Screenwriting category: 401 books
Dulce amor (Fixed Layout)
La fotonovela
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 1, 2013
El libro reproduce, en formato de fotonovela, la historia completa de la
telenovela que fue éxito televisivo.
La telenovela Dulce Amor fue un éxito televisivo atípico que se
convirtió en el programa más visto de una franja horaria ajena al
género, las once y media de la noche. Con el...
Crafty TV Writing
Thinking Inside the Box
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
A professional TV writer's real-world guide to getting paid to write great television
"No need for me to ever write a book on TV writing. Alex Epstein has covered it all . . . along with a few things I wouldn't have thought of. Save yourself five years of rookie mistakes. Crafty TV Writing...
by Pamela Jaye Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Show Me the Love! offers content creators of all genres, styles, and media a rich resource, new ideas, and a comprehensive, practical guide to using the dynamic and dramatic power of love in all their stories.
Understanding the deeper drives that affect how we act, react, and understand will...
Shoot Me
Independent Filmmaking from Creative Concept to Rousing Release
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
When the script says "shoot me" and Hollywood says no, your only alternative is to raise the money and do it yourself. Here's how screenwriters Roy Frumkes and Rocco Simonelli used digital video to do just that. Witty, original, and ruthlessly on the mark, this unvarnished look at independent film-making...
Successful Scriptwriting
How to write and pitch winning scripts for movies, sitcoms, soaps, serials and variety shows
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
SUCCESSFUL SCRIPTWRITING
Let's start with "The End." The credits roll - we see "Screenplay by …" and there's your name. The show's a hit! It's Emmy/Oscar night, and you're seated up front. The nominations are revealed; your name is called. Your acceptance speech is memorable,...
by Amnon Buchbinder
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
A story is a living thing. And you don't work on a living thing, you work with it. This is the way of the screenwriter, and it is something that writer and director Amnon Buchbinder believes all masterful screenwriters understand intuitively: learning how to work with story through a painstaking process...
by Jennie Jarvis
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Many writers believe once they have their basic plot points in place, their stories are destined to succeed. But many narratives fall flat between those plot points and lose their audience before the big finish. Engaging the audience and moving the story forward in every scene is the responsibility...
by J.K. Rowling
Language: German
Release Date: January 14, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: January 14, 2017
Der Magizoologe Newt Scamander will in New York nur einen kurzen Zwischenstopp einlegen. Doch als sein magischer Koffer verloren geht und ein Teil seiner phantastischen Tierwesen entkommt, steckt Newt in der Klemme – und nicht nur er.
Phantastische Tierwesen und wo sie zu finden sind: Das...
by J.K. Rowling
Language: French
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Le précédent film Les Animaux fantastiques se terminait sur la capture du puissant mage noir Gellert Grindelwald à New York grâce à Norbert Dragonneau. Mais, mettant sa menace à exécution, Grindelwald s’échappe de prison et s’attèle à recruter des partisans, dont la plupart ignorent...
Dramatic Story Structure
A Primer for Screenwriters
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
A successful screenplay starts with an understanding of the fundamentals of dramatic story structure. In this practical introduction, Edward J. Fink condenses centuries of writing about dramatic theory into ten concise and readable chapters, providing the tools for building an engaging narrative and...
Time in Television Narrative
Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First-Century Programming
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
This collection analyzes twenty-first-century American television programs that rely upon temporal and narrative experimentation. These shows play with time, slowing it down to unfold the narrative through time retardation and compression. They disrupt the chronological flow of time itself, using...
The Writer's Advantage
A Tookit for Mastering Your Genre
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
There are many books that assist writers with their craft, structure, and formatting, all of which are important. However, there does not exist a guide for writers to understand the evolution of their genre. In order to effectively write within a transmedia environment — a marketplace that includes...
Screenplay Workbook
The Writing Before the Writing
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
An instructional manual combined with proprietary worksheets, charts and fill-in lists designed to give screenwriters a better way to focus on the task of writing a screenplay.
by Van Sijll Jennifer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
What the industry's most succcessful writers and directors have in common is that they have mastered the cinematic conventions specific to the medium.