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Screenplay : The foundations of screenwriting /A step by step guide from concept to finished script. Syd Field.
Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2005.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 320 pages. : illustrations. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0385339038
- 9780385339032
- PN1996 .F43 2005
Contents:
Summary: A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field's bestselling books to ignite successful careers in film. Now the celebrated producer/lecturer/teacher has updated his classic guide for a new generation of filmmakers, offering a fresh insider's perspective on the film industry today. From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script, here are easily understood guidelines to help aspiring screenwriters--from novices to practiced writers--hone their craft. Filled with updated material--including all-new anecdotes and insights, guidelines on marketing and collaboration, plus analyses of recent films--Screenplay presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the screenplay that will succeed in Hollywood.--From publisher description.
What is a screenplay? -- The subject -- The creation of character -- Building a character -- Story and character -- Endings and beginnings -- Setting up the story -- Two incidents -- Plot points -- The scene -- The sequence -- Building the story line -- Screenplay form -- Writing the screenplay -- Adaptation -- On collaboration -- After it's written -- A personal note.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN1996 .F43 2005 C1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5101356 |
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| PN 1996 .C366 2011 Moving images : making movies, understanding media / | PN 1996 .E34 2009 Screenwriting / | PN1996 .F43 2005 C1 Screenplay : The foundations of screenwriting /A step by step guide from concept to finished script. | PN1996 .F43 2005 C2 Screenplay : The foundations of screenwriting /A step by step guide from concept to finished script. | PN 1996 .G84 2004 Screenwriting : the sequence approach / | PN 1996 .H26 2005 The screenwriter's sourcebook : a comprehensive marketing guide for screen and television writers / | PN 1996 .H289 2006 Screenwriting for teens : the 100 principles of scriptwriting every budding writer must know / |
Includes index.
What is a screenplay? -- The subject -- The creation of character -- Building a character -- Story and character -- Endings and beginnings -- Setting up the story -- Two incidents -- Plot points -- The scene -- The sequence -- Building the story line -- Screenplay form -- Writing the screenplay -- Adaptation -- On collaboration -- After it's written -- A personal note.
A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field's bestselling books to ignite successful careers in film. Now the celebrated producer/lecturer/teacher has updated his classic guide for a new generation of filmmakers, offering a fresh insider's perspective on the film industry today. From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script, here are easily understood guidelines to help aspiring screenwriters--from novices to practiced writers--hone their craft. Filled with updated material--including all-new anecdotes and insights, guidelines on marketing and collaboration, plus analyses of recent films--Screenplay presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the screenplay that will succeed in Hollywood.--From publisher description.
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