Screenplays : How to Write and Sell Them.
Başlık:
Screenplays : How to Write and Sell Them.
Yazar:
Batty, Craig.
ISBN:
9781842436448
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (225 pages)
İçerik:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. THE NATURE OF SCREENWRITING -- Just a working document? -- Layout -- Form -- A film about screenwriting -- 2. FINDING IDEAS -- Sourcing ideas -- What's in an idea? -- Knowing when an idea's ready -- 3. DEVELOPING IDEAS -- Where to start? -- Development documents -- 4. CREATING A WORLD -- Building your world -- Case studies -- 5. SHAPING CHARACTERS -- Inner character -- Backstory -- Outer character -- Protagonism and antagonism -- Cast design -- Minor characters -- 6. DESIGNING A STRUCTURE -- Character journeys -- Three-act structure -- The inciting incident -- Case study -- Tentpoles -- Sequences -- Alternative structures -- 7. WRITING VISUALLY -- Thinking visually -- Visual grammar -- Setting -- Visual objects and motifs -- 8. UNDERSTANDING GENRE -- Who is genre for? -- Genre - or style, or form? -- Writing genre -- 9. WORKING WITH THEME -- Defining theme -- Theme in action -- 10. CONSTRUCTING SCENES -- Finding a scene's purpose -- Driving a scene -- Scenes and story texture -- Writing screen directions -- 11. WRITING DIALOGUE -- Stripping down -- Character voice -- Subtext -- The key phrase -- Key lines -- Voiceover -- 12. SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY -- Pitching documents -- Thinking strategically -- Finding funding -- 13. SELLING YOURSELF AS A SCREENWRITER . -- Career planning -- Promoting yourself as a screenwriter -- 14. SURVIVING AS A SCREENWRITER -- First steps -- Joining forces -- Writers' events -- Conclusion and Resources -- Index of films.
Özet:
An accessible yet comprehensive guide aimed at those with a keen interest in writing feature film screenplaysUsing case studies, creative exercises, and interviews from the industry, this book will guide readers through the necessary stages of writing a screenplay, from finding and developing ideas to creating and executing characters to shaping structure and constructing scenes. It will also consider how a screenplay might be sold, or used to raise interest in the writer, looking at areas such as finding and working with an agent, networking, using competitions, and raising private production funds. The book's approach is both creative and reflective, giving readers the opportunity to learn a wealth of creative skills alongside skills that will encourage them to think about themselves as writers and the work that they are developing. As such, the book will empower readers in their own creative processes and allow them to successfully tell the stories they want to tell. Rich with analyses from classic and contemporary films; littered with practical models, paradigms, and creative tasks; and enhanced by the views of key industry figures; the book is a must for any aspiring feature film screenwriter.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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