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Screenwriting With a Conscience

Author : Marilyn Beker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135637938
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting With a Conscience written by Marilyn Beker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriting With a Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters is for screenwriters who care deeply about what they write; who are aware that movie images matter and can influence audiences; and who want to create meaningful screenplays that make powerful statements while entertaining and winning over audiences. A user-friendly guide to ethical screenwriting, this book makes the case that social responsibility is endemic to public art while it emphatically champions First Amendment rights and condemns censorship. In this dynamic and practical volume, author Marilyn Beker provides methods for self-assessment of values, ideas, and ethical stances, and demonstrates the application of these values to the development of plot, character, and dialogue. Screenwriters are introduced to ethical decision making models and shown--through specific film examples--how they can be utilized in plot and character development. In addition, specific techniques and exercises are supplied to help screenwriters determine the difference between "good" and "evil," to write realistic and compelling characters based on this determination, and to present "messages" and write dialogue powerfully without preaching. This book also puts forth a livable work philosophy for dealing with the ethics of the screenwriting business, and presents a viable personal philosophy for surviving in the screenwriting world. Screenwriting With a Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters is an indispensible, dynamic guide for the ethics-conscious screenwriter. It is intended for screenwriters at the student and professional level, and is appropriate for beginning to graduate screenwriting courses in film and English programs, and for film courses dealing with Ethics in the Media.

Screenwriting With a Conscience

Author : Marilyn Beker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113563792X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting With a Conscience written by Marilyn Beker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriting With a Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters is for screenwriters who care deeply about what they write; who are aware that movie images matter and can influence audiences; and who want to create meaningful screenplays that make powerful statements while entertaining and winning over audiences. A user-friendly guide to ethical screenwriting, this book makes the case that social responsibility is endemic to public art while it emphatically champions First Amendment rights and condemns censorship. In this dynamic and practical volume, author Marilyn Beker provides methods for self-assessment of values, ideas, and ethical stances, and demonstrates the application of these values to the development of plot, character, and dialogue. Screenwriters are introduced to ethical decision making models and shown--through specific film examples--how they can be utilized in plot and character development. In addition, specific techniques and exercises are supplied to help screenwriters determine the difference between "good" and "evil," to write realistic and compelling characters based on this determination, and to present "messages" and write dialogue powerfully without preaching. This book also puts forth a livable work philosophy for dealing with the ethics of the screenwriting business, and presents a viable personal philosophy for surviving in the screenwriting world. Screenwriting With a Conscience: Ethics for Screenwriters is an indispensible, dynamic guide for the ethics-conscious screenwriter. It is intended for screenwriters at the student and professional level, and is appropriate for beginning to graduate screenwriting courses in film and English programs, and for film courses dealing with Ethics in the Media.

The Screenwriter Activist

Author : Marilyn Beker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415897149
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Screenwriter Activist written by Marilyn Beker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Screenwriter Activist is an in-depth, practical guide for screenwriters who want to change the world by writing meaningful movies that make a difference.

Ethics in Screenwriting

Author : Steven Maras
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137544937
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Ethics in Screenwriting written by Steven Maras and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethics in Screenwriting: New Perspectives is a book that breaks new ground by forging a link between screenwriting research and a burgeoning interest in film, media, and narrative ethics. Going beyond the orthodox discussion of morality of film and television, the collection focuses on ethics in screenwriting. Building on a new wave of screenwriting research, as well as a ‘turn to ethics’ in humanities and media studies scholarship, this title forms a bridge between these areas in a unique analysis of a key area of media practice. Each essay goes beyond the general discussion of ethics and media to engage with specific aspects of screenwriting or scripting. Written for readers interested in questions of ethics as well as screenwriting, the collection offers new perspectives on ethical questions associated with Writers and their Production Environment; Actuality and History; and Character and Narrative.

Crazy Screenwriting Secrets

Author : Weiko Lin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781615933013
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Crazy Screenwriting Secrets written by Weiko Lin and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a "Crazy" approach in writing the feature screenplay, the first half of the book guides the reader in how to create and develop: Story Idea, Characters, One Page Step Outline, and the solid script. In the second half, the book covers professional business side of the ever-changing industry by taking the reader through the work flow of Hollywood and explores how to work creatively with international countries like China in producing movies that resonate with a global audience.

Write to Shoot

Author : Marilyn Beker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317548248
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Write to Shoot written by Marilyn Beker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write to Shoot teaches budding screenwriters and screenwriting filmmakers how to write a short script with production in mind. Beker instructs them how to showcase their strengths, tailor projects to shoestring budgets, resources, and practical production parameters without sacrificing the quality and punch of their screenplays, whether they're creating a sizzle short for an unproduced feature script, an independent creative work, or a soapbox to promote a cause. Write to Shoot: Writing Short Films for Production is a must-have guide for anyone who wants to be sure there will be no surprises on set that come from a script that's not ready for production.

Maverick Screenwriting

Author : Josh Golding
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408154935
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Maverick Screenwriting written by Josh Golding and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every film development executive says they're looking for original stories. Maverick Screenwriting will teach you how to play with advanced narrative techniques - time, logic and reality - that change the way we look at the world. Discover the techniques that give films like The Matrix, The Truman Show and Avatar an original twist. You will learn: * the difference between plot-driven and concept-driven films * how to play with time, reality and point-of-view in radical ways * how to emotionally connect with your audience * how to create a 'Matrix' that will hold your story together * how to push your concept to the limit- how to tell a story that expresses the unique way you look at the world In Maverick Screenwriting, writers, development executives, producers and directors will all find inspiration and new approaches that will help your film project stand out.

The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing

Author : Naomi Lindstrom
Publisher : Texas Pan American
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing written by Naomi Lindstrom and published by Texas Pan American. This book was released on 1998 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Literature in Latin America has long been a vehicle for debates over the interpretation of social history, cultural identity, and artistic independence. Indeed, Latin American literature has gained international respect for its ability to present social criticism through works of imaginative creation. In this comprehensive, up-to-the-minute survey of research and opinion by leading Latin American cultural and literary critics, Naomi Lindstrom examines five concepts that are currently the focus of intense debate among Latin American writers and thinkers. Writing in simple, clear terms for both general and specialist readers of Latin American literature, she explores the concepts of autonomy and dependency, postmodernism, literary intellectuals and the mass media, testimonial literature, and gender issues, including gay and lesbian themes. Excerpts (in English) from relevant literary works illustrate each concept, while Lindstrom also traces its passage from the social sciences to literature.

Classic American Films

Author : William Baer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313348995
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Classic American Films written by William Baer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic American Films explores the origin and development of many of the most influential and revered films in cinema history, and does so with the aid and insight of the people who actually wrote the screenplays. These lively, candid, in-depth interviews are filled with fascinating new material (details, anecdotes, judgments, and opinions) about the creative and collaborative processes that went into the making of these extraordinary films. In the past, Hollywood screenwriters—the original artists—have often been overlooked. This book is a special tribute to the invaluable contributions of these cinematic visionaries, many of whom are considered among the greatest screenwriters in American film history. As Orson Welles once said, In my opinion, the writer should have the first and last word in filmmaking. This book allows them to have that exciting opportunity. Some of the highlights from these interviews include: Betty Comden and Adolph Green's explaining how a nightclub skit became the premise for Singin' in the Rain; Ernest Lehman's description of how, while in conversation with Hitchcock, his unconscious suddenly solved the plot problems in North by Northwest; Carl Gottlieb's remembrance of the terrible pressure involved with writing the script for Jaws while shooting was already underway; and Sylvester Stallone's account of how he received final approval to star in Rocky from studio executives who thought he was just another actor.

Writing Movies

Author : Gotham Writers Workshop
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596919833
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Writing Movies written by Gotham Writers Workshop and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To break into the screenwriting game, you need a screenplay that is not just good, but great. Superlative. Stellar. In Writing Movies you'll find everything you need to know to reach this level. And, like the very best teachers, Writing Movies is always practical, accessible, and entertaining. The book provides a comprehensive look at screenwriting, covering all the fundamentals (plot, character, scenes, dialogue, etc.) and such crucial-but seldom discussed-topics as description, voice, tone, and theme. These concepts are illustrated through analysis of five brilliant screenplays-Die Hard, Thelma & Louise, Tootsie, Sideways, and The Shawshank Redemption. Also included are writing assignments and step-by-step tasks that take writers from rough idea to polished screenplay. Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors, Writing Movies offers the same winning style and clarity of presentation that have made a success of Gotham's previous book Writing Fiction, which is now in its 7th printing. Named the "best class for screenwriters" in New York City by MovieMaker Magazine, Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative writing school, offering classes in Manhattan and on the Web at www.WritingClasses.com. The school's interactive online classes, selected as "Best of the Web" by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than sixty countries.

Screenwriting for a Global Market

Author : Andrew Horton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052093752X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting for a Global Market written by Andrew Horton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema is a truly global phenomenon and screenwriters who limit their ambitions to Hollywood can unnecessarily limit their careers. This book, loaded with information on every page, provides the practical know-how for breaking into the global marketplace. It is the first book to offer specific advice on writing for screens large and small, around the world from Hollywood to New Zealand, from Europe to Russia, and for alternative American markets including Native American, regional, and experimental. The book provides valuable insider information, such as * Twenty-five percent of German television is written by Hollywood writers. Screenwriters just need to know how to reach that market. * Many countries, including those in the European Union, have script development money available—to both foreign and local talent--from government-sponsored film funds. * The Web's influence on the film industry has been profound, and here you can find out how to network through the Web. The book also lists the key Web addresses for writers. Andrew Horton, author of two acclaimed books on screenwriting, includes personal essays by accomplished screenwriters from around the world and offers insightful case studies of several films and television scripts, among them My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and The Sopranos. Full of endless enthusiasm for great films and great scripts, this book will be an essential resource for both aspiring writers and accomplished writers hoping to expand their horizons, improve their skills, and increase their chances for success. Includes an interview with Terry Gilliam and contributions from Bernard Gordon, writer for The Day of the Triffids and The Thin Red Line; Lew Hunter, Chair of Screenwriting at UCLA; Karen Hall, writer/producer for Judging Amy and M*A*S*H; and other screenwriters

Screenwriting

Author : Andrew Horton
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813563429
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting written by Andrew Horton and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriters often joke that “no one ever paid a dollar at a movie theater to watch a screenplay.” Yet the screenplay is where a movie begins, determining whether a production gets the “green light” from its financial backers and wins approval from its audience. This innovative volume gives readers a comprehensive portrait of the art and business of screenwriting, while showing how the role of the screenwriter has evolved over the years. Reaching back to the early days of Hollywood, when moonlighting novelists, playwrights, and journalists were first hired to write scenarios and photoplays, Screenwriting illuminates the profound ways that screenwriters have contributed to the films we love. This book explores the social, political, and economic implications of the changing craft of American screenwriting from the silent screen through the classical Hollywood years, the rise of independent cinema, and on to the contemporary global multi-media marketplace. From The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), and Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) to Chinatown (1974), American Beauty (1999), and Lost in Translation (2003), each project began as writers with pen and ink, typewriters, or computers captured the hopes and dreams, the nightmares and concerns of the periods in which they were writing. As the contributors take us behind the silver screen to chronicle the history of screenwriting, they spotlight a range of key screenplays that changed the game in Hollywood and beyond. With original essays from both distinguished film scholars and accomplished screenwriters, Screenwriting is sure to fascinate anyone with an interest in Hollywood, from movie buffs to industry professionals.

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150403824X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman written by Harlan Ellison and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards: A science fiction classic about an antiestablishment rebel set on overthrowing the totalitarian society of the future. One of science fiction’s most antiestablishment authors rails against the accepted order while questioning blind obedience to the state in this unique pairing of short story and essay. “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” is set in a dystopian future society in which time is regulated by a heavy bureaucratic hand known as the Ticktockman. The rebellious Everett C. Marm flouts convention, masquerading as the anarchic Harlequin, disrupting the precise schedule with bullhorns and jellybeans in a world where being late is nothing short of a crime. But when his love, Pretty Alice, betrays Everett out of a desire to return to the punctuality to which she is programmed, he is forced to face the Ticktockman and his gauntlet of consequences. The bonus essay included in this volume, “Stealing Tomorrow,” is a hard-to-find Harlan Ellison masterwork, an exploration of the rebellious nature of the writer’s soul. Waxing poetic on humankind’s intellectual capabilities versus its emotional shortcomings, the author depicts an inner self that guides his words against the established bureaucracies, assuring us that the intent of his soul is to “come lumbering into town on a pink-and-yellow elephant, fast as Pegasus, and throw down on the established order.” Winner of the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” has become one of the most reprinted short stories in the English language. Fans of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World will delight in this antiestablishment vision of a Big Brother society and the rebel determined to take it down. The perfect complement, “Stealing Tomorrow” is a hidden gem that reinforces Ellison’s belief in humankind’s inner nobility and the necessity to buck totalitarian forces that hamper our steady evolution.

The Engineered Throne

Author : Megan Derr
Publisher : Less Than Three Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 162004840X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Engineered Throne written by Megan Derr and published by Less Than Three Press, LLC. This book was released on with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Vellem is desperate to escape. His father hides from his problems in alcohol, his mother hides from her misery in drugs, and his brother fled to the relative safety of the royal palace. Vellem found solace in the Royal Army Corp of Engineers, but true escape from a life of violence remains out of reach. Then his brother provides him with an unexpected chance: marriage to a prince of their country's oldest enemy to help bring about peace once and for all. The marriage promises Vellem not just a fresh start in a new land, but a challenge to his famed skills in building roads and bridges. But before he can settle into his new life, tragedy strikes, and Vellem isn't certain he's up to rebuilding the ruin left in its wake.

The Coen Brothers

Author : Joel Coen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578068890
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book The Coen Brothers written by Joel Coen and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected interviews with the quirky and distinctive writer/director team of such films as Raising Arizona, Intolerable Cruelty, and Barton Fink

The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies

Author : Rosamund Davies
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031207696
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies written by Rosamund Davies and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the growing field of screenwriting research and is essential reading for both those new to the field and established screenwriting scholars. It covers topics and concepts central to the study of screenwriting and the screenplay in relation to film, television, web series, animation, games and other interactive media, and includes a range of approaches, from theoretical perspectives to in-depth case studies. 44 scholars from around the globe demonstrate the range and depths of this new and expanding area of study. As the chapters of this Handbook demonstrate, shifting the focus from the finished film to the process of screenwriting and the text of the screenplay facilitates valuable new insights. This Handbook is the first of its kind, an indispensable compendium for both academics and practitioners.

Screenwriting in a Digital Era

Author : Kathryn Millard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137319100
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Screenwriting in a Digital Era written by Kathryn Millard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment.