Screenwriting

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615933334Author Neal Marshall StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die is a must-read book for all film students, film professionals, and others interested in filmmaking. This enlightening book guides filmmakers toward making the right color selections for their films, and helps movie...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932870Author Steve KaplinFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

In an age where many see screenwriters as the storytellers of the new century and everyone appears to be trying to write a screenplay, this book provides the framework for you to write a great screenplay. It goes beyond the concerns of act structure and...

Wes Anderson startled audiences with his stop-motion animated film of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox.He now displays his unique wit and playful visual sense in an action-filled saga of Samurai dogs.Fantastic Mr Fox - but with dogs.About the AuthorWes...

Blake Snyder is back with the book countless readers and students have clamoured for. Inspired by questions from his workshops, lectures, and emails, Blake listened and provides new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create...

Tailor your screenplay to sell. Find out what Hollywood script readers, producers, and studio executives want in a screenplay (and why) from someone who's been there. Discover what it takes to begin a lasting career as a screenwriter.Peppered with...

"On Story is film school in a box, a lifetime's worth of filmmaking knowledge squeezed into half-hour packages." -Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles TimesAustin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization focused on the writer's creative...

Austin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer's creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival and Conference offers screenings, panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions that help new writers and...

Writing successful screenplays that capture the public imagination and richly reward the screenwriter requires more than simply following the formulas prescribed by the dozens of screenwriting manuals currently in print. Learning the "how-tos" is...

The updated third edition of this popular book offers a clear and detailed overview of the postproduction process, showing readers how to manage each step in taking a film, TV, or media project from production to final delivery, from scheduling and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399535376Author Evan S. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g

Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics is a comprehensive exploration into the art and craft of directing for film and television. It's filled with practical advice, essential technical information, and inspiring case studies for every stage of...

Demonstrates how to analyse a screenplay through a seven-steps method: character, story elements, story world and setting, main plot and subplots, structure, screenwriting tools, and genre, tone and style. Offers step by step guidance, case study...

Writing and Selling Thriller Screenplays has the lowdown on how to get your thriller feature script on to the page, and how to get it in front of producers and investors. First published in 2013, this new edition offers an all-new resources section and a...

Following on from the success of his thriller, Ex Machina, Alex Garland returns to cerebral sci-fi with his adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's cult novel -a tale of a biologist attempting to uncover the mystery of her husband's disappearance into a...

A loner, Travis Bickle takes up driving a taxi in search of an escape from his sleeplessness and his disgust with the corruption he finds around him. His pent-up rage, fuelled by his doomed relationship with the political campaign worker Betsy, leads to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692849002Author Steven Long MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint One 3 BooksPublisher One 3 BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

On every level - writing, direction, acting - "Double Indemnity" (1944) is a triumph and stands as one of the greatest achievements in Billy Wilder's career. Adapted from the James M. Cain novel by director Wilder and novelist Raymond Chandler, it tells...

Have you got a great idea for a screenplay, but don't know how to write it visually? Then this book is for you. It will give you the vital information you need to know before you write your script; the vital techniques you need to learn when you're...

Christopher Nolan's previous films have reflected the uncertainties of the twentieth-first century. With Dunkirk, Nolan has gone back into the past and brought to life one of the momentous events of the twentieth-century - the evacuation of British...

Christopher Nolan's previous films have reflected the uncertainties of the twentieth-first century. With Dunkirk, Nolan has gone back into the past and brought to life one of the momentous events of the twentieth-century - the evacuation of British...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455537334Author Quentin TarantinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907728Author Kim HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Animation is one of the fastest growing mediums in the film and television world - whether it's Frozen or Paw Patrol, Family Guy or Rick and Morty. This book is the definitive guide to storytelling for writers, directors, storyboard artists and animators...

A guide to the craft of script supervising, Beyond Continuity features practical instruction through real-world examples demonstrating and explaining the skills needed by a professional script supervisor. Mary Cybulski, one of Hollywood's premier script...

When Reservoir Dogs burst upon the screen in 1992, it announced the arrival of one of the most charismatic and audacious voices in cinema today.Reservoir Dogs is the story of a heist gone wrong, and how the group of outlaws concerned are subsequently...

When Reservoir Dogs burst upon the screen in 1992, it announced the arrival of one of the most charismatic and audacious voices in cinema today.Reservoir Dogs is the story of a heist gone wrong, and how the group of outlaws concerned are subsequently...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455591954Author Robert McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 33mm

This book seeks to reshape the way that writers think about constructing their story, looking at the subject from the inside out. Often practitioners and theorists examine work through the separate lenses of character and/or structure and then bring them...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440504917Author Syd FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Dell BooksWeight(grams) 301g

In Adventures of a Suburban Boy, John Boorman, hailed by the Observer as 'arguably Britain's greatest living director', offers an enthralling memoir of a creative life spent turning dreams into celluloid, and money into light.One of cinema's authentic...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615933006Author Greg LoftinFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

In a book as entertaining as it is enlightening, Kristin Thompson offers the first in-depth analysis of Hollywood's storytelling techniques and how they are used to make complex, easily comprehensible, entertaining films. She also takes on the myth that...

If there is one skill that separates the professional screenwriter from the amateur, it is the ability to rewrite successfully. From Jack Epps, Jr., the screenwriter of Top Gun, Dick Tracy, and The Secret of My Success, comes a comprehensive guide that...

This work includes conversations with the writers of, among other films, "Restoration"; "Billy Elliot"; "Bridget Jones' Diary"; "Welcome to Sarajevo"; "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"; and, "The Full Monty". Talking about their work at home and in Hollywood,...

Feel like you've seen these movies before? Spoiler Alert celebrates Hollywood film-making in all its formulaic and predictable glory!Spoiler Alert! takes 38 mainstream movie genres, from 'Teen Sex Comedy' and 'Buddy Action Comedy' to 'Film Noir Detective...

It's a whole new world for cinematographers, camera assistants, and postproduction artists. New equipment, new methods, and new technologies have to be learned and mastered. New roles such as that of the DIT (Digital Imaging Technician), Digital Loader,...

Pithy put-downs, hard-boiled snarlings, words of love and regret... All the Best Lines presents 500 memorable movie quotes, embracing both one-liners ('My name is Pussy Galore') and slices of snappy dialogue from pictures as diverse as When Harry Met...

-Offers a practical guide to using the tools of narrative cinema in nonfiction film, focusing on storytelling as it applies to every part of the filmmaking process. -5th edition is updated to include new examples, increased coverage of documentary ethics...