The Hollywood Standard
The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 4. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-61593-322-8 (ISBN)
Description
Intended to be kept at a screenwriter's fingertips, The Hollywood Standard provides what even the best script software can't: clear, concise instructions and hundreds of examples to take the guesswork out of a multitude of formatting questions that perplex even seasoned screenwriters.
Contents include:
. When a new scene heading is appropriate and when it isn't
. How to format shot headings, dialogue, direction and transitions
. How to control pace with formatting
. How to make a script page visually inviting to the reader
. What to capitalize and why
. How to get into and out of a POV shot
. How to handle text messages and Zoom meetings
. How Hollywood's most innovative screenwriters are pushing the boundaries of format
. How format for animation differs from live action formats
Simply put, Riley knows more about script format than anyone in Hollywood and shares it all in this indispensable guide.
Contents include:
. When a new scene heading is appropriate and when it isn't
. How to format shot headings, dialogue, direction and transitions
. How to control pace with formatting
. How to make a script page visually inviting to the reader
. What to capitalize and why
. How to get into and out of a POV shot
. How to handle text messages and Zoom meetings
. How Hollywood's most innovative screenwriters are pushing the boundaries of format
. How format for animation differs from live action formats
Simply put, Riley knows more about script format than anyone in Hollywood and shares it all in this indispensable guide.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61593-322-8 (9781615933228)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Christopher Riley is an American screenwriter whose first film, After The Truth, a multiple-award-winning courtroom thriller, sparked international controversy when it was released in Germany in 1999. Other credits include 25 To Life, written for Touchstone Pictures, The Other White House, written for Sean Connery's Fountainbridge Films, Aces, written for Paramount Pictures and Emmy-winning producer Robert Cort, and an adaptation of the book Actual Innocence, for Mandalay Television Pictures and the Fox television network. He is a 14-year veteran of the Warner Bros. script department, and from 2005 through 2008, he served as director of the acclaimed Act One Writing Program in Hollywood. He executive produced the groundbreaking 2010 web series Bump+ and produced the 2013 feature film, Red Line. He teaches screenwriting at John Paul the Great Catholic University and serves on the Pediatric Central Institutional Review
Content
Foreword by Antwone Fisher
Introduction
Chapter 1: Quick Start Guide
Chapter 2: Avoiding a Dozen Deadly Formatting Mistakes
Chapter 3: Spec Scripts vs. Production Drafts
Chapter 4: Single-Camera Film Format
Chapter 5: Improvisations by the Masters
Chapter 6: Shot Headings
Chapter 7: Direction
Chapter 8: Dialogue
Chapter 9: Transitions
Chapter 10: Punctuation
Chapter 11: The Evolution of a Script from First Draft to Production Draft
Chapter 12: Special Pages
Chapter 13: Animation Formats
Chapter 14: Multi-Camera Film Format
Chapter 15: Unleashing the Power of Final Draft
Chapter 16: Search and Destroy: The Power of Proofreading
Appendices A, B and C
Index
Introduction
Chapter 1: Quick Start Guide
Chapter 2: Avoiding a Dozen Deadly Formatting Mistakes
Chapter 3: Spec Scripts vs. Production Drafts
Chapter 4: Single-Camera Film Format
Chapter 5: Improvisations by the Masters
Chapter 6: Shot Headings
Chapter 7: Direction
Chapter 8: Dialogue
Chapter 9: Transitions
Chapter 10: Punctuation
Chapter 11: The Evolution of a Script from First Draft to Production Draft
Chapter 12: Special Pages
Chapter 13: Animation Formats
Chapter 14: Multi-Camera Film Format
Chapter 15: Unleashing the Power of Final Draft
Chapter 16: Search and Destroy: The Power of Proofreading
Appendices A, B and C
Index