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Best Gift Shopping > Books > Screenwriting
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The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script(more) »rank: 2897by: David Trottier
Our review: :This is six books in one. Book 1 - A screenwriting primer that provides a concise presentation of screenwriting basics. Book 2 - A workbook that walks the writer through the writing process, from nascent ideas through revisions. Book 3 - A formatting guide that presents correct formats for both screenplays and TV scripts. Book 4 - A spec writing guide that demonstrates today's spec style through sample scenes and analysis. Book 5 - A sales and marketing guide that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan. Book 6 - A resource guide that provides addresses and contacts ... Detail |
Character Animation Crash Course!(more) »rank: 7829by: Eric Goldberg
Our review: :Character Animation Crash Course! is a veritable Genie's lamp stuffed with everything the aspiring animator could wish for! Renowned animator Eric Goldberg's detailed text and drawings illuminate how to conceive characters 'from the inside out' to create strong personalities. Classic animation techniques are analyzed and brought to life through this unique book and its accompanying CD that offers readers animated movie examples that show, in real time or frame-by-frame, the author's principles at work. Add to this Goldberg's discussions of classic cartoons and his witty, informative observations based on the wealth of knowledge he's gained during his 30-plus years in professional animation, ... Detail |
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The Hours(more) »rank: 3476391by: Michael Cunningham
Our review: :Exiled in Richmond in the 1920s, Virginia Woolf struggles to tame her rebellious mind and make a start on her new novel. In 1990s New York, Clarissa Vaughan goes shopping for flowers for a party for her AIDS-suffering poet-friend. This novel meditates on artistic behaviour, love and madness. Review:The Hours is both an homage to Virginia Woolf and very much its own creature. Even as Michael Cunningham brings his literary idol back to life, he intertwines her story with those of two more contemporary women. One gray suburban London morning in 1923, Woolf awakens from a dream that will soon lead ... Detail |
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers(more) »rank: 19775by: Karl Iglesias
Our review: :This book not only shows how to be a screenwriter, but what it's actually like to be one. An inspiration to all would-be screenwriters, this book is about living the screenwriter's life -- the habits, writing environments, creative processes, daily passions, and obsessions. In The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, author Karl Iglesias has interviewed 14 top contemporary Hollywood screenwriters who offer their experience, insight, and advice to aspiring screenwriters everywhere: Review:Aspiring screenwriters don't need another book on how to write a screenplay, says Karl Iglesias. What they need is a book on how to be a screenwriter. Voilà: The ... Detail |
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts(more) »rank: 6936981by: Arthur Miller
Our review: :This book not only shows how to be a screenwriter, but what it's actually like to be one. An inspiration to all would-be screenwriters, this book is about living the screenwriter's life -- the habits, writing environments, creative processes, daily passions, and obsessions. In The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, author Karl Iglesias has interviewed 14 top contemporary Hollywood screenwriters who offer their experience, insight, and advice to aspiring screenwriters everywhere: Review:Aspiring screenwriters don't need another book on how to write a screenplay, says Karl Iglesias. What they need is a book on how to be a screenwriter. Voilà: The ... Detail |
The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay: How to Write Great Screenplays for Movies and Television(more) »rank: 29857by: Cynthia Whitcomb
Our review: :With the average payment for a screenplay over $100,000, every writer knows that screenwriting is where the money is. In this guide, successful screenwriter and teacher Cynthia Whitcomb shares her extensive knowledge on writing for the screen. This book will teach you her proven techniques, including how to: • test an idea for its commercial potential • plan a compelling script • write great openings and endings • create characters that grow and evolve • revise and hone your script to attract Hollywood agents and producers Includes lists of the best movies to study—and why! Cynthia Whitcomb has sold more than 70 ... Detail |
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Making a Good Script Great(more) »rank: 58554by: Linda Seger
Our review: :With the average payment for a screenplay over $100,000, every writer knows that screenwriting is where the money is. In this guide, successful screenwriter and teacher Cynthia Whitcomb shares her extensive knowledge on writing for the screen. This book will teach you her proven techniques, including how to: • test an idea for its commercial potential • plan a compelling script • write great openings and endings • create characters that grow and evolve • revise and hone your script to attract Hollywood agents and producers Includes lists of the best movies to study—and why! Cynthia Whitcomb has sold more than 70 ... Detail |
Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot: A Guide for Screenwriters(more) »rank: 39742by: Peter Dunne
Our review: :The leap from concept to final draft is great, and the task is filled with hard work and horrors. It is here that most writers struggle to get the plot right at the expense of the story's real power. The result is a script that is logical in every way, yetunmoving. Emotional Structure, by Emmy- and Peabody-Award winning producer, writer, and teacher, Peter Dunne, is for these times, when the plot fits nicely into place like pieces in a puzzle, yet an elemental, terribly important something remains missing. Detail |
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Writing Treatments That Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry(more) »rank: 365439by: Kenneth Atchity, Chi-Li Wong
Our review: :In this entertaining guide, writer-producers Ken Atchity and Chi-Li Wong tell readers everything they need to know to create an effective and salable treatment--one that includes such key elements as a compelling conflict, likable characters, plot twists, a climax, and visual drama. Detail |
Writing the TV Drama Series: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV(more) »rank: 663269by: Pamela Douglas
Our review: :Here is the complete guide to the unique craft of writing drama series for television. Learn how the industry works from the experts who work in it, told with insight and wit by today's top television writers and producers including Steven Bochco, Executive Producer, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Blind Justice, and more. Detail |