Screen Adaptation: A Scriptwriting Handbook, Second Edition
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Book Description
Screen Adaptation : A Scriptwriting Handbook, 2nd ed. examines the challenge screenwriters face when adapting novels, plays, and short stories for the screen. Thoroughly updated to include new exercises and example from current films, this book provides practical, usable information on how to find the best plot line for a script, choose key characters, and understand the goals and formats of different genres.
Topics include:
determining which characters and events are most valuable on developing the main story;
expanding short novellas and condensing long novels;
using dialog to advance the story and reveal character;
comparing the formats of plays, short stories, and novels to those of screenplays
approaching the marketplace
In this book, both beginning writers and professionals will find the tools necessary to evaluate a prospective source and create a successful screenplay
-updated to include new exercises and new examples from recent films
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Screen Adaptation : A Scriptwriting Handbook, 2nd ed. examines the challenge screenwritiers face when adapting novels, plays, and short stories for the screen. Thoroughly updated to include new exercises and example from current films, this book provides practical, usable information on how to find the best plot line for a script, choose key characters, and understand the goals and formats of different genres. Topics include; .determining which characters and events are most valuable on developing the main story
.expanding short novellas and condensing long novels
.using dialog to advance the story and reveal character
.comparing the formats of plays, short stories, and novels vs. those of screenplays
.approaching the marketplace
In this book both beginning writers and professionals will find the tools necessary to evaluate a prospective source and create a successful screenplay
Screen Adaptation: A Scriptwriting Handbook, Second Edition
Screen Adaptation: A Scriptwriting Handbook, Second Edition,Kenneth Portnoy,Focal Press,0240803493,Film & Video - Screenwriting,Motion picture authorship,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Screenwriting,Television - Direction & Production,Writing For The Media,Films, cinema,Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production,Rhetoric,Television,Writing & editing guides
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