A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Part one: Before you can be a screenwriter -- 1. Can writing be taught? -- 2. A word or two about the writer's life and the industry we love -- 3. Why we don't write -- 4. Why we write -- 5. What a screenplay isn't -- 6. What a screenplay is -- 7. What story isn't -- 8. What story is -- Part two: The big picture: story structure -- 9. Act one -- 10. Acts two and three -- 11. Snowplow, scene cards and scenograms -- Part three: The small picture: scene ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. As the market for documentaries expands, so does the challenge to create me morable, compelling films. Story and structure are the most important (and least expensive) tools available. This guide shows how to make stronger, mo re compelling documentaries through improved storytelling techniques. It of fers a writerly perspective to filmmakers at every stage of production, fro m concept and treatment to shooting and postproduction. It is intended for t... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Depicts the humorous mishaps which follow when young Claudio is duped into believing his fiancee has been unfaithful. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The screenplay of the 1987 movie, as written by Charles Bukowski. About the Author Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poe try and prose and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet . He was born in 1920 in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother, and brought to the United States at the age of two. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for over fifty years. He di... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The leap from concept to final draft is great, and the task is filled with hard work and horrors. It is here that most writers struggle to get the plot right at the expense of the story's real power. The result is a script that is logical in every way, yet unmoving. "Emotional Structure," by Emmy- and Peabody-Award winning producer, writer, and teacher, Peter Dunne, is for these times, when the plot fits nicely into place like pieces in a puzzle, yet ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The complete screenplay of Rob Reiner's enormously funny and moving film, W hen Harry Met Sally--a romantic comedy about the difficult, frustrating, aw ful, funny search for happiness in an American city, where the primary emot ion is unrequited love. "A winner, a lavishly romantic lark, brimming over with style, intelligence and flashing wit." --Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Written by Nora Ephron, author of screenplays for Silkwood and Heartburn (fro... View More...
Published to coincide with the release of the film "Get Shorty", adapted fr om the Elmore Leonard novel and starring John Travolta, this book contains Scott Frank's script. Travolta plays a small-time loan shark who inadverten tly gets involved in the Hollywood film business. View More...
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: From Booklist Published screenplays are usually worth reading only if one has seen the films, and often resemble souvenir brochures more than books. Potter's complement to her latest film is the rare published screenplay that transcends those limitations. Pictures are corralled into a discrete section, there's no press-book boilerplate about actors, and the screenplay per se, trimmed to reflect the completed film, is good reading. It helps immensely that the dialogue consists of rhymed couplets, for the discipline involved helps Potter pack in s... View More...
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: The screenplay of a film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Inspired by true events, it is the story of a Catholic nun, Sister Helen Prejean, who embarks on a dangerous journey with a convicted killer which results in profound changes to both their lives. View More...
"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." Henry Hill grew up in the midst of New York City's criminal underworld, fin ally achieving the coveted status of "wiseguy." But in 1980, he made the de cision to exchange his knowledge for a new identity. GoodFellas, Hill's own account of crude hierarchies, casual murders, and collaboration with the F eds (as a member of the Witness Protection Program) was adapted for the scr een by Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi--and is now seen as a contempor ary classic. The film drew rave reviews everywhere upon its theatrical rele... View More...
This screenplay follows the adventures of Michael Lynch in 1990s Dublin. Ly nch challenges authority at every turn, dreaming up robberies with panache. When he pulls off the ultimate theft from a prestigious art gallery, he ou twits the police, Interpol and the rest of the criminal fraternity. View More...
A highly collectible first edition/printing, tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. The second volume of scripts from the popular TV comedy series "Only Fools and Horses". It features episodes from the sixth and seventh series and includes specially-written original material, such as Who's Who in Peckham, and Del Boy's family album. 13. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Make the Hollywood Formula Work for You As a screenwriter, you have a difficult task even after the script is compl ete: You have to break into Hollywood. Rob Tobin, who has read thousands of screenplays in his job as a script reader and development executive, has d eveloped the formula to get a script from page to production - and he's sha ring it with you! &break;&break;The Screenwriting Formula is not just about how to write a ki ller screenplay - ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Sir Robert Chiltern, a politician on the verge of being appointed to the cabinet, is blackmailed by Mrs. Chevely about secrets from his past. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In today's topsy-turvy world of film production, getting a screenplay sold and produced is no easy task. How to Sell Your Screenplay not only lets you in on the rules, but also lets you in on the secrets of winning the game. Written by two veteran screenwriters, this book is a complete guide to getting your screenplay seen, read, and sold. It begins with an insider's look at how the business works. Later chapters guide you in putting your script into ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Explains the processes of developing, pitching, and submitting stories. The book includes such unique information as a 10-point checklist for a completed script, the eight most common reasons why a script can be rejected, what really happens to a script once it's submitted, how to navigate within the industry, and much more. View More...
