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Writing a Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting
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ISBN13: 9798706260453
Publisher: Unicorn Pub Group
Published: Oct 1 2006
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.74 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Publisher: Unicorn Pub Group
Published: Oct 1 2006
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.74 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Writing a Great Movie is a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film. This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter-(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2) Theme; (3) the 36 Dramatic Situations; (4) the Enneagram; (5) Research and Brainstorming; (6) the Central Proposition; and (7) Sequence, Proposition, and Plot-which break the writing process down into approachable steps and produce great results.Author Jeff Kitchen is a top-rated expert on the craft of the dramatist and has taught playwriting on Broadway and screenwriting in Hollywood, with former students nominated for multiple Oscars and Emmys. Writing a Great Movie is the complete guide to creating compelling screenplays that will sell.
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