The portable film school
Subtitle: everything you'd learn in film school (without ever going to class)
By: D.B. Gilles.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780312347383
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Production and direction.; Motion picture authorship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: curriculum. Orientation: when film school isn't an option --   Colloquium: why all screenwriters are directors -- Part II: storytelling. First get the story, then worry about how to tell it -- Don't be intimidated by rules : embrace them -- Some of your best ideas will come from other people -- Short writing exercises that you might think are stupid and a waste of time but aren't (trust me) -- Writing the short screenplay : don't run a marathon before you do wind sprints -- How to rewrite your short screenplay (despite the fact that you think it's perfect) -- Colloquium : making your short screenplay : the fear before the knowledge -- Part III : filmmaking. Stuff you need to know about making your screenplay, whether it's 8 pages or 108 pages -- Directing the actor -- Filmmaking pitfalls -- Lights! Camera! Action! Editing! -- Colloquium : when you're ready to shoot on film -- Part IV : dialogue and characterization. You talk too much. Get some boundaries. And who are you, really? I mean, really? -- Colloquium : before Jack was Jack: the lesson of five easy pieces -- Part V : screenwriting -- On to the full-length screenplay -- Colloquium : the well-made screenplay -- To make a long story short -- Why less is more isn't always true -- Colloquium : the conscious mind is the last to know -- The screenplay that wouldn't end -- Finding your voice : comedy -- Finding your voice : drama -- Are you cheap or deep? -- Diving headfirst into your full-length screenplay -- Part VI : how to be a well-rounded writer, director, and all-round film buff -- Create your own cinema studies department -- The importance of a good read -- More stuff you should know about writing -- Colloquium : how to avoid getting screwed in Hollywood -- Stuff to mull over (during writer's block and other dry periods) --  Avoid people without a plan -- It's not who you know; it's who you get to know -- Last class: a final exam of sorts -- Resources.