Screenplay
The Foundations of Screenwriting
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivescreenplayfounda00fiel_791
- Internet Archivescreenplayfounda00fiel_706
- Internet Archivescreenplayfounda00fiel_727
- ISBN-139780385339032
- ISBN-100385339038
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- LibraryThing128160
- Library of Congress Control Number2005048491
- OCLC Control Number60550814
- Better World Books9780385339032
- Open LibraryOL7439457M
Classifications
- LCCPN1996.F43 2005
- LCCPN1996 .F43 2005
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?
Subjects
Other Editions
- Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
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