Screenplay : The Foundations of Screenwriting

English

ISBN: 0385339038

EAN: 9780385339032

Category: Performing Arts / Film & Video / Screenwriting

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Release Date: 11/30/2005

Synopsis: From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script.. Here are easily understood guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay. He presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the script that will succeed. -Why are the first ten pages of your script crucially important? - How do you collaborate successfully with someone else? -How do you adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay? -How do you market your script?

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Screenplay : The Foundations of Screenwriting

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.7 inches

Width: 5.16 inches

Length: 8.21 inches

Weight: 8.99 oz

Pages: 336