Writing Short Scripts - Softcover

William H. Phillips (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815624859 ISBN 13: 9780815624851

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This practical guidebook will help beginning scriptwriters and aspiring filmmakers and videomakers to write short, fictional scripts that have a good chance of being made locally and inexpensively into short films or videos. Structured in much the same way as a course in writing short scripts, this book is also for students required to write short scripts or make short films or videos. Phillips addresses critical writing structure for short scripts, differentiates it from techniques used in feature-length film scripts, and focuses on visualization, use of dialogue, settings, characters, structure, and themes. He then guides the reader through the entire writing process, from gathering and organizing materials to writing, re-writing and formatting scripts.

About this title

About the Author

William H. Phillips is a continuing visiting professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0815624859
• ISBN 13: 9780815624851
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 277