| Description |
194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Inside the Mind of a Hollywood Screenwriter -- 2. Inside the Mind of Hollywood -- 3. The Status of the Writer in Hollywood -- 4. Inside the Director -- 5. Inside the Actor -- 6. Inside the Producer -- 7. Inside the Director of Photography -- 8. Inside the Screenwriter -- 9. Inside the Agent -- 10. Inside the Hollywood Reader -- 11. Inside the Writer's Guild -- 12. Inside the Deal -- 13. Inside Television -- 14. Inside the Script -- 15. Inside Plot -- 16. Inside Character -- 17. Putting It All Together |
| Summary |
Industry insider Ronald B. Tobias reveals the creative, political and financial truths of writing for film and television. In candid, instructive interviews, he takes you behind the screens to show you how directors, actors and others look at a script. Learn from John McTiernan, Director of Die Hard and Hunt for Red October; Stephen Soderbergh, Writer and director of Sex, Lies and Videotape; Alan Arkin, Star of Glengarry Glen Ross; Charlton Heston, Star of The Ten Commandments; Patrick Markey, Producer of A River Runs Through It; Andrew Laszlo, Director of Photography of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; Tom McGuane, Screenwriter of Missouri Breaks; and Jack Gilardi, Agent and executive vice president of International Creative Management, which represents many of Hollywood's leading talents. This book is like a screenwriting seminar you hold at home. Read it for the realities of writing for film. Then pull up to your keyboard and roll |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Motion picture authorship.
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Television authorship.
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| LC no. |
96047740 |
| ISBN |
0898797179 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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