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Yes, you can write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.

“I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.”—Laura Esquivel


Technology is transforming the art and craft of screenwriting. How does the writer find new ways to tell a story with pictures, to create a truly outstanding film? Syd Field shows what works, why, and how in four extraordinary films: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dances with Wolves.

Learn how:

Callie Khouri, in her first movie script, Thelma & Louise, rewrote the rules for good road movies and played against type to create a new American classic.
James Cameron, writer/director of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, created a sequ

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Yes, you can write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.“I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned... Read more

    Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780440504900, 978-0440504900
    ISBN10: 0440504902

    Number of Pages: 336

    Non Fiction , Entertainment

    Description

    Yes, you can write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.

    “I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.”—Laura Esquivel


    Technology is transforming the art and craft of screenwriting. How does the writer find new ways to tell a story with pictures, to create a truly outstanding film? Syd Field shows what works, why, and how in four extraordinary films: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dances with Wolves.

    Learn how:

    Callie Khouri, in her first movie script, Thelma & Louise, rewrote the rules for good road movies and played against type to create a new American classic.
    James Cameron, writer/director of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, created a sequ

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