Boek

Screenplay

Auteur	Syd Field
Eerste Uitgave	1994
Uitgave	1994
Uitgeverij	Dell Publishing
Vorm	non-fictie
Taal	Engels
Bladzijden	262 bladzijden
Gelezen	2008-03-24
Score	8/10

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Here are easily understood guidelines to make film writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. This step-by-step guide has helped hundreds of screenwriters get their scripts sold. Follow Field's advice on structure, style, and technique and you'll be able to move from concept to the finished script. He thoroughly answers questions about adaptation, collaboration and marketing.
A real gem on the craft of screenwriting, this third edition of Syd Field's preeminent book on screenwriting provides easily understood guidelines for writing a screenplay, from concept to finished product. Field makes the art of film writing accessible to novices and helps practiced writers improve their scripts, as he pinpoints stylistic and structural elements such as characterization and plot (and why the first ten pages are crucial).
This masterful book provides tips and techniques on screenplay format collaborations adaptations what to do after your screenplay is written and more. The highly-regarded scripts of Chinatown and Silver Streak are used to illustrate concepts.
Syd Field is the preeminent analyzer in the study of American screenplays. -- James L. Brooks, Academy Award-winning writer, director, producer.