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Film Scriptwriting, 2nd Edition

Author Joye R Swain , Dwight V Swain
Release Date: 1988/08/01
ISBN: 9781136056857
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Book Description

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

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface to the Second Edition
  6. Foreword
  7. Chapter 1: Film and You
  8. PART ONE: THE FACT FILM
    1. Chapter 2: The Proposal Outline
    2. Chapter 3: The Film Treatment
    3. Chapter 4: The Sequence Outline
    4. Chapter 5: The Shooting Script
    5. Chapter 6: Writing Narration
  9. PART TWO: THE FEATURE FILM
    1. Chapter 7: The Film Story
    2. Chapter 8: The Film Character
    3. Chapter 9: The Story Treatment
    4. Chapter 10: The Art of Confrontation
    5. Chapter 11: The Step Outline
    6. Chapter 12: Dialogue Devices
    7. Chapter 13: The Master Scene Script
  10. PART THREE: TRICKS OF THE TRADE
    1. Chapter 14: Adaptation and Its Problems
    2. Chapter 15: Surviving Story Conferences
    3. Chapter 16: The Scriptwriter as Businessperson
    4. Chapter 17: What You Should Know About …
    5. Chapter 18: Lessons from the Pros
    6. Chapter 19: The Other Side
    7. Chapter 20: You and Film
  11. Appendix A: The Storyboard
  12. Appendix B: Judging Screen Time
  13. Appendix C: For Further Reading
  14. Appendix D: Terms You’ll Use
  15. Appendix E: Writers’ Guild of America
  16. Appendix F: Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
  17. Index
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