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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Swain, Dwight V.
Film scriptwriting: a practical manual, 2nd ed.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Motion picture authorship. I. Swain, Joye R. II. Title.
PN1996.S9 1988 808.2’3 88-7005
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51190-0
ISBN-10: 0-240-51190-5
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Swain, Dwight, V.
Film scriptwriting: a practical manual, 2nd ed.
1. Cinema films. Scripts. Composition—Manuals
I. Title II. Swain, Joye R.
808.2’3
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51190-0
ISBN-10: 0-240-51190-5
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