San Antonio College Library

Guide for beginners from idea to final script to marketing, with advice from successful film writers, filmmakers, and film executives.

This book provides "a concrete view of the needs, practices, and problems of screen writing, including extensive coverage of adaptation, a subject often overlooked in scriptwriting books".--Book cover.

Revised and expanded, covers the basics of dramatic writing; creating three dimensional characters; screenplay structure, form, techniques and terminology; the creative process; adaptations and collaboration.

Draws on interviews with top Hollywood writers as well as up-and-coming novices to trace the process from conception to script to film, in an account that documents the evolution of twenty-five screenplays.

"Dialog is one of the best known - and obvious - elements in a film. But the language of cinema is more subtle and sophisticated than dialog alone. From Metropolis to Kill Bill, this remarkable reference guide reveals 100 of the most potent storytelling tools of the film medium. It demonstrates how master screenwriters and directors depend on cinematic devices to pump up action, create characters, and energize a motion picture's plot. Cinematic Storytelling...

"Agents and managers are a powerful force in the entertainment industry, yet there are no professionals less understood by writers. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist John Scott Lewinski strips away the mystery, arming writers with the inside knowledge needed for a successful writing career." "Through engaging interviews with prominent agents and managers, readers will learn how the Hollywood power brokers choose material, what kinds of writers...

Examines the differences among the four basic scriptwriting media--radio, television, movies and the theater--giving detailed examples of actual scripts. Includes a glossary of visual terms, samples of releases and an index of television and film producers.