Screenwriting
epub, azw3 |eng | 2017-05-14 | Author:Michael Lucker [Lucker, Michael]

* * * Exclamation points can hit diminishing returns, so use those sparingly. Less is more in action films. Don’t get caught up in weaving prosy poetic literature. It doesn’t ...
( Category: Direction & Production October 29,2019 )
epub |eng | 2017-09-14 | Author:Jeffrey Michael Bays [Bays, Jeffrey Michael]

CHAPTER 9 LURE THEM WITH A HITCHCOCKIAN OPENING It must always be remembered that the primary aim of pictures is to provide entertainment. To entertain people, one must first capture ...
( Category: Theater October 29,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-14 | Author:Bays, Jeffrey Michael [Bays, Jeffrey Michael]

CHAPTER 9 LURE THEM WITH A HITCHCOCKIAN OPENING It must always be remembered that the primary aim of pictures is to provide entertainment. To entertain people, one must first capture ...
( Category: Theater October 29,2019 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-14 | Author:Robert Edgar & John Marland & James Richards [Edgar, Robert & Marland, John & Richards, James]

Critiquing and feedback You must cultivate a good critical eye – and ear – in order to spot the basic flaws in a particular script, and assess the general weaknesses ...
( Category: Screenwriting October 8,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-17 | Author:Ernest Lehman [Lehman, Ernest]

II Outside, the late afternoon air was sharp with the tang of approaching winter. I whistled for a cab. But Sammy said, “Let’s walk.” I threw him a glance. “It’s ...
( Category: Short Stories October 8,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-13 | Author:Jeff Kitchen [Kitchen, Jeff]

The Use of the Central Proposition for The Godfather Some additional explanation is required to locate the central conflict in The Godfather, as it is somewhat subterranean. The fight to ...
( Category: Screenwriting October 8,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-12 | Author:Erik Bork [Bork, Erik]

Doctors, Lawyers, and Cops Buyers of TV are always looking for something unique and original, but as in other media, what works best is a fresh twist on a proven ...
( Category: Playwriting September 5,2019 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-28 | Author:Linda Seger [Seger, Linda]

6 CHOOSING THE CHARACTERS It’s difficult to know what characters are necessary to tell your story, whom to include and whom to leave out. Many writers identify with Christy Brown’s ...
( Category: Screenwriting September 5,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:James Scott Bell

7 BRAINSTORMING ENDINGS Don’t skip this section, pantsers! You may be so against planning that your knickers get in a twist (even if you don’t wear knickers), but what I’m ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2004-09-25 | Author:William Indick [Indick, William]

THE SHAPESHIFTER Jung believed that shapeshifters are symbolic of the Self, which is always growing, changing, and developing. In a sense, all principal characters are shapeshifters. Principal characters should develop ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Helen Jacey [Jacey, Helen]

THE RELATING PHASES The Relating phases relate to your heroine’s actions, attitudes, needs, and emotions about her relationships. They show how other people influence her sense of identity and the ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Penny Penniston [Penniston, Penny]

2. Profle reports: In this section, you should write up the conclusions that you have drawn about your character based on your observations. In particular, look for patterns of behavior ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Scott Kirkpatrick [Kirkpatrick, Scott]

Keep Writing Gold-Mine Genre Type Features One real (and consistent) entry point into television writing all stems back to your initial feature-length spec scripts. Those six gold-mine genre types we ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 2,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-09-21 | Author:Nicholas Gibbs

Now rewrite… and rewrite As you go through all these questions, your answers will generate a desire to revise and rewrite. The purpose of the rewrite is to make your ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 2,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2016-07-15 | Author:Greg DePaul

The Conceit Anything the writer presents to the reader to be accepted—and not justified or explained—is a conceit. A screenplay’s primary conceit is usually set forth early in the story. ...
( Category: Screenwriting August 2,2019 )