Screenwriting techniques Books

The Norwich Spectator V1: January To December, 1862 (1863) is a book that compiles the issues of the Norwich Spectator newspaper for the year 1862. It was edited by Cundall Miller and Leavins. The Norwich Spectator was a popular newspaper in the 19th...

The Covenant V1, 1842 is a monthly periodical and the official magazine of the Grand Lodge of the United States I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) written by James L. Ridgely. The book is a collection of articles, essays, and news related to the...

This accessible and informative textbook provides a guide to the craft of screenwriting with an emphasis on diverse perspectives, underrepresented groups, and their screen stories. Readers will learn to master writing a feature-length screenplay in a...

Hotel Rwanda. Philadelphia.  Silkwood. Some of the most important films ever made have tackled real-world social issues, from genocide to homophobia to corporate greed. As storytellers, activist screenwriters recognize that social issues make great...

Dennis Kelly explores Kelly's unusual career path and sheds light on his eclectic approach to the arts, characterised by a refusal to write texts that people can fit within neat categories.

This study provides the first detailed contrast between the experiences of reading a novel and watching a movie. Kroeber shows how fiction evokes morally inflected imagining, and how movies reveal through magnification of human movements and expression...

WINNER in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2021-2022! This is more than a screenwriting book. Author and Screenwriter S.D. Moore developed a simple process to show storytellers how to turn a story into a script. The book uses examples from Moore's...

Scriptwriting - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Write a Screenplay, How to Write Non-Fiction and How to Edit Writing1)HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY:7 Easy Steps to Master Screenwriting, Scriptwriting, Writing a Movie & Television Writing...

Creator of the GoFaSt Model, author Greg Takoudes introduces a comprehensive study of the structural models of screenwriting and provides readers with an adaptive framework for writing successful scripts.With a new approach which reframes discussions and...

1932 verschwindet Arnold plötzlich und erwacht im Jahr 2020. Jane nimmt sich seiner an, doch ihre Versuche, zu helfen, enden im Chaos. Nach absurd-komischen Verfolgungsjagden zieht er bei Konstantin ein, einem Frauenhelden und anarchistischen Künstler...

"What is 'good' dialogue? Ask the question of a writer, reader, movie-goer or television binge-watcher, and you'll get a bunch of different responses. Good dialogue is quotable. Rapid-fire. Character-defining. Or even as one of my friends says: 'Good...

محفوظ النزيل في السجن، خفيف الدم، والمسجون ظلماً في جريمة لم يقترفها، يعيش داخل السجن هانئاً مرتاح البال في سعادة ونعيم لا حدود لهما؛ مستمتعاً بخيرات السجن اللامحدودة، بل والأكثر من ذلك، يغدق على أهله البسطاء من تلك الخيرات التي لا توجد إلا في السجن فقط،...

Dagen Efter Födelsedagen är en film om 15-åriga Felicia och hennes jakt på en sexualdebut. Felicia övertalar sin motvilliga kusin Nathalie att bistå med råd och dåd, men ett sådant företag innebär både svåra frågor och faror.

Award-winning screenwriter and author Roslyn Muir offers clear and simple advice for beginners and experts alike on how to master the popular TV movie genre with a focus on the thriller and rom-com. Writing a TV Movie is an exceptional resource for...

本書是旅美華裔作家廖兆喧創作的「影視文學劇本」，內容分為：第一部：追夢樓蘭；第二部：血濺東海；第三部：小鎮一棵樹。廖兆暄，筆名麓楓、駱駝、孺子牛，祖籍湖南衡陽，先人隨曾國藩打太平天國，落戶金陵。作者隨家人在南京大屠殺之前逃亡出來，少年時代在抗日大後方讀書，目睹了日本侵略軍的暴行、民族的災難。小學三年級穿過美國總統羅斯福贈送給中國大後方的、那時叫做"羅斯福布"的學生裝。八年抗戰勝利，十五歲就在上海《開明少年》雜誌發表文章，隨姐姐到臺灣。命運不佳，又返回大西北讀書，迎來1949年10月，屯墾戍邊到古西域（新疆...

You’ve seen books dedicated to the special effects of Japanese monster movies, but this is perhaps the first tome to take an in-depth look at both the writers and the writing process behind these films. This book charts the wild developmental...

Come Fare Un Film è una guida completa al cinema che adotta un approccio cinefilo "fai da te" alla produzione e alla distribuzione di film indipendenti a basso budget. Il libro è ricco di suggerimenti e trucchi cinematografici, nonché di indicazioni...

The famed director Robert Altman once said, "I don't think screenplay writing is the same aswriting-I mean, I think it's blueprinting." Well, the late filmmaker couldn't be more wrong, and in thesepages you will meet thirteen screenwriters who will...

Following Phantom of the Opera (1943), in the middle of the Silver age of Universal Studio's monster movies, a new sequel to Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman was considered for a Technicolor production: Wolfman vs Dracula! Lon Chaney Jr., who was the...

Can teens be taught to write scripts for the movies?  Absolutely!  This "for teens only" informative theatre text demonstrates how any student can create a salable screenplay idea or script.  After telling the reader how to sell their work...

Do you have lots of movie ideas you want to try out? If you don't know where to start, test out your story ideas here in this companion to Character and Structure: An Unholy Alliance. With the easy to follow script planner, just fill in the blanks to try...

One of the Best Hollywood Directors Nobody KnowsIf you have seen The Towering Inferno, King Kong or The Death on the Nile, you are familiar with the directorial work of John Guillermin. But there are many other thoughtful gems...

The Young Screenwriter's Guide" is an introduction to screenwriting basics, designed to engage and educate young readers. The guide covers important topics such as the three-act structure, script elements, the Hero's Journey, and other key concepts in a...

Reading and Writing a Screenplay takes you on a journey through the many possible ways of writing, reading and imagining fiction and documentary projects for cinema, television and new media. It explores the critical role of a script as a document to be...

In The Screenwriters Taxonomy, award-winning screenwriter and educator Eric R. Williams offers a new collaborative approach for creative storytellers to recognize, discuss and reinvent storytelling paradigms. Williams presents seven different aspects of...

Everyone has a natural “story sense”, honed by the thousands of stories we’re exposed to growing up, from fairy tales, TV shows, movies, novels, comic strips, family anecdotes and playground jokes, to the founding myths of our many...

The Writing Dead features original interviews with the writers of today's most frightening and fascinating shows. They include some of television's biggest names--Carlton Cuse (Lost and Bates Motel), Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Dead Like Me,...

Tailor your screenplay to sell. Find out what Hollywood script readers, producers, and studio executives want in a screenplay (and why) from someone who's been there. Discover what it takes to begin a lasting career as a screenwriter.Peppered with...

Die Buchreihe "DREHBUCH-STUDIUM Das Fachbuch zum Drehbuch" beschreibt an konkreten Beispielen, welche Überlegungen beim Schreiben einer fiktionalen Geschichte angestellt werden müssen, wie man eine Geschichte strukturiert und wie man sie mit Spannung und...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 2, SAE Institute Zürich, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit behandelt die These, wonach die in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz tätigen Filmschauspieler die Einsetzung von Verben...

After a small-town attorney learns her husband's death may be connected to his relationship with a corrupt corporate giant, she and her family take on the company while living under a national spotlight.

Cómo empezar a escribir un libro...¿Algunas vez has tenido una sensación clara de cómo es el libro que quieres escribir, pero te has bloqueado a la hora de empezarlo, o al llegar a la mitad? ¿Tienes imágenes de personajes en la cabeza y diálogos que te...

Are you passionate about filmmaking but feel limited by the constraints of expensive equipment and complex setups? Smart Phone Film Making is here to show you how to transform your smartphone into a powerful, portable film studio. Whether you're an...

Kill the Dog is the first book on screenwriting written by an actual working professional screenwriter. Award-winning screenwriter Paul Guyot exposes the lies other screenwriting books have told, and presents authentic, essential instruction and...

The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development provides the first comprehensive overview of international script development practices. Across 40 unique chapters, readers are guided through the key challenges, roles and cultures of script development, from...

Far more than simply an overview of improv comedy, this book helps actors, writers and comedians learn the basics as taught in all the major comedy schools. First, the do's and don'ts of the Comedy Improv Commandments. The concepts that, when...

This collection of 15 original essays, assembled by renowned Mamet and Pinter scholar Leslie Kane, examines the pervasiveness of crime and criminality in the plays and screenplays of two of the most influential contemporary dramatists. The contributors...

TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era takes a deep dive into writing for today's audiences, against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving TV ecosystem. Amazon, Hulu and Netflix were just the beginning. The proliferation of...

"أجازة تحول" ليس مجرد سيناريو فيلم، بل هو رحلةٌ سينمائيةٌ مُلهمةٌ تَتَكشّفُ من خلالها حكايةُ نجمٍ مُشرقٍ يُقررُ أن يُغادرَ عالمَ الأضواءِ لِيتعرفَ على جذورهِ في ريفِ بلادهِ. تُرافقُكَ الكلماتُ في مشاهدٍ مُفعمةٍ بالحياةِ، تُسلطُ الضوءَ على قِيَمِ...

In Creating the Hero, take your writing to the next level with the ultimate guide to building protagonists who captivate, inspire, and resonate deeply with readers. This book is designed for both screenwriters and novelists who want to master the art of...

This volume explores how to engage audiences both beyond and within the academy more deeply in environmental research through arts-based forms. It builds on a multi-pronged case study of scripts for documentary film, audio-visual and stage formats,...

This book offers a solution to one of film history's major controversies: the long-running dispute over Orson Welles' and Herman J. Mankiewicz's contributions to the Citizen Kane screenplay. It establishes the vital importance of computing and...

THE IDEA is a manual for conquering the most important part of the screenwriting or fiction writing process — the first part. Most writers rush too quickly through choosing a story idea, so they can dive into writing it. And it’s the biggest...

In the context of a systematic overview of the possibilities of applying narratological concepts to a study of TV series, ten case studies are explored in depth, demonstrating how series such as 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twin Peaks, Star Trek,...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 2, Universität Wien (Theater-, Film und Medientheorie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Unzählige Drehbuchratgeber sind zu finden, welche die unterschiedlichsten Vorgaben und...

At last - a tird collection! A couple of dozen short stories, scripts and even poems!

Jerry. George. Elaine. Kramer. We've followed their misadventures for nearly ten years on Thursday nights. Here, finally, are the scripts of the first two seasons that will take you back to the beginning of "Seinfeld." Featuring the first 17 episodes...