Film scripts and screenplays Books
Faber & Faber The Double
Book SynopsisInspired by Dostoyevsky''s short story, The Double tells the story of Simon, a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon''s exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon''s horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Writing the Horror Movie
Book SynopsisTales of horror have always been with us, from Biblical times to the Gothic novel to successful modern day authors and screenwriters. Though the genre is often maligned, it is huge in popularity and its resilience is undeniable. Marc Blake and Sara Bailey offer a detailed analysis of the horror genre, including its subgenres, tropes and the specific requirements of the horror screenplay. Tracing the development of the horror film from its beginnings in German Expressionism, the authors engage in a readable style that will appeal to anyone with a genuine interest in the form and the mechanics of the genre. This book examines the success of Universal Studio's franchises of the 30s to the Serial Killer, the Slasher film, Asian Horror, the Supernatural, Horror Vérité and current developments in the field, including 3D and remakes. It also includes step-by-step writing exercises and interviews with seasoned writers/directors/ producers discussing budget restrictions, screenplay form and Trade ReviewThe truth is that the screenplay is a bastard form of literature. It is not a play nor book nor movie, and not just simply a blueprint for a film. All movies, regardless of genre, depend on the screenplay. However it is the director who makes the movie by realizing the printed words of the script on film. I have seen mediocre screenplays made into very good films. And I have seen excellent screenplays made into bad movies by incompetent directors. Again, it's important for people to understand that the screenplays essential role in film making is the same regardless of the genre of the film. --John Landis, 2012Writing the Horror Movie is written in particular for anyone interested in writing a screenplay for a horror film, and in seeing that screenplay turned into reality. But it's also full of fascinating nuggets of analysis and useful information more generally for scholars, students and fans of the genre - whether this is musing on the aesthetics of disgust, offering nifty psychological profiles of major horror monsters, or advice on how to exploit your film and turn it into a lucrative franchise. Two dismembered thumbs up for Marc Blake and Sara Bailey! -- Darryl Jones, Professor, School of English, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandA lucid, well-structured and thought-provoking introduction that ranges widely across the genre. Intelligent and perceptive throughout. Recommended for aspiring writers and critics. -- George Green, Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University, UKCo-authors Marc Blake and Sara Bailey have penned a magnum opus entitled Writing The Horror Movie, which aims to do exactly what it says on the tin. Every little piece of useful advice can be found in this book, from analysing the history of on-screen horror to defining the types of sub-genres to what tropes can usually be found in any scary movie....They seem to have put their utmost into making this book for the casual film lover and have come out shining with a witty, knowledgeable book to call their own. Quite simply, Writing The Horror Movie as written by Marc Blake and Sara Bailey is a must-read for any hardcore horror fans, and definitely worth checking out for many film fans in general. -- Jack Martin * Film Feeder *There are hundreds of books about screenwriting, but precious few aimed at the would-be horror film author; this volume is a noteworthy addition to the literature. Both Blake and Bailey have written horror films and teach the process at Southampton Solent University, UK. This volume covers horror films from the world over and is packed with examples. The breadth of the films noted makes this book almost a course in horror history. Through each chapter on structuring the screenplay, the reader is led through the succession of tropes: unease, dread, terror, horror, and finally disgust. The style is engaging, but the authors make no bones about the effort involved in all aspects of filmmaking – a fact reiterated in the appendix of interviews with writers, directors, and a producer. There are chapters on the international market; the ins and outs of the prequel, sequel, and franchise; and the trick of blending or crossing genre lines. The writing exercises are comprehensive, but beginners might profit from sharing their attmepts with a trusted reader. The volume includes a 425-item filmography and a tightly focused bibliography. A solid resource for film buffs and budding screenwriters. Summing Up: recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; two-year program students; general readers. -- D. A. Schmitt, St. Louis Community College at Meramec * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to the Nightmare 1. Why do we like to be scared? On the Abject and the Unknown 2. Horror history and literary/film background 3. Subgenres. The Undead. Monsters. Demons and possession. Serial Killers, Slashers, Werewolves, Bad science and Body Horror 4. Staging horror. Five tropes. Unease, dread, terror, horror & disgust 5. On creating the Nemesis: Norman, Hannibal, Freddie and Jigsaw 6. Forming the idea. Writing exercises. Fears and phobias. Notes on the screenplay. Short, visual and credible 7. The First Act: Unease and dread. Character and milieu 8. The Second Act: Modulating fear, terror and horror 9. Third Act. Resolutions. Tragic and redemptive endings 10. Writing the horror sequel/franchise 11. Adaptations. From page to screen. Short stories and novels 12. On Cross-genre. Where can you bleed into other genres? Zom-Com, Thriller/Horror, Vampire romance, Horror and comedy 13. World markets. Horror in the US, the UK and European Horror. Asian, Thai and Hong Kong horror 14. Lo-budget Horror. How Blair Witch, Colin and Paranormal Activity became box office gold 15. Case studies. Selling the scare. Interviews with Writer/directors Chris Smith (Creep, Severance), James Watkins (Eden Lake). Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, Descent, Doom), Adam Gierasch (Autopsy, Night of the Demons) Mark Ezra and more.... 16. Producer Interviews. What producers are looking for? 17. Marketing. Frightest and Sitges. Interviews with directors of the world's leading Horror festivals and conventions 18. Fifty Essential Horror movies. Synopses and analysis of each subgenre.
£36.06
Titan Books Ltd The Cabin in the Woods The Official Visual
Book SynopsisFrom Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Drew Goddard, writer of the monster movie phenomenon Cloverfield, comes the horror film to end all horror films! The details of the plot are a closely guarded secret, though Joss himself has described it as “a straight-up, balls-out, really terrifying horror movie,” adding,it is not just a slasher in the woods. It''s a little more complicated than that... All will be revealed in the Official Visual Companion, featuring in-depth interviews, the full screenplay by Whedon and Goddard, stunning production art, and hundreds of color photos!
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Writing Women for Film Television
Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed guide to creating complex female characters for film and television. Written for screen storytellers of any level, this book will help screenwriters and filmmakers recognize complicated portrayals of women on screen and evaluate the complexity of their own characters.Author Anna Weinstein provides a thorough analysis of key female characters in film and television, illustrating how some of our greatest screenwriters have developed smart, nuanced, and intriguing characters that successfully portray the female experience. The book features in-depth discussions of women's representation both on screen and behind the scenes, including interviews with acclaimed women screenwriters and directors from around the globe. These conversations detail their perspectives on the relevance of women's screen stories, the writing and development processes of these stories, and the challenges in getting female characters to the screen. With practical suggestions, exercisTrade Review“This book has been needed for such a long time – what a pleasure now that it exists to find it’s so much better than we had any right to expect. Warm, wise, and generous, Weinstein is the screenwriting teacher we all wish we had.” –William Rabkin, author of Writing the Pilot Table of Contents1. She Is on Screen: Women’s Representation in Film & Television 2. She Comes of Age: Young Women 3. She Falls in Love: Smitten Women 4. She Climbs the Ladder: Working Women 5. She Cares for the Family: Nurturing Women 6. She Doesn’t Play by the Rules: "Mad" Women 7. She Sparks Change: Trailblazing Women 8. She Is Seen: Developing "Reel" Women
£36.99
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Thelma and LouiseSomething to Talk about
Book SynopsisWhen Thelma & Louise opened in 1991, it was greeted with acclaim and controversy, quickly earning first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri a reputation as one of the only writers of real movie roles for women. She lived up to expectations with Something to Talk About, which won praise for its originality and authenticity. Published here in one volume, these two screenplays gives us an oppurtunity to savor the work of a groundbreaking author.
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Oldcastle Books Ltd Writing and Selling Thriller Screenplays
Book SynopsisWriting and Selling Thriller Screenplays has the lowdown on how to get your thriller feature script on to the page, and how to get it in front of producers and investors....Trade ReviewTrust Lucy Hay on the film and TV business. In her trademark cut-to-the-chase style, she meticulously sets out what the public likes and the industry wants and crucially, concludes with invaluable in-depth career strategies for getting your scripts read and you into the industry. The go-to book on thrillers. Keep one on your desk -- Linda Aronson
£16.99
CRC Press Cinematic Worldbuilding
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£47.49
Picador USA Flamingos Forever
Book SynopsisOne part of John Waters?s iconic ?Trash Trilogy,? Flamingos Forever is a dark-comedy screenplay about a drag queen trying to retain her title of ?Filthiest Person in the World.?Fifteen years after the events of Pink Flamingos, Babs Johnson returns to Baltimore from a life spent largely in bus station lavatories, only to find that she once again has to fight for the right to claim the title of ?World?s Filthiest Person.? Her nemesis Connie Marble?s sister, Vera Venninger, and her necrophiliac husband, Wilbur, are in her way. So begins a new battle of filth.This raucous, filthy?and essential!?volume in John Waters?s oeuvre never made it to the screen, so this is readers? and his legions of fans? one chance to see how this ghastly and irreverent saga meets its end!
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Palgrave Macmillan Bad History and the Logics of Blockbuster Cinema
Book SynopsisMcGee studies historical representation in commodified, popular cinema as expressions of historical truths that more authentic histories usually miss and argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds .Trade Review"McGee exhibits a dazzling knowledge of Hollywood blockbuster films and the quality and significance of his studies are high." -Douglas Kellner, professor, UCLA, USA, and author of Cinema WarsTable of ContentsIntroduction:Truth, History, and Counterdisciplinary Practices in Film Studies Terrible Beauties: Messianic Time and the Image of Social Redemption inJames Cameron's Titanic Infinite History: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the Productionof the Inexistent 'No Dreaming, No Story, Nothing': Baz Luhrmann's Australia , theCinematic Common, and Postcolonial Discourse Conclusion:The Glorious Truth about Inglorious History in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
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Edinburgh University Press Channel 4 and the British Film Industry 19821998
Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of Channel 4's film production, distribution and broadcasting activates from 1982 to 1998
£76.50
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Writing for Animation
Book SynopsisAnimation is one of the fastest growing mediums in the film and television world whether it's Frozen or Paw Patrol, Family Guy or Rick and Morty. This book is the definitive guide to storytelling for writers, directors, storyboard artists and animators. Suitable for both the student and the professional, it provides indispensable knowledge on the entire process of writing for animated movies, TV series and short films. The reader will be provided with all the tools necessary to produce professional quality scripts that will start, or further, their career in animation. Beginning with the fundamentals of why animation?' this book will lead the reader through a series of principles that will raise the level of their storytelling. These principles are tried and tested on a daily basis by the authors who have a twenty-year track record in the animation industry.Many people are trying to break into the world of writing for animation and a lot of the people who aTrade ReviewProvides indispensable knowledge on the entire process of writing for animated movies or TV series. * Writers' Forum *A thought-provoking insight into the nuances of animation script writing. Paul and Laura lay out the tools you’ll need to create a robust three act story with rich, engaging characters in an immersive world. Through case studies and exercises, stories are deconstructed, characters interrogated and the production and feedback processes demystified. * Chris Rose, Vice President for Animation Production and Development at Nickelodeon International *Table of Contents1. Let's Get Going! 2. All about Goals 3. The Three Act Structure 4. Emotion 5. Jeopardy 6. Creating Characters 7. Finding the Funny 8. Dialogue Workshop 9. Understanding your Technology 10. Directing on the Page 11. Specifics of Writing for Children 12. Writing for an Existing Show 13. Writing the Movie 14. Creating a Show that Works 15. Collaboration 16. The Pitch 17. Four Top Tips Bibliography Index
£999.99
Cornell University Press The Ways of the Word
Book SynopsisIn The Ways of the Word, Garrett Stewart steps aside from theory to focus on the sheer pleasure of attentive reading and the excitement of recognizing the play of syllables and words upon which the best literary writing is founded. Emerging out of teaching creative writing and a broader effort to convene writers and critics, Stewart''s episodes in verbal attention track the means to meaning through the byways of literary wording.Through close engagement with literary passages and poetic instances whose imaginative demands are their own reward, Stewart gathers exhibits from dozens of authors: from Dickinson, Dickens, and DeLillo to Whitman, Woolf, and Colson Whitehead. In the process, idiom, tense, etymology, and other elements of expressive language and its phonetic wordplay are estranged and heard anew. The Ways of the Word fluidly and intuitively reveals a verbal alchemy that is as riveting as it is elusive and mysterious.Trade ReviewStewart is clearly having fun in this book, channeling techniques into his exposition with such parings as word's way and world's way, touchstone and touchtone, density and intensity, and epiphony and epiphany, to note just a few. Impressively erudite, this work will interest critics, creative writers, and literary-minded linguists. * Choice *
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BearManor Media The High-Concept Massacre: Genre Screenwriters Tell All! (hardback)
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Morgan James Publishing llc Your Storytelling Potential: The Underground
Book SynopsisWriters seeking to create novels and screenplays with genuine layers and depth will find essential insight in Mitchell German’s Your Storytelling Potential!After studying filmmaking and screenwriting at NYU—one of the premier film studies programs in the United States (if not the world)—Mitchell German graduated with a complete doctrine on storytelling theory in his arsenal; yet his screenplays still lacked the potency he desired. He spent ten years studying every available book and “expert” on storytelling, but it wasn’t until 2002, after endlessly studying the movie Liar Liar, that Mitchell found the key and developed the Your Storytelling Potential Method. The truth about great storytelling is hidden in plain view for anyone to see, but nearly every expert ignores the most basic story construct. In Your Storytelling Potential, writers who seek to tell great stories will find: A complete understanding of the Identifiable Traits great novels and screenplays (namely movies) have that distinguish them from the other 99.99% of books and screenplays written every year How to use Two Stories within a screenplay and novel, which exponentially increases the chances of those stories gaining buzz and attention A proper understanding of the critical and essential role of Subplots to create genuine character depth and relationships How to properly integrate a Theme for stories to convey deep, relevant, and amazing ideas An outline for utilizing A/B Parallel Story Structure and the Simple Story Timeline to build multi-dimensional stories with the required converging events of the A-Story/B-Story relationship How the premise of every great story is created by the convergence of the A & B Storylines, and how this Key Information can unlock Your Storytelling Potential
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IGI Global Examinations and Analysis of Sequels and Serials
Book SynopsisThere are many elements in the concept of visual continuity, and they are all interrelated. In films or film series that are described as sequels, establishing a visual integrity relationship between films comes to the fore. The concept of the sequel appears in two ways. Sometimes, while the ideas are scripted, the story is divided into more than one part. Sometimes the story is planned as a single movie, and after a certain time, it can be realized as a follow-up movie/film for different reasons. In both systems of expression, it is necessary to seek harmony between all elements of visual design.Examinations and Analysis of Sequels and Serials in the Film Industry examines certain contents through the concepts of cinematography and narrative, focusing more on the practical side of cinema and partially on the theoretical side. It examines samples, sequels, serials, and trilogy universes on the axis of cinematography and narration. Covering topics such as film landscape, repeated narrative elements, and storytelling, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for film industry workers, film students and educators, sociologists, librarians, academicians, and researchers.
£147.60
Bicep Books Writing Japanese Monsters: From the Files of The
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£31.50
Bicep Books The Lost Films Fanzine #3
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£12.34
PS Publishing Kong An Original Screenplay Oversize Paperback
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£17.99
Springer International Publishing AG Writing and Producing for Children and Young Audiences
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the writing and production strategies used in live-action fiction film and television produced for children and young audiences, in a period marked by remarkable change in screen consumption.
£111.99
University of Minnesota Press Scenarios: Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Every Man
Book SynopsisI do not follow ideas, I stumble into stories or into people; and I know that this is so big, I have to make a film. Very often, films come like uninvited guests, like burglars in the middle of the night. They are in your kitchen; something is stirring, you wake up at 3 a.m. and all of a sudden they come wildly swinging at you.When I write a screenplay, I write it as if I have the whole film in front of my eyes. Then it is very easy for me, and I can write very, very fast. It is almost like copying. But of course sometimes I push myself; I read myself into a frenzy of poetry, reading Chinese poets of the eighth and ninth century, reading old Icelandic poetry, reading some of the finest German poets like Hölderlin. All of this has absolutely nothing to do with the idea of my film, but I work myself up into this kind of frenzy of high-caliber language and concepts and beauty.And then sometimes I push myself by playing music, for example, a piano concerto by Beethoven, and I play it and write furiously. But none of this is an answer to the question of how you focus on a single idea for a film. And then, during shooting, you have to depart from it sometimes, while keeping it alive in its essence. —Werner Herzog, on filmmakingWerner Herzog doesn’t write traditional screenplays. He writes fever dreams brimming with madness, greed, humor, and dark isolation that can shift dramatically during production—and have materialized into extraordinary masterpieces unlike anything in film today. Harnessing his vision and transcendent reality, these four pieces of long-form prose earmark a renowned filmmaker at the dawn of his career.Trade Review"A compulsively readable, probing collection. It’s equal parts challenging and satisfying, infuriating and enlightening."—Publishers Weekly"Herzog seems to peer nonstop into the abyss combining vainglory, cruelty, and madness. Those are the coordinates at which Herzog geolocates humanity."—BookForum"Scenarios contains more than merely dialogue in cold type. Herzog’s screenplays read like novellas—the characters are fully thought-out and the settings are vividly described, albeit in long, medium and close shots."—Shepherd Express"Herzog doesn’t write traditional scripts. Instead, Herzog writes scenarios which are like a hybrid of film, fiction, and prose poetry."—Film International
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Random House USA Inc Fleabag The Scriptures
Book SynopsisGo deeper into the groundbreaking, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning series with this must-have collection—“a completist’s dream of a book, including the show’s full scripts and Waller-Bridge’s commentary” (Vogue). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY EVENING STANDARD“Her coat falls open. She only has her bra on underneath. She pulls out the little sculpture of the woman with no arms. It sits on her lap. Two women. One real. One not. Both with their innate femininity out.” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed, utterly unique series Fleabag took the world by storm with its piercing dialogue, ruthlessly dry wit, and deeply human drama. In Fleabag: The Scriptures, Waller-Bridge brings together for the first time the filming scripts of the first and second seasons, complete with the original stage directions as well as exclusi
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Twelve Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page,
Book SynopsisFrom the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, ACTION offers writers the keys to propulsive storytelling. ACTION explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.Topics include: Understanding the Four Core Elements of Action Creating the Action Cast Hook, Hold, Pay Off: Design in Action The Action Macguffin Action Set Pieces The Sixteen Action Subgenres A must-add to the McKee storytelling library, ACTION illustrates the principles of narrative drive with precision and clarity by referencing the most popular action movies of our time including: Die Hard, The Star Wars Saga, Dark Knight, The Matrix, and Avengers: Endgame.
£999.99
Gallimard Hiroshima mon amour
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£9.95
Hal Leonard Corporation William Goldman: Five Screenplays with Essays
Book SynopsisA collection of five screenplays by this Academy Award-winning writer. Includes: All the President's Men Û Magic Û Harper Û Maverick Û The Great Waldo Pepper. Also features essays by Goldman: Getting Even or Creative Accounting Sneak Previews or Why Did She Have to Die? Hype or Consequences: A Brief History of the Future Shooting from the Hip: Don't You Know Anything About Screenwriting? and Nothing for Me to Steal: The Secret Life of an Adaptation.
£999.99
Faber & Faber The Royal Tenenbaums
Book SynopsisThis is the screenplay for the acclaimed film, directed by Wes Anderson. There were three extraordinary children in the Tenenbaum family; Chas Tenenbaum (Ben Stiller) was a financial expert and started buying real estate in his early teens; Margot Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) was an acclaimed playwright and won a Pulitzer Prize in the 9th grade; Richie Tenenbaum (Luke Wilson) was a champion tennis player ranked 2nd in the world by the age 17. They were brilliant. They were famous. They were unlucky enough to be the children of a man named Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman). Now for the first time in 25 years, they''re all living together under the same roof. After having largely gone their separate ways they''re looking to mend fencesand themselves in the process.Trade Review'The film of the year... The Royal Tenenbaums speaks in its own singular voice: at once tender and probing, mindful of New York and its special mixture of grit and glory but confident enough to mould it into a big, faded magic playhouse.' Film Comment 'Wes Anderson's first unqualified masterpiece.' Los Angeles Daily News 'A terrific film that has to be seen twice: first to be dazzled, then to be moved.' Premiere"
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Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co Practical Screenwriting
Book SynopsisPractical Screenwriting is a structured guide for the novice screenwriter that provides exercises in writing as well as practical guides to analyzing major films in ways that will provide insight into the screenwriting process. It aids the screenwriting in writing clean, crisp, clear scripts that will get read in the crowded contemporary marketplace.
£23.39
Faber & Faber All That Fall and Other Plays for Radio and
Book SynopsisThis new edition brings together all of Beckett''s dramatic writings for radio, television and film, offering works which range from eloquent comic naturalism to an eviscerated and pared-down symbolism. Above all, Beckett found his unique uses for the radio-play, a medium ''for voices not bodies'', compacted of speech, sound and silence - and the plays in this volume intently explore the resources and limits of the sound-stage.My father, back from the dead, to be with me. (Pause.) As if he hadn''t died. (Pause.) No, simply back from the dead, to be with me, in this strange place. (Pause.) Can he hear me? (Pause.) Yes, he must hear me. (Pause.) To answer me? (Pause.) No, he doesn''t answer me. (Pause.) Just be with me. (Pause.) That sound you hear is the sea. (Pause. Louder.) I say that sound you hear is the sea, we are sitting on the strand. (Pause.) I mention it because the sound is so strange, so unlike the sound of the sea, that if you didn''t see what it was you would
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A24 Films LLC The Lobster Screenplay Book
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£47.50
Faber & Faber Collected Screenplays My Beautiful Laundrette
Book SynopsisHanif Kureishi''s cinematic storytelling embraces a wide spectrum of characters from all classes and nationalities, depicting them with compassion, humour and relish, though never fighting shy of controversy. This volume comprises four of Kureishi''s screenplays.My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. Omar and Johnny soon form an unlikely alliance that leads to business success, as well as other, more intimate surprises.Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)1980s London, and Sammy and Rosie share an ''open'' marriage, strings of lovers, and a bohemian existence amidst inner-city turmoil. Sammy''s
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University of Texas Press The Nutshell Technique
Book SynopsisPresenting a proven technique for screenwriting centered on a character’s flaws and strengths, an expert screenwriting coach shows writers exactly how to construct screenplays that tell compelling, satisfying stories.Trade ReviewA clever, fresh way of analyzing structure. I've added The Nutshell Technique to my own writing toolbox. * Creative Screenwriting magazine *A Top 10 Book of the Year. A go-to guide for anyone with a story to write. * Austin Chronicle *The Nutshell Technique offers ideas that will grow in resonance with each movie you watch. . . a comprehensive method of categorizing movies that you might consider your favorites can now be applied. * Free Press Houston *Table of Contents A Note on the Text Foreword by Patrick Wright Acknowledgments Part 1. The Problem with 99% of Screenplays Chapter 1. The Problem Chapter 2. The Solution Part 2. The Nutshell Technique Process Chapter 3. How to Use This Book Chapter 4. Protagonist Chapter 5. Set-Up Want: Part 1 Chapter 6. Point of No Return Chapter 7. Set-Up Want: Part 2 Chapter 8. Catch Chapter 9. Flaw Chapter 10. Crisis Chapter 11. Triumph Chapter 12. Climactic Choice Chapter 13. Final Step Chapter 14. Strength Part 3. Advanced Application of the Nutshell Technique Chapter 15. Nonlinear Screenplays Chapter 16. Using a "Secret Protagonist" to Structure a Nonconventional Story Part 4: Film Nutshells Annie Hall Argo August: Osage County Being John Malkovich The Big Lebowski The Bourne Identity Braveheart Casablanca Chinatown Collateral Crimes and Misdemeanors Dallas Buyers Club Frozen The Godfather Groundhog Day Juno Little Miss Sunshine The Matrix Memento North Country Pulp Fiction Silver Linings Playbook The Sixth Sense The Social Network Sunset Blvd. Titanic Tootsie Up in the Air The Usual Suspects Witness Notes Index
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Indiana University Press English Filming English Writing
Book SynopsisExamines English films and television dramas as they relate to English culture in the 20th century. This book traces themes such as the influence of US crime drama on English film, and film adaptations of literary works as they appear in screen work from the 1930s. It also analyzes the documentary "Listen to Britain".Trade Review. . . ambitious and expansive . . . . -- Lucy Scholes * TLS - Times Literary Supplement *A substantive, seductive, charming piece of work, this book is a paradigm of good sense and clarity—neither pedantic nor trendy. . . . Highly recommended. November 2010 * Choice *I recommend this book to those who take pleasure in cinema; I prescribe it to those who need to learn how to write about the aesthetics of cinema, not the ideology of culture.Issue 30 - 2011 * Screening the Past *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceIntroduction: By Way of Hanif Kureishi and Stephen Frears1. Wartime Pageantry The Archers on Pilgrimage Screen Processions and Village Pageants The Documentary Pageant: Jennings's Listen to Britain2. American Gangsters, English Crime Films, and Dennis Potter George Orwell versus James Hadley Chase Contending with America In Search of an English Crime Film The Singing Detective as Summa Criminologica3. Two Texts to Screen How to Adapt Dickens, and How Not to Do It Ishiguro and Merchant-Ivory, Upstairs and Downstairs4. The Strange Potencies of Music Rawsthorne and Rachmaninoff Rolling Out the Barrel, Looking Up and Laughing Distant Voices and Lip-Synched LivesConclusion: By Way of Tony Harrison and Alan BennettNotesIndex
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Little, Brown Book Group The Crossed Out Notebook
Book SynopsisFrom the Academy Award-winning co-writer of Birdman, a wonderfully eccentric, suspenseful debut in the tradition of Misery and Kiss of the Spiderwoman about a screenwriter kidnapped by a world-famous director who orders him to compose a masterpiece.Trade ReviewNicolas Giacobone has done the impossible. The Crossed-Out Notebook is a meta-fictional page-turner that grapples as much with Beckett as with Pretty Woman, as much with The Beatles as with Fellini. Also hidden in these pages are gems about what it takes to sit down in your pajamas everyday and attempt to put worlds to words. * Daniel Magariel, author of One of the Boys *A deceptively straightforward slack-wire act of a novel that probes the hairline crack between selling art and selling out. * Nell Zink, author of Mislaid *This stylish debut novel by an Oscar-winning Argentine screenwriter (he co-wrote Birdman) is a suspenseful, darkly funny exploration of the creative process and the porous boundary between reality and fiction. Highly recommended * The Mail on Sunday, 'The Best New Fiction' *
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Silman-James Press,U.S. The 21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Filming the Unfilmable: Casper Wrede's 'One Day
Book SynopsisIn this amply illustrated book, Hellman and Rogachevskii tell the fascinating story behind the screen adaptation of one of the most impactful novels of all times. Despite its huge global success, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn refused all offers to have his One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich turned into a movie for many years for artistic reasons. It took the full resolve and commitment of the Finnish director Caspar Wrede to bring this challenging project to fruition, eight years after the novel had been published. This second, expanded edition offers an all-encompassing account of the movie's production, reception and impact. Filled with little-known facts, it also gives unique and valuable insights into Solzhenitsyn's complex relationship with the art of film-making.Trade Review"This study is a labour of love for Russian literature scholars Ben Hellman and Andrei Rogachevskii. Chock-full of fascinating and often witty footnotes, the main text provides a thorough account of the film`s production." -- Scotland-Russia Forum Review"Wrede`s film is important -- for a long time the only film adaptation of Solzhenitsyn`s work and often moving. Hellman and Rogachevskii`s book is a valuable reminder and hopefully will encourage more interest." -- Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies Information Digest
£27.19
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Sentimental Value
£10.58
Independently Published Klute
£10.53
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Writing Screenplays That Sell New Twentieth
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£18.69
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Gardeners Son
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£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc How to Write a Movie in 21 Days Revised Edition
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£15.29
Penguin Random House LLC Dada and Surrealist Film
£35.73
Random House USA Inc Getting Even
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Screenplay Persuasion Methuen Screenplays By Jane Austen Screen and Cinema
Book SynopsisA screenplay by Nick Dear, this text is an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion". It is the story of Anne Elliot who is engaged to a naval officer but is persuaded to abandon thoughts of marriage to him on the grounds of his dubious financial prospects.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Talented Mr Ripley A Screenplay
Book SynopsisAnthony Minghella is a dramatist and director whose best known plays have been published in two volu mes by Methuen. His films include TRULY, MADLY, DEEP and THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Patricia Highsmith wr ote a number of volumes about Tom Ripley; THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is the first and best known novel i n this series. Anthony Minghella lives in London.
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Little, Brown & Company Adventures in the Screen Trade
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St. Martins Press-3PL The Big Lebowski
Book SynopsisThe screenplay to another offbeat movie by the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers. As a result of a case of mistaken identity, Jeffrey Lebowski - alias The Dude - finds himself entangled in a kidnapping caper as a bag man - a situation that goes from bad to even worse due to the interference of his hapless bowling partners.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Collected Screenplays Blood SimpleRaising ArizonaMillers CrossingBarton Fink
Book SynopsisThis title contains a collection of the screenplays written by Joel and Ethan Coen. The plays include, "Raising Arizona" and "Barton Fink".
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Faber & Faber Hail Caesar
Book SynopsisHail, Caesar! is the story of Eddie Mannix, tireless pursuer of the interests of fictional Capitol Pictures, circa 1951. He is the ultimate studio fixer and---since the studio is his world---the ultimate earthly one. There is no star scandal he cannot cover up, no studio misstep he cannot repair, no sin he cannot make right. His powers are tested, though, when production on the studio's most expensive picture ever---biblical epic Hail, Caesar!---is halted by the kidnapping of its star. The kidnappers are a mysterious gaggle seeking not just ransom but the destruction of everything Eddie Mannix lives for, and everything he lives by. . .
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iUniverse Revelations Alpha and Omega
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