ABSTRACT
This second edition of the widely acclaimed Film Scriptwriting is a truly practical manual for the working writer. It provides all the clear, step-by-step guidance you need to script both fact and feature film and video - from getting and developing ideas to the writing of master scene or shooting script.
Featured in this new edition are annotated excerpts from some of today's most successful films, selected to point up principles and techniques discussed. Interviews with working film specialists reveal the things professional directors, producers, story editor, and analysts look for in appraising the scripts that come across their desks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Film and You
part |68 pages
The Fact Film
chapter |16 pages
The Proposal Outline
chapter |17 pages
The Film Treatment
chapter |9 pages
The Sequence Outline
chapter |15 pages
The Shooting Script
chapter |9 pages
Writing Narration
part |117 pages
The Feature Film
chapter |17 pages
The Film Story
chapter |23 pages
The Film Character
chapter |19 pages
The Story Treatment
chapter |13 pages
The Art of Confrontation
chapter |12 pages
The Step Outline
chapter |14 pages
Dialogue Devices
chapter |17 pages
The Master Scene Script
part |184 pages
Tricks of the Trade