Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

ISBN-13: 9780385339032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 336 str.

Syd Field

Opis

A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field's bestselling books to ignite successful careers in film. Now the celebrated producer, lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author 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 personal anecdotes and insights, guidelines on marketing and collaboration, plus analyses of recent films, from American Beauty to Lord of the Rings--Screenplay presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the screenplay that will succeed in Hollywood. Discover:

-Why the first ten pages of your script are crucially important
-How to visually "grab" the reader from page one, word one
-Why structure and character are the essential foundation of your screenplay
-How to adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay
-Tips on protecting your work--three legal ways to claim ownership of your screenplay
-The essentials of writing great dialogue, creating character, building a story line, overcoming writer's block, getting an agent, and much more.

With this newly updated edition of his bestselling classic, Syd Field proves yet again why he is revered as the master of the screenplay--and why his celebrated guide has become the industry's gold standard for successful screenwriting.

Recenzje

Screenplay is one of the bibles of the film trade and has launched many a would-be screenwriter on the road to Hollywood. Library Journal

Syd Field is the preeminent analyzer in the study of American screenplays. James L. Brooks, AcademyAward winning writer, director, producer

O autorze

Acclaimed as the guru of all screenwriters (CNN), Syd Field (1935-2013) is still regarded by many Hollywood professionals to be the leading authority in the art and craft of screenwriting. The Hollywood Reporter called him the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world.  Field s internationally acclaimed best-selling books Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, The Screenwriter's Workbook, and The Screenwriter s Problem Solver have established themselves as the bibles of the film industry. Screenplay and The Screenwriter s Workbook are in their fortieth printing and are used in colleges and universities across the country. They have been translated and published in more than twenty-five languages.