ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|6 pages

Film and You

part |2 pages

PART ONE : THE FACT FILM

chapter 2|16 pages

The Proposal Outline

chapter 3|17 pages

The Film Treatment

chapter 4|9 pages

The Sequence Outline

chapter 5|15 pages

The Shooting Script

chapter 6|9 pages

Writing Narration

part |2 pages

PART TWO: THE FEATURE FILM

chapter 7|17 pages

The Film Story

chapter 8|23 pages

The Film Character

chapter 9|19 pages

The Story Treatment

chapter 10|13 pages

The Art of Confrontation

chapter 11|12 pages

The Step Outline

chapter 12|14 pages

Dialogue Devices

chapter 13|18 pages

The Master Scene Script

part |2 pages

PART THREE: TRICKS OF THE TRADE

chapter 14|6 pages

Adaptation and Its Problems

chapter 15|7 pages

Surviving Story Conferences

chapter 18|115 pages

Lessons from the Pros

chapter 19|28 pages

The Other Side

chapter 20|2 pages

You and Film