Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Film - Screenwriting

Creating a memorable female character with huge audience appeal is not just a matter of choosing a heroine over a hero. By creating a heroine, the screenwriter has to consider all kinds of differences, from character development to gender issues in the development process.

Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment.

Blake Synder dissects 50 top Hollywood and Independent films from the past 30 years, using 10 genre categories he coined in previous titles such as 'Monster in the House' and 'Dude with a Problem' to reveal cinema's enduring story formulas.

Jill Nelmes' original study of the role of the screenwriter in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present, draws on screenplays and other material held in the Special Collections of the BFI National Archive, and features case studies of a diverse range of key writers, including Muriel Box, Robert Bolt, Paul Laverty and the 'Carry On' writers.

It's a whole new world for cinematographers, camera assistants, and postproduction artists. New equipment, new methods, and new technologies have to be learned and mastered. New roles such as that of the DIT (Digital Imaging Technician), Digital Loader, and Data Manager are integral to today's motion picture production process. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from esteemed author and filmmaker Blain Brown.

The Filmmaker's Guide to Digital Imaging covers both the theory and the practice, featuring...

Screenwriters often joke that "no one ever paid a dollar at a movie theater to watch a screenplay." Yet the screenplay is where a movie begins, determining whether a production gets the "green light" from its financial backers and wins approval from its audience. This innovative volume gives readers a comprehensive portrait of the art and business of screenwriting, while showing how the role of the screenwriter has evolved over the years.

Reaching back to the early days of Hollywood, when moonlighting novelists, playwrights, and journalists were first hired to write scenarios and...

Based on actual class lectures and assignments, Finish the Script offers an inside look into the screenwriting process as it's author writes a screenplay from scratch along with the reader.

By taking a step-by-step approach to writing, Finish the Script , ditches theory and focuses on the actual process. It's a full college course squeezed into a book, complete with exercises and sample assignments. It shows how messy first drafts can be and how to fix problems and mistakes when doing a rewrite.

Stop worrying about getting the perfect treatment, exact structure, or fitting...

Unraveling a decade of corporate video and interactive media production for some of the world's largest companies, Steve White reveals the sometimes strange, often funny, and always demanding job of corporate screenwriter. VisionFactory: Adventures in Corporate Screenwriting is packed with real-world examples of produced scripts and stories of the talented teams that brought them to the screen. From the client meeting to the final master, this look at "The other Hollywood" is a valuable resource for anyone looking to breaking into corporate production or or expand their screenwriting...

This is a practical study of how classic film genre components can be used in the construction of a screenplay. Based on Jule Selbo's popular course, the guide includes an examination of the historical origins of specific film genres, how and why these genres are received and appreciated by film-going audiences, and how the student and professional screenwriter alike can use the knowledge of film genre components in the ideation and execution of a screenplay.

Film Genre for the Screenwriter is a practical study of how classic film genre components can be used in the construction of a screenplay. Based on Jule Selbo s popular course, this accessible guide includes an examination of the historical origins of specific film genres, how and why these genres are received and appreciated by film-going audiences, and how the student and professional screenwriter alike can use the knowledge of film genre components in the ideation and execution of a screenplay.

Explaining the defining elements, characteristics and tropes of...

The action in "The Magician from Vienna" takes place in Vienna in 1777, as the city is going through similar rumors, anxieties and upheavals as Paris where soon the Revolution will change everything. In the nerve centers of power, one reacts rather skittishly to all scandals and sensations of any kind. The Magic Healer Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer is traveling with his black coach through country and cities, heals people for free, and proclaims the coming of a new universal harmony. Vienna's physicians don't like the sound of such talk and action. They are interested in neutralizing Mesmer and his...

My book includes seven different movie ideas for Hollywood in the form of short stories. My book covers seven different genres ... Comedy, Action, Romance, Adventure, Science Fiction, Crime and Western. If you're someone from Hollywood looking for movie ideas, my book would be the right place to shop. If you're someone interested in short stories, my book would certainly delight you.

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A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed.

For content creators and consumers of all genres, styles, and media this book offers a rich resource, new ideas, and a comprehensive, practical guide to using and understanding the dynamic and dramatic power of all sorts of LOVE. Each chapter includes myths, media examples, symbols, styles, and more. For - Writers, Directors, Actors, Directors of Photography, Production Designers, Composers, and Sound Designers as well as Development Execs, Producers, Publishers, and Marketers. Volume One covers spiritual love, familial love, brotherly love, love of pets, love of learning, love of power and...