500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend
ISBN: 9780684856407 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If Your Screenplay Can't Get Past the Hollywood Reader, It Can't Get to Hollywood
This ultimate insider's guide to screenwriting is designed to get you past the fiercest gatekeepers in Hollywood: the Hollywood script readers. This small army of freelancers will be among the first to read and evaluate your script and then to recommend it -- or not -- to the studios, directors, and stars. Designed for quick and easy access, these 500 points are a step-by-step recipe. They cannot guarantee success, but failure to follow them can almost certainly guarantee failure. Tips include:... If Your Screenplay Can't Get Past the Hollywood Reader, It Can't Get to Hollywood
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9TimeZones.Com: An eMail Screenplay Collaboration Between Hungary and L.A. (includes first draft script The Fall In Budapest)
ISBN: 9780738806136 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,70 zł |
Story and Character: Interviews with British Screenwriters
ISBN: 9780747561897 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes conversations with the writers of, among other films, Restoration; Billy Elliot; Bridget Jones' Diary; Welcome to Sarajevo; Captain Corelli's Mandolin; and, The Full Monty. This series of interviews with the unsung heroes of contemporary British cinema provides a behind-the-scenes look at the movie business.
Includes conversations with the writers of, among other films, Restoration; Billy Elliot; Bridget Jones' Diary; Welcome to Sarajevo; Captain Corelli's...
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Einstein: A Biographical Drama
ISBN: 9780759625709 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore the fascinating world of Einstein in this intriguing 1994 drama. Written in movie script format, Einstein reveals the life and science of this charming and curious genius scene by scene and moment by moment.
Explore the fascinating world of Einstein in this intriguing 1994 drama. Written in movie script format, Einstein reveals the life and science of this...
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Either Everything Was Wrong from the Git Go or Right From the Start
ISBN: 9780759650190 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Literature Into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches
ISBN: 9780786425976 / Angielski / Miękka / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in one sentence: "The movie wasn't as good as the book." This volume undertakes to show the reader that not only is this evaluation not always true but sometimes it is intrinsically unfair. Movies based on literary works, while often billed as adaptations, are more correctly termed translations. A director and his actors translate the story from the written page into a visual presentation. Depending on the form of the original text and the chosen method of translation, certain inherent difficulties and pitfalls are associated...
For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in one sentence: "The movie wasn't as good as the book." This volume undertakes to sho...
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Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
ISBN: 9780786887408 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An insightful how-to guide for writing screenplays that uses Aristotle's great work as a guide.
Long considered the bible for storytellers, Aristotle's Poetics is a fixture of college courses on everything from fiction writing to dramatic theory. Now Michael Tierno shows how this great work can be an invaluable resource to screenwriters or anyone interested in studying plot structure. In carefully organized chapters, Tierno breaks down the fundamentals of screenwriting, highlighting particular aspects of Aristotle's work. Then, using examples from some of the... An insightful how-to guide for writing screenplays that uses Aristotle's great work as a guide.
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House of Games
ISBN: 9780802130280 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Playwright David Mamet's brilliant debut as a film director, House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls prey to an elaborate and ingenious con game by one of her patients, who entraps her--with her own subconscious connivance--in a series of criminal escapades. It is a breathless roller-coaster ride of a movie that keeps springing one bizarre surprise after another, sustaining suspense with dazzling audacity. The unsuspecting audience is lured into a psychological and moral thicket of troubling implications, which bear the unmistakable imprint of... Playwright David Mamet's brilliant debut as a film director, House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls p... |
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Au Revoir Les Enfants
ISBN: 9780802131140 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides the screenplay of Louis Malle's film about the friendship between a young Catholic boy and his Jewish friend, who is sent off to the Nazi death camps.
Provides the screenplay of Louis Malle's film about the friendship between a young Catholic boy and his Jewish friend, who is sent off to the Nazi dea...
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Chinatown and the Last Detail: Two Screenplays
ISBN: 9780802134011 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the scripts for two films from the 1970s, one the story of a private detective in Los Angeles, and the other dealing with two Navy Shore Patrols escorting a prisoner.
Presents the scripts for two films from the 1970s, one the story of a private detective in Los Angeles, and the other dealing with two Navy Shore Patr...
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Natural Born Killers: The Original Screenplay
ISBN: 9780802134486 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This original screenplay offers fans and film buffs the opportunity to compare Tarantino's original vision with Oliver Stone's version of the story of Mickey and Mallory, outlaw lovers on the run.
This original screenplay offers fans and film buffs the opportunity to compare Tarantino's original vision with Oliver Stone's version of the story of...
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Thelma and Louise/Something to Talk about: Screenplays
ISBN: 9780802134622 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Thelma & Louise opened in 1991, it was greeted with acclaim and controversy, quickly earning first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri a reputation as one of the only writers of real movie roles for women. She lived up to expectations with Something to Talk About, which won praise for its originality and authenticity. Published here in one volume, these two screenplays gives us an oppurtunity to savor the work of a groundbreaking author.
When Thelma & Louise opened in 1991, it was greeted with acclaim and controversy, quickly earning first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri a reputation a...
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Stealing Beauty
ISBN: 9780802134929 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the death of her mother, nineteen-year-old Lucy Harmon is sent by her father to Italy to stay with old family friends and to have her portrait done. She is eager to renew her acquaintance with Niccolo Donati, the handsome young boy from a neighboring family with whom she shared her first kiss on a visit four years earlier, and anxious to solve a riddle left in her mother's diary--the answer to which may change Lucy's life forever.
Following the death of her mother, nineteen-year-old Lucy Harmon is sent by her father to Italy to stay with old family friends and to have her portra...
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The Proust Screenplay: a la Recherche Du Temps Perdu
ISBN: 9780802136466 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1970s Harold Pinter joined forces with director Joseph Losey and Proust scholar Barbara Bray to develop a screenplay of Proust's masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past. Pinter took more than a year to conceive and write the screenplay and called the experience the best working year of my life. Although never produced, Harold Pinter's The Proust Screenplay is considered one of the greatest adaptations for the cinema ever written.With fidelity to Proust's text, the screenplay is an extraordinary re-creation by one of the leading playwrights of our time. It is, in its way, a unique...
In the early 1970s Harold Pinter joined forces with director Joseph Losey and Proust scholar Barbara Bray to develop a screenplay of Proust's masterpi...
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Dogma
ISBN: 9780802136794 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A pair of angels are determined to unmake existence at any cost, but are faced with a great challenge from the most unexpected person.
A pair of angels are determined to unmake existence at any cost, but are faced with a great challenge from the most unexpected person.
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Reservoir Dogs: The Screenplay
ISBN: 9780802136855 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of a heist gone wrong, Reservoir Dogs weaves a taut and menacing path laced with bursts of absurd and unexpected humor. Tarantino won accolades around the world and earned a devoted following with his directorial debut.
The story of a heist gone wrong, Reservoir Dogs weaves a taut and menacing path laced with bursts of absurd and unexpected humor. Tarantino won accola...
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The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction Into Film
ISBN: 9780805016260 / Angielski / Inna / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adaptations have long been a mainstay of Hollywood and the television networks. Indeed, most Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning films have been adaptations of novels, plays, or true-life stories. Linda Seger, author of two acclaimed books on scriptwriting, now offers a comprehensive handbook for screenwriters, producers, and directors who want to successfully transform fictional or factual material into film. Seger tells how to analyze source material to understand why some of it resists adaptation. She then gives practical methods for translating story, characters, themes, and style... Adaptations have long been a mainstay of Hollywood and the television networks. Indeed, most Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning films have been ... |
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Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made
ISBN: 9780805069921 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most innovative and creative screenwriting book yet, from an author who knows first-hand what it takes to get a movie made. Based on an award-winning website hailed as "smart enough for professional screenwriters and accessible enough for aspiring screenwriters," Crafty Screenwriting is the first book not only to offer a successful screenwriter's tricks of the trade, but to explain what development executives really mean when they complain that the "dialogue is flat," or "the hero isn't likeable." Fresh, provocative, and funny, Alex Epstein diagnoses problem that... The most innovative and creative screenwriting book yet, from an author who knows first-hand what it takes to get a movie made. Based ... |
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Writing for Film: The Basics of Screenwriting
ISBN: 9780805842586 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this introduction to screenwriting, author Darsie Bowden provides sage, real-world advice and instruction on the process of writing film screenplays. This text will help budding screenwriters to structure their dramas, refine their characterizations, and craft their language, while also introducing them to the appropriate screenplay formats. It covers the complexities of writing for the screen and points out the contradictions to expect if readers pursue this work as a career. In addition to covering the elements of the dramatic film screenplay, Bowden discusses writing for such...
In this introduction to screenwriting, author Darsie Bowden provides sage, real-world advice and instruction on the process of writing film screenplay...
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228,18 zł |
Blueprint for Screenwriting : A Complete Writer's Guide to Story Structure and Character Development
ISBN: 9780805849226 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blueprint for Screenwriting demystifies the writing process by developing a blueprint for writers to follow for each new screenplay - from original concept to completed script. Author Rachel Ballon explores the writing craft and emphasizes creativity in the writing process. She addresses such complex issues as overcoming writer's block and facing hurdles in making a living as a writer, offering a practical tool for any writer.
Blueprint for Screenwriting demystifies the writing process by developing a blueprint for writers to follow for each new screenplay - from original co...
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700,25 zł |