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Author: Linda J. Cowgill
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Published: 2005-09-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1580650635
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Writing Short Films is one of the bestselling university text books on writing short film screenplays. This updated and revised edition includes several new chapters.
Author: Linda J. Cowgill
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Published: 2010-10-20
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0307875148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays.
Author: Patricia Cooper
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012-09-10
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1136048588
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the few screenwriting books on the challenging short-form genre
Author: Max Thurlow
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-07-18
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 0857853872
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fully revised and updated practical and inspirational guide for students and independent film-makers, describing and explaining the whole process - from creating an original or adapted script, through producing, directing and editing, to finance and distribution.
Author: Roberta Marie Munroe
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2009-01-20
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1401395457
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about how not to make a short film. From the first draft of your script to casting, production, editing, and distribution, this is your one-stop primer for breaking into the business. Featuring interviews with many of today's most talented writers, producers, and directors, as well as revealing stories (e.g., what to do when the skinhead crack addict next door begins screaming obscenities as soon as you call "action") from the sets of her own short films, Roberta walks you through the minefield of mistakes that an aspiring filmmaker can make--so that you don't have to make them yourself.
Author: Patrick Nash
Publisher: Pocket Essentials
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781842435182
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every award-winning short film begins life with a clever idea, a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on: Story and structure Ideas generation Plot and pace Screenplay format Dos and don'ts Eliciting emotion Dialogue and subtext Character design Protagonists and antagonists Character motivation and goals Conflict, obstacles and stakes Cliches and Stereotypes Beginnings, middles and ends Hooking the viewer Screenplay competitions Loglines, outlines and synopses Rewriting and length Practicalities and budgets The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews, advice and contributions from their award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writers of writing short screenplays.
Author: William H. Phillips
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scripts (of less than 30 pages) that result in short films or videos (less than 30 minutes) are the ones that beginning scriptwriters are most likely to write and that are most likely to be produced. Focusing on visualization, dialogue, settings, characters, structure, and themes, Phillips (English, Cal. State U., Stanislaus) provides a guide to the writing of such scripts, from gathering and organizing materials to writing, rewriting, and formatting. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Linda J. Cowgill
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On successful screenplays
Author: Clifford Thurlow
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-05-25
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 0857854321
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Making movies is the most exciting way to earn a living and it is not surprising that media and film studies remain the most popular courses at colleges across the western world. A short film provides an opportunity for elliptical, poetic, condensed story telling. Shorts can take risks rarely seen in features. It is the arena where a strong voice or individual vision is possible; an invitation for experimentation and originality. Making Short Films, 3rd edition is entirely revised and restructured, providing a much more complete and detailed guide to filmmaking, with more information on new technology, illustrations and ideas for best practice.
Author: Claudia H. Johnson
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012-09-10
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1136051309
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The only screenwriting book that includes a DVD that contains performances of the short films and screenplays that are featured in the book! The beauty and power of any story lies in its ability to connect to the reader, listener, or observer. Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect is the first screenwriting guide to introduce connection as an essential, although essentially overlooked, aspect of creating stories for the screen and of the screenwriting process itself. Written with clarity and humor, this book teaches the craft of writing short screenplays by guiding the student through carefully focused writing exercises of increasing length and complexity. Eight award-winning student screenplays are included for illustration and inspiration. The text is divided into three parts. Part one focuses on preparing to write by means of exercises designed to help students think more deeply about the screenwriter's purposes; their own unique vision, material and process; and finally about what screenplays are at their simplest and most profound level--a pattern of human change, created from specific moments of change--discoveries and decisions. Part two teaches students how to craft an effective pattern of human change. It guides them through the writing and re-writing of "Five (Not So Easy) Pieces"--five short screenplays of increasing length and complexity--focusing on a specific principle of dramatic technique: The Discovery, The Decision, The Boxing Match, The Improbable Connection, and The Long Short Screenplay. Part Three presents the five screenplays used throughout the book to illustrate the dramatic principles that have been discussed, and includes interviews with the screenwriters, a look at where they are now and what they are doing, and brief discussion of how each film evolved.
