Screenwriting category: 401 books
The Spanish Prisoner and The Winslow Boy
Two Screenplays
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet ranks among the century's most influential writers for stage and screen. His dialogue--abrasive, rhythmic--illuminates a modern aesthetic evocative of Samuel Beckett. His plots--surprising, comic, topical--have evoked comparisons to masters from Alfred Hitchcock to...
by David Mamet
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
With this screenplay David Mamet gives the traditional prison-break story his special blend of gripping suspense, slapdash buffoonery, and ingenious plotting.Bob, a vicious killer, cheats the electric chair by shooting his way out of the penitentiary, forcing two reluctant convicts to come along. Desperately...
by Jim Chevallier
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
This collection of original scenes for two people presents examples of the kinds of situations frequently seen in television shows such as police and hospital dramas and sitcoms: a doctor revealing test results to a patient, a detective interrogating a suspect, a character scheming to deceive...
Illuminating Moments
The Films of Alice Guy Blaché
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
The stories Alice Guy Blaché put on film are the subject of this book. It contains 725 synopses including 360 translated from the original French. This book is not a filmography or a critical review of Alice's films, but a long drink of her stories. It was Alice's love of story that led her to start...
Making a Scene
(The Science of Scene Structure)
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Everyone can come up with a great idea for a story. That’s easy. The hard part is turning a great idea into a great story.
In the movie world, Hollywood often tries to turn great ideas into great stories by relying on A-list stars and directors, expensive computer-generated special effects,...
How To Write For Television 7th Edition
A guide to writing and selling TV and radio scripts
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
This book provides professional tips and techniques for those wishing to break into writing for TV whether it's a soap, series drama, or situation comedy. It covers all aspects of script writing such as structure, plotting, characterization and dialogue and is packed with advice on presenting and selling scripts. It also includes a chapter specifically on writing for radio.
by Paul Auster
Language: Turkish
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: Turkish
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Caz müzisyeni Izzy Maurer, New York’taki bir gece kulübünde bir kaza kurşunuyla vurulur ve yaşamı tümüyle değişir. Izzy, gizemli bir taşın büyüsüne kapılarak, ruhunun tuhaf ve ürkütücü labirentinde masalsı bir yolculuğa çıkar. New York Üçlemesi, Şans Müziği, Ay Sarayı,...
The Art of Crime
The Plays and Film of Harold Pinter and David Mamet
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Annotated Godfather
The Complete Screenplay with Commentary on Every Scene, Interviews, and Little-Known Facts
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
This fully authorized, annotated, and illustrated edition of the complete screenplay of The Godfather presents all the little-known details and behind-the-scenes intrigue surrounding the landmark film.
The Godfather is considered by many to be the greatest movie ever made, from its brilliant...
The Moral Premise
Harnessing Virtue & Vice for Box Office Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
The Moral Premise reveals the foundational concept at the heart of all storytelling and successful box office movies. In concrete terms it explains how you can create your own success and, in the process, entertain, delight, challenge, and uplift this generation and the ones to come.
The Power of the Dark Side
Creating Great Villains, Dangerous Situations, & Dramatic Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Conflict is the very heart and soul of drama, and Smith's latest work explores character conflict and the various ways to portray it both in scripts and on the stage.
by Karen Lee Street
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Advice from an expert, ranging from learning the subgenres to approaching financial partnersAimed at screenwriters, producers, development executives, and educators interested in the crime genre, this book provides an invaluable basis for crafting a film story that considers both audience and market...
Shanghai Palace (Filmscript)
Mobster Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Shanghai Palace
An independant film script about two streetwise thugs that form an unlikely friendship despite their racial beliefs. Will Ye sell his strip club Shanghai Palace to Frankie from New Jersey? Will Adrianna the beautiful exotic dancer fall in love with Yin Wa the Harvard Grad?...
by J.K. Rowling
Language: Japanese
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: Japanese
Release Date: March 16, 2017
魔法動物学者のニュート・スキャマンダーは、乗り継ぎのために、ほんの少しのつもりでニューヨークに立ち寄った。ところが、魔法のトランクが置きちがえられ、ニュートの幻の動物が街に逃げだすと、あちこちで騒ぎが起こりはじめる….
ニュート・スキャマンダーが執筆したホグワーツの教科書から、『ファンタスティック・ビーストと魔法使いの旅』...