Cut to the chase
Subtitle: writing feature films with the pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
By: edited by Linda Venis, Director, UCLA Extension Department of the Arts and Writers' Program
Contributors: UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Publisher: Avery
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781592408108
Subjects: Motion picture authorship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Linda Venis; title: From Idea to Outline: Preparing to Write Your Feature Screenplay. Hollywood Storytelling: Its Enduring Appeal and Universal Principles / by Billy Mernit; title: Jump-starting the Screenplay / by Jon Bernstein; title: "What Happens Next?": Structuring the Screenplay / by Andy Guerdat; title: Building Characters / by Cindy Davis; title: Deepening Characters and Defining Their Arcs / by Billy Mernit; title: Outlining the Screenplay / by Juliet Aires Giglio; title: Writing Your First Draft Feature Screenplay. Writing Through the First Draft / by Steve Mazur; title: The Who, What, Where, When, Why (and How!) of Writing a Scene / by Dan Vining; title: Pictures in motion: scenes and the movement they create / by Chrysanthy Balis; title: Rewriting Your Feature Screenplay. Taking the Script to the Next Level: The Rewrite Process Begins / by Quinton Peeples; title: The Art and Craft of Dialogue Writing / by Karl Iglesias; title: "Show, Don't Tell": Visual Screenwriting / by Philip Eisner; title: Polish workshop: Making Your Best Even Better / by Michael Weiss; title: Being a Professional in the Movie Business. Demystifying the Business of Feature Film Writing / by Laurence Rosenthal; title: Launching and Sustaining a Feature Film Writing Career / by Deborah Dean Davis.