| Description |
273 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Getting on Your Feet -- Your Dramatic Heritage -- What Is a Dramatic Conflict? -- What Is a Scene? -- Camera Language and Format -- Part Two. Developing Character and Conflict -- Introduction -- Establishing Character and Conflict -- Developing Character and Conflict to Crisis -- Achieving Crisis and Climax -- Handling Dialogue, Theme, Values, and Moral Urgency -- Writing the Miniscreenplay -- A Last Word -- Appendix: The Market -- Glossary of Film Terms -- Index |
| Summary |
"This unique, comprehensive introduction to screenwriting offers practical advice for the beginning writer, whether college student or freelancer. Based on their experience as professional writers and as teachers in a large, successful screenwriting program at California State University, Northridge, the authors provide a progression of assignments at manageable screenwriting lengths for beginners. They lead students through development of a premise, treatment, stepsheet, and, finally, miniscreenplay - essential elements in writing a longer script"--Cover |
| Analysis |
Creative writing |
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Drama Technique |
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Motion picture authorship |
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Playwriting |
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Television authorship |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Drama -- Technique.
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Motion picture authorship.
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Playwriting.
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Television authorship.
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| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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| Author |
Lee, Lance, 1942-
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| LC no. |
87025508 |
| ISBN |
0292785143 (hard) |
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0292785151 (paperback) |
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