Screenwriting /

Screenwriting / [edited by] Tim Grierson. - 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm - FilmCraft .

A title ordered as part of the LoveBooks campaign 2014-2015.

"Screenwriting looks at the foundation on which every great film is built--script. Whether an original concept or an adaptation, the screenplay is the key to the success of a movie--good dialogue, story pacing, and character development are the framework everything else hangs on. Featuring in-depth interviews with modern masters of film including Stephen Gaghan, Guillermo Arriaga, Caroline Thompson, Hossein Amini, and Jean-Claude Carrie?re, this book reveals the mysteries behind how the best scripts are written and reach the screen"--

9780240824864 (pbk.)

2012047297


Motion picture authorship.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.

PN1996 / .S3825 2013

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