Screenwriting
Subtitle: behind enemy lines : lessons from inside the studio gates
By: by John Schimmel
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions; Wiese Productions, Michael
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Studio City, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781615931675
Subjects: Motion picture authorship; Handbooks, manuals
Description: "A very pragmatic look at what "they" are looking for combined with techniques for delivering that. Includes "Tales from the Trenches," lessons from various sets and development situations to illustrate the points being made, from one of the legendary production and development executives. "--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; title: How to Use this Book; title: A Brief Introduction; title: CHAPTER ONE - STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU START; title: The current state of development, your screenplay's journey from submission to green light, The; title: only question that matters, Criteria for answering the only question that matters, What draws people; title: into the theater?, Analyzing the success of Transformers, The Avengers versus Green Lantern,; title: What The Avengers, Transformers, and Little Miss Sunshine have in common, Take it to the wall:; title: Monster's Ball, What it all means to you,; title: Exercises - Getting started; title: CHAPTER TWO - WHAT DRIVES A FILM: A PREPATORY LOOK UNDER THE HOOD; title: What is a scene?, The rhythm of reverses, Character creation - a quick primer, A process for; title: moving forward,; title: Exercises - nailing down the basics; title: CHAPTER THREE - THE FIRST ACT - STRUCTURE - LESSONS FROM THE NEAR-DEATH OF THE FUGITIVE; title: First act story points, Analysis: The Fugitive, A tale from the trenches: What the studio didn't; title: understand about The Fugitive and how it almost killed the film,; title: Exercises - First act structure/begin your outline; title: CHAPTER FOUR - A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE FIRST ACT - CREATING GREAT CHARACTERS; title: Setting Up your Protagonist/Creating Castable Roles, Character contradiction, Do audiences need; title: to love protagonists?, Tools of Characterization, The relationship Between Structure and Character,; title: other important character issues for the first act: Entrances,; title: Exercises -your character bible; title: CHAPTER FIVE - THE SECOND ACT - HOW OUTBREAK BECAME A FILM; title: Other components of the second act, The rhythm of the second act, Tips from the pits of development hell - creating second acts that don't unravel, Analysis - the second act of The Fugitive, Another tale from the trenches: Outbreak - How a key second act decision won a war between studios, An additional lesson from Outbreak,; title: Exercises - Construct your second act; title: CHAPTER SIX - ACT THREE - FACE/OFF: A TERRIFYING PREVIEW AND WHAT IT HAS TO TEACH; title: The Fugitive's third act, A third tale from the trenches - The first preview for Face/Off, A brief digression about trailer moments,; title: Exercises - Design a third act worth the wait; title: CHAPTER SEVEN - REWRITING AND REVISING - FIRST DRAFTS ARE NEVER AS GREAT AS YOU THINK; title: The eight rules of the rewrite process, The clearest clues that you have a ways to go, Be your own script whisperer: Discovering your screenplay's hidden truth, Making peace with ceding control to your own subconscious, How to sabotage your own rewrite - Self-destructive writers I have known,; title: Exercises - Getting ready for your rewrite; title: CHAPTER EIGHT - THE POLISH - WORDSMITHING YOUR SCREENPLAY; title: When are you ready to polish?, Word choice - the poetry of screenwriting, Shaping your paragraphs, The dialog polish, Description and Action, Scenes, Length, Title, Proofreading - The final step of the polish,; title: Exercises - The final step/polishing your screenplay; title: CHAPTER NINE - A CLOSE READ OF LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE KING'S SPEECH, AND LINCOLN; title: The ensemble film: Little Miss Sunshine, The King's Speech: no, the flawed hero is not his own antagonist, rules are made to be broken - The screenplay for Lincoln,; title: Exercises - Do what I just did; title: CHAPTER TEN - FINAL THOUGHTS - LESSONS FROM BOB DYLAN AND THE INTERNET.; title: Exercises - Examine what you've learned; title: About the Author.