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This second edition of the widely acclaimed Film Scriptwriting is a
truly practical manual for the working writer. It provides all the
clear, step-by-step guidance you need to script both fact and
feature film and video - from getting and developing ideas to the
writing of master scene or shooting script. Featured in this new
edition are annotated excerpts from some of today's most successful
films, selected to point up principles and techniques discussed.
Interviews with working film specialists reveal the things
professional directors, producers, story editor, and analysts look
for in appraising the scripts that come across their desks.
"Techniques of the Selling Writer" provides solid instruction
for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and
study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific
procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how
to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and
scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and
polish, and finally, how to sell the product.
No one can teach talent, but the practical skills of the
professional writer's craft can certainly be taught. The correct
and imaginative use of these kills can shorten any beginner's
apprenticeship by years.
This is the book for writers who want to turn rejection slips
into cashable checks.
All writers need to know how to adapt to new technology and thrive
in the new opportunities that it provides. This book provides
readers with the nuts-and-bolts of scripting for an array of
audio-visual (AV) projects, whether it be a simple slide show,a
multi-image presentation, a computer-based interactive program, or
a major multi-area extravaganza. The book is very readable and
would be extremely good for reference. Valerie Bragg, Principa, The
City Technology College, Kinghurst, British Journalof Educational
Technology, Sept. 1992. - British Journal of Education Technology,
September 1992
All writers need to know how to adapt to new technology and thrive
in the new opportunities that it provides. This book provides
readers with the nuts-and-bolts of scripting for an array of
audio-visual (AV) projects, whether it be a simple slide show,
a multi-image presentation, a computer-based interactive program,
or a major multi-area extravaganza. The book is very readable and
would be extremely good for reference. Valerie Bragg, Principa, The
City Technology College, Kinghurst, British Journal
of Educational Technology, Sept. 1992. - British Journal of
Education Technology, September 1992
This second edition of the widely acclaimed Film Scriptwriting is a
truly practical manual for the working writer. It provides all the
clear, step-by-step guidance you need to script both fact and
feature film and video - from getting and developing ideas to the
writing of master scene or shooting script.
Featured in this new edition are annotated excerpts from some of
today's most successful films, selected to point up principles and
techniques discussed. Interviews with working film specialists
reveal the things professional directors, producers, story editor,
and analysts look for in appraising the scripts that come across
their desks.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the
classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer
them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so
that everyone can enjoy them.
The Society of Mechanists considered themselves the inevitable
rulers of the universe. But though Operator Forty-four had given up
his body and his name to serve the Mek cause, within him existed
the seed of memory.
"A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting
fictional characters"
Vibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story.
Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to
continue reading a novel or finish watching a movie. In "Creating
Characters," Dwight V. Swain shows how writers can invent
interesting characters and improve them so that they move a story
along.
"The core of character," he says in chapter 1, "lies in each
individual story person's ability to care about something; to feel
implicitly or explicitly, that something is important." Building on
that foundation--the capacity to care--Swain takes the would-be
writer step-by-step through the fundamentals of finding and
developing "characters who turn you on." This basic but
thought-provoking how-to is a valuable tool for both the novice and
the seasoned writer.
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