Screenplay

the foundations of screenwriting

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Author

Syd Field

Publication

2005 - Delta Trade Paperbacks, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

77,250 words, Guess

Page Count

309 pages

Identifiers

ISBN-100307423263
ISBN-139780307423269
OCLC Control Number701730859
Open LibraryOL44077102M

Classifications

DDC808.2/3
LCCPN1996 .F43 2005eb

Description

One of the seminal and much respected texts in the field of screenwriting by one of the greats. *Screenplay* has been revised and updated many times and it remains a number one bestseller on Amazon in 2016, years after it was first published. The book contains guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints elements essential to a screenplay and provides a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing a successful script.

First Sentence

What is a screenplay?

Description

"From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script. Here are easily understood guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay. He presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the script that will succeed.-Why are the first ten pages of your script crucially important' -How do you collaborate successfully with someone else' -How do you adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay' -How do you market your script'"--