This guide for screenwriters and those interested in the screenwriting process has important information on every facet of the screenwriter's trade.
Introductory chapters discuss skills essential for all screenwriters. The second part covers various options available to screenwriters (such as different genres, indie films, adaptation) with important methods for each. Part Three is a collection of revealing interviews by the author with several established and seasoned professionals.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"valuable screenwriting tool...as thorough as it is honest and passionate"-The Review; "as highly entertaining as it is informative"-Republican-American; "offers a refuge for those juggling with originality versus what will sell"-The Hollywood Scriptwriter; "An informative and lively book about the art and craft of screenwriting."-Peter Lefcourt, co-executive producer, Desperate Housewives and author of The Manhattan Beach Project and The Deal; "Aspiring screenwriters will find these interviews a treasure trove, but everyone can appreciate them. If you wonder where film may be heading-especially independent film-then you'll savor the insights in [this] book."-Steve Lawson, executive director of the Williamstown Film Festival and author of the Emmy Award-winning documentary Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theater, and his adaptations of Tennessee Williams' letters (A Distant Country Called Youth and Blanche and Beyond) have been performed across America.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
appendices, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-3426-8 (9780786434268)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Shelly Frome is a professor of dramatic arts emeritus at the University of Connecticut, a former professional actor and a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Notes on Content
PART I-THE ESSENTIALS
1. An Eye for the Camera
2. A Knack for Juggling
3. A Touch of the Actor
4. A Storyteller's Vision
PART II-OPTIONS AND METHODS: RUNNING THE GAMUT
5. Genre as a Niche
6. Alternative Routes and Strategies
7. The Indie Option
8. Intrepid Merchandising
9. The Adaptation Chronicles
10. Taking on the Novel
11. Piecework at the Factory
12. The Screenwriter at Work: Guidelines and Gauges
13. Scripting, Polishing and Other Nuts and Bolts
PART III-INTERVIEWS: THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
The Top Flight Agent
Coverage and the Script Reader
The Hollywood Producer
The Independent Producer
The Film Festival Director
The Actor for All Seasons
The Versatile Writer-Director
The Hollywood Writing Partners
The Emmy-Winning Chronicler
The Master Storyteller
The Screenwriter and the High Road
Afterword
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Conventional Three-Act Format
Appendix C: Hollywood Mythic Formula
Appendix D: Resources
Selected Bibliography
Index
