michael Straczynski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
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.

Crafty Screenwriting

Author: Alex Epstein
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1466824727
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
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.

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

Author: Thomas Lennon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439186766
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
"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).

Your Screenplay Sucks!

Author: William M. Akers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781615932054
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed.

Screenplay

Author: Syd Field
Publisher: M J F Books
ISBN: 9781567312393
Category : Motion picture authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Everything Screenwriting

Author: Robert Pollock
Publisher: Everything
ISBN: 9781580629553
Category : Motion picture authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Filled with practical advice, this is the one book that can turn a dreamer with a pen into a successful screenwriter. Two-color throughout.