The Screenplay Business : Managing Creativity and Script Development in the Film Industry

ISBN-13: 9780415613330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 368 str.

Peter Bloore

Opis

The development of a film script is a long and complex process, initially creatively driven by the writer, but managed by a producer or development executive. This text examines the process and considers how to create the best processes and environments for developing stories and concepts for film.

Recenzje

'The Screenplay Business book is long overdue and of excellent relevance and value to both practitioners and academics working in the creative industries. Bloore successfully blends rigorous research with a sensitive analysis of the more vulnerable aspects of the creative process.' - Angus Finney, film business consultant and author of The International Film Business (2010)

'a great synthesis of ideas about development and a very useful contribution to all of us working in the field.' - Julian Friedmann, Film, TV and Literary Agent

'The market is saturated with books on the craft of screenwriting, but few look at the mechanics of development. The Screenplay Business fills the gap with fresh insights underpinned by the latest research findings from psychology, social science and business management. I'm certain that many existing writers, producers and development executives will benefit from the author's synthesis of these diverse bodies of research... An engaging, valuable and timely contribution to our understanding of feature film development.' - Jim Barratt, Film Business Consultant

Spis treści

Introduction: A World of Stories and Money  Part 1: The Complex World of Film Development  Chapter 1. The Bigger Picture (How Films are Developed)  Chapter 2. Show Me the Money: the Business of Film and the Value Chain  Chapter 3. A New Analysis of Types of Film and Film Development Funding  Chapter 4. The Creative Triangle: Building Development Relationships  Chapter 5. The Reality of Development: Power and Influence in a Dynamic System  Chapter 6. The Development Executive and the Script Editor  Part 2: Managing Creative People in Film Development: Control Versus Freedom  Chapter 7. Defining Creativity in the Movie Business  Chapter 8. Who are Creative People and how to Motivate them: Psychology and Insight  Chapter 9. Managing Creative People and Film Development  Chapter 10. The Script Meeting: Listening and Feeding Back  Chapter 11. Strengthening the Development Team Culture and Building a Sustainable Creative Company  Chapter 12. Working with the Hollywood Studio System: Being Independent in a World of Prefabricated Daydreams  Chapter 13. The Writer: Surviving Development and Negotiating Success  Chapter 14. Into the Future: A Creative Way to Develop Better Films

O autorze

Peter Bloore is a produced film screenwriter; a media business consultant specializing in business strategy, creativity and drama development; and Senior Lecturer in Creativity at the University of East Anglia. He is co-writing a new screenplay and working on a novel.