Film Script-writing: A Practical Manual

Swain, Dwight V

ISBN 10: 0240511980 / ISBN 13: 9780240511986

Published by Focal Press, 1986

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pp. 384.

Seller Inventory # 354400360

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Film Script-writing: A Practical Manual
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0240511980
• ISBN 13: 9780240511986
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

This second edition of the widely acclaimed Film Scriptwriting is a truly practical manual for the working writer. It provides all the clear, step-by-step guidance you need to script both fact and feature film and video - from getting and developing ideas to the writing of master scene or shooting script.

Featured in this new edition are annotated excerpts from some of today's most successful films, selected to point up principles and techniques discussed. Interviews with working film specialists reveal the things professional directors, producers, story editor, and analysts look for in appraising the scripts that come across their desks.